#980. Demon.—
N. demon, daemon, demonry[obs3], demonology; evil
genius, fiend, familiar, daeva[obs3], devil; bad spirit,
unclean spirit; cacodemon[obs3], incubus, Eblis, shaitan[obs3],
succubus, succuba; Frankenstein’s monster; Titan,
Shedim, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus[obs3], Moloch, Belial,
Ahriman[obs3]; fury, harpy; Friar Rush.
vampire, ghoul; afreet[obs3],
barghest[obs3], Loki; ogre, ogress;
gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev[obs3], lamia[obs3]; bogie,
bogeyman, bogle[obs3]; nis[obs3], kobold[obs3], flibbertigibbet,
fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin; Puck, Robin
Goodfellow; leprechaun, Cluricaune[obs3], troll, dwerger[obs3],
sprite, ouphe[obs3], bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon[obs3],
will-o’-the wisp.
[Supernatural appearance]
ghost, revenant, specter, apparition,
spirit, shade, shadow, vision; hobglobin, goblin,
orc; wraith, spook, boggart[obs3], banshee, loup-garou[Fr],
lemures[obs3]; evil eye.
merman, mermaid, merfolk[obs3];
siren; satyr, faun; manito[obs3],
manitou, manitu.
possession, demonic
possession, diabolic possession; insanity &c.503.
[in jest, in science]
Maxwell’s demon.
[person possessed by
a demon] demoniac.
Adj. demonic, demonical,
impish, demoniacal; fiendish, fiend-like;
supernatural, weird, uncanny, unearthly, spectral;
ghostly, ghost-like; elfin, elvin[obs3], elfish, elflike[obs3];
haunted; pokerish [obs3][U.S.].
possessed, possessed
by a devil, possessed by a demon.
Adv. demonically.
#981. Heaven.—
N. heaven; kingdom of heaven, kingdom of God; heavenly
kingdom; throne of God; presence of God; inheritance
of the saints in light.
Paradise, Eden, Zion,
abode of the blessed; celestial bliss, glory.
[Mythological heaven]
Olympus; Elysium[paradise], Elysian fields,
Arcadia[obs3], bowers of bliss, garden of the Hesperides,
third heaven; Valhalla, Walhalla (Scandinavian); Nirvana
(Buddhist); happy hunting grounds; Alfardaws[obs3],
Assama[obs3]; Falak al aflak “the highest heaven”
(Mohammedan)[Arabic][Arab].
future state, eternal
home, eternal reward.
resurrection, translation;
resuscitation &c. 660.
apotheosis, deification.
Adj. heavenly, celestial,
supernal, unearthly, from on high,
paradisiacal, beatific, elysian.
Phr. “looks through
nature up to the nature’s god” [Pope];
“the great
world;s altarstairs, that slope through darkness up
to God” [Tennyson]; “the treasury of everlasting
joy” [Henry VI]; vigeur de dessus[Fr].
#982. Hell. —
N. hell, bottomless pit, place of torment; habitation
of fallen angels; Pandemonium, Abaddon[obs3], Domdaniel;
jahannan[obs3], sheol[obs3].
hell fire; everlasting
fire, everlasting torment, eternal damnation;
lake of fire and brimstone; fire that is never quenched;
worm that never dies.
purgatory, limbo, gehenna,
abyss.
[Mythological hell]


