Demon Academy

Summary

Lecture series by Nyx on demon etymology and history: Greek daimon (not automatically evil), Mesopotamian blame for nightmares, medieval hierarchies (hell's middle management), succubi/incubi as sleep paralysis explanations, Lucifer as Latin 'lightbringer' transformed by Dante/Milton into literary rebel. Demons as representations of fear, temptation, death, desire, chaos, rebellion, the unknown — sometimes external, sometimes internal.