The seal (known is Scotland a s a selch) is various genii of marine mammals of the Phocidae family and Otariidae family. Seals are carnivorous, have an elongated body covered with thick fur and limbs developed into flippers which they use for swimming. Male seals are called bulls; females cows and the offspring are called pups, sometimes calves. The breeding ground of seals is called a rookery. A group of seal pups is called a pod, while a group of adults is known as a herd.
In Greek and Roman mythology, the daemons (or genii) were an order of invisible beings. The Greeks believed them to be inferior deities and that Zeus assigned one daemon to each man and woman at his birth, to attend, protect and guide him or her and at his or her death dying with him or her. They were nameless, and like the multitude of mankind, innumerable. Some of them acted as personal attendants to deities of a higher order, and in that case were represented under particular forms, and enjoyed distinctive names, while others were believed to watch over particular districts, towns or nations. The Romans believed them to be intermediate beings linking mankind with the gods. Research Daemons
In theology, a devil (from the Greek, diabolos, a slanderer or accuser), is an evil spirit or being; specifically the evil one, represented in Scripture as the traducer, father of lies, etc. Most of the old religions of the East acknowledge a host of devils. The doctrine of Zoroaster, who adopted an evil principle called Ahriman, opposed to the good principle and served by several orders of inferior spirits, spread the belief in such spirits among the people.
The Greek mythology did not distinguish with the same precision between good and bad spirits. With the MuslimEblis, or the devil, was an archangel whom god employed to destroy a pre-Adamite race of jinns, or genii, and who was so filled with pride at his victory that he refused to obey god.
The Satan of the New Testament is also a rebel against god. He uses his intellect to entangle men in sin and to obtain power over them. But he is not an independent self-existent principle like the evil principle of Zoroaster, but a creature subject to omnipotent control. The doctrine of Scripture on this subject soon became blended with numerous fictions of human imagination, with the various superstitions of different countries, and the mythology of the pagans. The excited imaginations of hermits in their lonely retreats, sunk as they were in ignorance and unable to account for natural appearances, frequently led them to suppose Satan visibly present; and innumerable stories were told of his appearance, and his attributes - the horns, the tail, cloven foot, etc - distinctly described.
The New Testament hardly describes more regarding the devil than that he has a distinct personality; that he is a spirit or angel who in some way fell; that he is devoid of truth and of all moral goodness, always warring against the soul of man and leading him towards evil; that he has demons, spirits, or angels under him who work his will, and enter into or 'possess' men; but of his or their origin, original state, or fall, the New Testament doesn't say. Research Devil
In classical mythology, Genii were tutelary deities; the ruling and protecting power of men, places, or things; a good or evil spirit supposed to be attached to a person and influence his actions. The Genii of the Romans were the same as the Daimones (Demons) of the Greeks. According to the belief of the Romans, which was common to almost all nations, every person had his own Genius; that is, a spiritual being, which introduced him into life, accompanied him during the course of it, and again conducted him out of the world at the close of his career. The Genii of women were called Junones. The Genii were wholly distinct from the Manes, Lares, and Penates, though they were allied in one important feature - the protection of mortals. Research Genii
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