Evil Archive

Gashadokuro: A Terrifying Nocturnal Ghost Yokai With Voracious Appetite For Human Blood

AncientPages.com | July 16, 2023

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Japanese mythology has a rich arsenal of tales, legends, and myths. Among them, some describe unbelievable, supernatural, and malevolent spirits and monsters with the

Ancient Symbols

Troll Cross – Protection Symbol Believed To Ward Off Evil Powers

AncientPages.com | May 12, 2018

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - No matter religion, ancient beliefs and traditions, many people believe that the world around us is not only inhabited by human beings and animals

Votive relief showing evil bird-god Anzu/Imdugud, during the rule of Entemena, King of Lagash, 2400 BC. Credits: Louvre

Babylonian Story Of Bird-God Anzu ‘The Wise One’ And His Underworld Realm

AncientPages.com | December 10, 2016

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Only a fragmentary but still very interesting Babylonian myth tells the story of a gigantic bird with a lion’s head, whose flapping wings were

This clay tablet is the twelfth in the series. The text, which reads from left to right, deals with the demonic disruption of nature and agriculture and describes a scapegoat ritual in which a goat is used to carry off the evil that afflicts a patient.

Archaeology

Utukku Lemnutu: Incantations Used As Therapy In Mesopotamia

AncientPages.com | October 25, 2016

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sumerian writing was invented in the second half of the fourth millennium BC. Initially it was used to write Sumerian language; later, however,