A real basic question. What is a demon?
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Greektoomey, are you sure pornography doesn't require latex? I guess not. But the option is there.
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Demon. a low-level spirit that interacts with the material world. The term 'demon' is derived ultimately from the Sanskrit root div ('to shine'), through the Greek daimon ('divine power'). To the Grreks daimons were intermediary spirits between humans and the Gods.
In Western religion and occult lore, demons are classified into various elaborate systems, and hierarchies of hell, and have ascribed to them various chracters, forms, attributes and duties. The most complex hierarchy was devised by Johann Weyer, who estimated that there were 7,405,926 demons serving under 72 princes.
In Christianity, demons are associate only with evil. They include those demons who were cast out of heaven together with Lucifer, as well as pagan deities branded as demons by the church. Demons devote themselves to tormenting human beings, assualting them, sexually abusing them, and posessing them. The possibility of sex with demons was denied before the 12th century, but by the later Middle Ages belief in sexually voracious demons in alluring male or female form who preyed on sleeping men and women - masc. incubi, fem. succubi (pl) became widely accepted. In the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe witches were regularly accused of having sex with demons.
It was held that demons could be expelled or kept at bay by the ritual of exorcism, or by the use of certain prayers, or a specials charm, or by wearing an amulet / talisman.
(1996, Dictionary of the Occult, London: Brockhampton Press)
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You're third paragraph is how I think most people would define "demon". And I think originally, that's what demons were on BUFFY, and that's it why it bugs me that beings like Lorne and Clem are also demons.
I also think a few succubi here and there would have been a good idea. They could have done some fun and interesting things with that. And some incubi too for the female fans. An episode with Xander or Wesley (pre-cool Wesley) or Oz or Gunn or Giles encountering a succubus? Could'a been fun.
Cordelia (BUFFY Cordelia) or Anya and an incubus? Lots of potential there.
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