# Demon (disambiguation)

A demon is a malevolent supernatural being in religion, occultism, mythology, folklore, and fiction.
Demon, daemon or dæmon may also refer to:

## Entertainment
### Fictional entities

* Daemon (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe
* Dæmon (His Dark Materials), the term for a manifestation of a person's soul in Philip Pullman's trilogies His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust
* Daemon (Digimon) (evil character from Digimon)
* Demon (Dungeons & Dragons), the most widespread race of fiends
* Demon (Supernatural), a fictional villains of series
* Daemon, a character in the TV series ReBoot
* Daemon Blackfyre, a character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series
* Daemon Targaryen, a character in George R. R. Martin's Fire & Blood and House of the Dragon.
* Demons (Shannara), characters in Shannara fantasy novels
* Demon or Dimension traveler, a class of characters in the MythAdventures series
* Characters in the Artemis Fowl series
* Characters which appear in The Demonata, by Darren Shan
* Azazel (Supernatural), a character AKA "The Demon"
* Etrigan the Demon, a DC comics character

### Films

* The Demon (1918 film), an American silent comedy film
* The Demon (1926 film), an American silent Western film
* Demons, a 1971 Japanese film directed by Toshio Matsumoto
* Demon (1976 film) or God Told Me To, an American horror film
* The Demon (1978 film), a Japanese drama film
* The Demon (1979 film), a South African slasher film
* Demons (1985 film), an Italian horror film
* Daemon (film), a 1985 British horror film
* Demon (2015 film), a Polish drama film
* Demons (2017 film), an American horror film
* Demon (2023 film), an Indian Tamil-language horror film

### Publications

* Demon (comics), a comic by Jason Shiga
* The Demon, a DC Comics series starring Etrigan the Demon

### Music
#### Albums

* Demon (album), a 2014 album by Gazpacho
* Demons (Candlelight Red EP), 2012
* Demons (Cowboy Junkies album), 2011
* Demons (From Her Eyes EP), 2014
* Demons (Get Scared album), 2015
* Demons (Spiritual Beggars album), 2005
* Demon, an album by Envelopes
* Demons, a 2020 album by Nathan Cavaleri
* Daemon (album), a 2019 album by Mayhem

#### Songs

* "Demon" (King Von song)
* "Demon" (Jay Park song), 2011
* "Demons" (Doja Cat song)
* "Demons" (Fatboy Slim song)
* "Demons" (Guster song)
* "Demons" (Imagine Dragons song)
* "Demons" (Brian McFadden song)
* "Demons" (James Morrison song)
* "Demons" (The National song)
* "Demons" (Sleigh Bells song)
* "Demons" (Super Furry Animals song)
* "Demon8" (1998), by Mercenary, on album First Breath
* "Demon" (2003), by Trivium, bonus track on album Ember to Inferno
* "Demon" (2008), by KYPCK, on album Cherno
* "Daemon" (2008), by Whitechapel, on album This is Exile
* "Demons" (2008), by Avenged Sevenfold, on album Diamonds in the Rough
* "Demons" (2011), by Fenech-Soler
* "Demons" (2013), by The Wanted, on album Word of Mouth
* "Demons" (2015), by Blue Stahli, on album The Devil
* "Demons" (2018), by Lil Wayne, on album Tha Carter V
* "Demons" (2019), by Kim Petras, on the album Turn Off the Light
* "Demons" (2019), by Hayley Kiyoko, on album I'm Too Sensitive for This Shit
* "Demons" (2020) by Alec Benjamin, on album These Two Windows
* "Demons" (2020), by Drake, on album Dark Lane Demo Tapes
* "Demons" (2022), by Gothminister, on album Pandemonium
* "Demons" (2023), by Mutoid Man, on album Mutants

#### Other uses in music

* Daemon (band), co-founded by Nicke Andersson of The Hellacopters
* Demon (band), an English metal band formed in 1979
* Demons (band), a punk band from Sweden
* Demon Kakka, formerly known as Demon Kogure, a Japanese musician
* Demon FM, a community radio station in Leicestershire
* Demon Music Group, a British record label
* Daemon Records (2010), an independent record label

### Books

* Daemon (novel), a 2009 novel by Daniel Suarez
* Demon (comics), a 2014–2016 comic series by Jason Shiga
* Demon (novel), a 1984 novel by John Varley
* Demon, a 2003 novel by Christopher Nicole
* Demon: A Memoir, a 2007 novel by Tosca Lee
* Demon and Other Tales, a 1996 collection by Joyce Carol Oates
* Demons (Dostoevsky novel), an 1872 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
* Demons (Dillard novel), a 1986 Star Trek: The Original Series novel by J.M. Dillard
* Demons, a 1987 novel by Guy N. Smith
* Demons, a 1993 novel by Bill Pronzini
* Demons, a 2000 novella by John Shirley
* Demons!, a 1987 anthology edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
* The Daemon, a 1977 novel by Peter Tuesday Hughes
* The Demon, a 1976 book by Eve Bunting
* The Demon (novel), a 1976 novel by Hubert Selby Jr.
* The Demon, a 2003–2004 two-part Star Trek novel by Loren L. Coleman and Randall L. Bills; the 35th and 36th installment in the Corps of Engineers series
* The Demons, reissue title of Demons' World, a 1964 novel by Kenneth Bulmer

### Television
#### Programs

* Demons (TV series), a British TV series which aired in 2009
* The Dæmons, a 1971 Doctor Who serial

#### Episodes

* Demon (Star Trek: Voyager), a 1998 episode of Star Trek: Voyager
* "Demons" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a 2005 episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
* "Demons" (Stargate SG-1)
* Demons (The X-Files), a 1997 episode of The X-Files television
* "eps1.3_da3m0ns.mp4", a 2015 episode of Mr. Robot
* The Demon (Arrow), an episode of Arrow
* "The Demon" (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)

## Computing

* Daemon (computing), a background process
* Daemon Tools, a disk image emulator
* Daemontools, a collection of free tools for managing Unix services
* Demon Internet, an Internet service provider
* BSD Daemon, a mascot for the BSD operating system

## Religion, philosophy and mythology
### Religion

* Unclean spirit, an agent of a demonic possession

### Philosophy

* Demon (thought experiment), a class of hypotheses
** Laplace's demon (1814), articulation of causal or scientific determinism by Pierre-Simon Laplace
** Maxwell's demon, a concept by James Clerk Maxwell concerning the statistics of second law of thermodynamics
** Evil demon, a philosophical concept originating with René Descartes
** Darwinian Demon, a hypothetical organism resulting from absence of biological constraints on evolution

### Mythology

* Daemon (classical mythology), a lesser deity or guiding spirit in ancient Greek religion and mythology

## People

* Demon (musician) (born 1977), French electronic musician
* Blue Demon (1922–2000), a professional wrestler and actor
* Finn Bálor (born 1981), in NXT and WWE
* Kane (wrestler) (born 1967), wrestler for WWE and WWF
* Alex de Minaur (born 1999), Australian tennis player nicknamed "Demon"
* Dale Torborg (born 1971), professional wrestler performing in WCW under the name "The Demon"
* Gene Simmons (born 1948), vocalist and bassist for the rock band Kiss, whose stage persona is "the Demon"

## Places

* Demon (volcano), Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia
* Demon, Togo
* Demon Creek, a stream in Alaska
* Algol, a star known colloquially as "the demon star"

## Sports
### Basketball

* DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball, Chicago, Illinois
* Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball, North Carolina
* Northwestern State Demons basketball, Natchitoches, Louisiana
* Northwestern State Lady Demons basketball, Natchitoches, Louisiana
* UCC Demons, Irish basketball team

### Football and rugby

* Cardiff Demons, a Welsh rugby league team
* Casey Demons, an Australian rules football team
* Melbourne Football Club, an Australian rules football team nicknamed the Demons
* Northwestern State Demons football, Natchitoches, Louisiana
* Perth Football Club, an Australian rules football team nicknamed the Demons

## Science

* Demon bat, common name for the Beelzebub's tube-nosed bat
* Demon butterflies, several species of the butterfly tribe Ancistroidini
* Demon owl, common name for the barn owl
* Molecular demon, molecular arrangements that mimic Maxwell's demon
* Pines' demon, a certain type of collective excitation of electrons

## Other

* Canfield (solitaire) or Demon, a solitaire/patience card game
* Dæmonen, a roller coaster at Tivoli Gardens
* Demon (roller coaster), at Six Flags Great America and California's Great America
* Screamin' Demon, a shuttle loop roller coaster at Kings Island in Ohio
* "Demon" (poem), by Mikhail Lermontov
* The Demon (opera), by Anton Rubinstein
* Demon (UAV), an aircraft built by BAE Systems
* McDonnell F3H Demon, a United States Navy fighter aircraft
* Hawker Demon, a Royal Air Force biplane
* Demons (board game), a 1979 fantasy game
* Dodge Demon, a name used for various automobiles made by Dodge