Zhong Kui is a Chinese deity who was considered to be a vanquisher of ghosts and other evil beings.

Demon hunter or demon slayer is a demonology-related historic occupation or folkloric character which specializes in demons, angels, monsters, or undead creatures.[1][2][3] A demon hunter typically is involved with a deity and angels, and they typically wield religious text, holy water, and relics.[4] It has diverse roots in myths, Abrahamic religions, African magic, Christian media, Classic Chinese Novels, and Japanese urban legend.[5][6] Variants include other monster hunters, such as the dragonslayer and vampire hunter.

In history

A demon hunter was a specially prepared or instructed clergy, typically a priest, nun, monk, pastor, imam, rabbi, fangxiangshi, or kannushi. This occupation continues to exist, and is referred to as an exorcist.

In fiction

Some of the most popular fictional demon hunters characters are Buffy Summers,[7] Dante,[8] Doomguy,[8] Guts,[9] Illidan Stormrage, Nezuko Kamado, Tanjiro Kamado,[10] Spawn, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester.[11] and Bayonetta.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Van Helsing, A.; Van Helsing, O.; Teves, M.; Bryant, S. (2006). Demon Hunter's Handbook. Pavilion Books. ISBN 978-1-86205-741-8. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  2. ↑ Netton, I.R. (2011). Islam, Christianity and the Mystic Journey. Edinburgh University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-7486-8813-5. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  3. ↑ MacRae, C.D. (1998). Presenting Young Adult Fantasy Fiction. Twayne's United States authors series (in German). Twayne Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8057-8220-2. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  4. ↑ Demon hunter's handbook. Bellevue, Washington. 2013. ISBN 978-1-60125-554-9. OCLC 841673121.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ↑ Linden, Sheri (March 6, 2014). "Review: 'Journey to the West' a rollicking tale of demon hunters". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  6. ↑ Voigt, Andrew (June 8, 2021). "Heaven's Metal: An Oral History Of The Genesis Of Christian Metal". HM Magazine. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  7. ↑ Genz, S. (2009). Postfemininities in Popular Culture. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-230-23441-3. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  8. 1 2 Lee, Jonathan (August 28, 2020). "Doom Eternal's first expansion, The Ancient Gods: Part One, announces release date". Yahoo. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  9. ↑ Kogod, Theo (November 16, 2019). "10 Best Fight Scenes In Berserk". CBR. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  10. ↑ Kemner, Louis (October 25, 2021). "Demon Slayer: 10 Most Fearless Characters, Ranked". CBR. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  11. ↑ Kripke, Eric; Thompson, Robbie; Drum, Nicole (July 14, 2022). "Jensen Ackles Reveals if He'd Consider a Supernatural Reboot". TV Shows. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  12. ↑ Cook, Caleb D. (2014). The eyes of Bayonetta 2 : Bayonetta 2 official art book. Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 978-1-77294-084-8. OCLC 1078895556.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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