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Old Sophie ([personal profile] cleanestwitch) wrote in [community profile] dramadramaduck2013-06-27 12:41 pm

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Dear Community,

What do you know of demons? I am curious to see if there are differences or similarities amongst our different worlds on the topic. Are they real and true where you come from, or are they mere fiction? Are the beings of darkness, or perhaps something less harmful?

I would appreciate anything you have to say on the matter. Thank you.
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[personal profile] glimmerous_fop 2013-06-27 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know much about demons outside of a religious and fantasy aspect. They tend to be ominous creatures that you'd avoid association with.

Any particular reason for the association?
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[personal profile] glimmerous_fop 2013-06-28 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Well in religion there is the "Deal with the Devil" which has to do with archaic Christian ideas and witchcraft.
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[personal profile] glimmerous_fop 2013-06-30 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, speaking from a mythical point of view, you make a pact...it's usually a written pact in which the person trades their soul for favors: money, power, revenge, youth...

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[personal profile] rosejam 2013-06-28 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Devils are real where I come from. They come from the depths of Hell itself...trying find a way to make a deal with anyone foolish enough to agree.
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[personal profile] rosejam 2013-06-28 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I believe so. Their deals may be made in good faith but in the end they always get the best out of it.

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[personal profile] fortheworld 2013-06-28 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
Fictional where I'm from, though there's something that could be considered close. What of yours?
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[personal profile] fortheworld 2013-06-28 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
They don't call themselves as such, but they meet the criteria in the faustian sense; they appear as animals, and will claim your soul for a wish.

I'm simplifying considerably I admit, but you can see the similarities.

The Witches of my world could also be held as something akin to a demon in the unintelligent sense; they exist and feed upon misery and despair, temping those that fall into their grasp into insanity and suicide.

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[personal profile] selene 2013-06-30 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not so sure about demons, but there's monsters in my world, if that counts. They're pretty dangerous, so they are a lot like demons then, right? We generally call them "youma"..
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[personal profile] selene 2013-07-03 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
They're attacking people and trying to drain their life force that way. If me and my friends don't beat them, then it'll be like all those people are practically dead if it comes to the worst..

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[personal profile] smokepraylove 2013-07-01 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't go so far as to call them fiction here at home, but they're not quite the tangible, active manifestations they are on some corners of this place.
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[personal profile] smokepraylove 2013-07-02 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Discreet enough sane people can get by not believing in them at all. Or maybe I should say if you seriously attributed anything modern to demons or devils, you'd get hauled off as a madman.

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[personal profile] croibhristeoir 2013-07-01 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
That's something of what one would call a 'gray area' where I come from. I can't say we had 'demons' under quite such a name, but harmful entities that were far more than human did indeed exist.
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[personal profile] croibhristeoir 2013-07-01 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think it was unheard of, but nothing specific comes to mind.
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