Demon hunter

Demon hunter or demon slayer is a demonology-related historic occupation or folkloric character which specializes in killing demons, monsters, or undead creatures.^[1]^[2] A demon hunter typically is involved with a deity and angels, and they typically wield religious text, holy water, and relics.^[3] It has diverse roots in myths, Abrahamic religions, African magic, Christian media, Classic Chinese Novels, and Japanese urban legend.^[4]^[5] 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 Hellboy, Buffy Summers,^[6] Dante,^[7] Doomguy,^[7] Guts,^[8] Illidan Stormrage, Nezuko Kamado, Tanjiro Kamado,^[9] Spawn, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester.^[10] and Bayonetta.^[11]

References

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Demon hunter's handbook. Bellevue, Washington. 2013. ISBN 978-1-60125-554-9. OCLC 841673121.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Linden, Sheri (March 6, 2014). "Review: 'Journey to the West' a rollicking tale of demon hunters". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
^ Voigt, Andrew (June 8, 2021). "Heaven's Metal: An Oral History Of The Genesis Of Christian Metal". HM Magazine. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
^ Genz, S. (2009). Postfemininities in Popular Culture. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-230-23441-3. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Lee, Jonathan (August 28, 2020). "Doom Eternal's first expansion, The Ancient Gods: Part One, announces release date". Yahoo. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
^ Kogod, Theo (November 16, 2019). "10 Best Fight Scenes In Berserk". CBR. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
^ Kemner, Louis (October 25, 2021). "Demon Slayer: 10 Most Fearless Characters, Ranked". CBR. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
^ 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.
^ 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)

[Netton_2011_p._31-1] 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.

[MacRae_1998_p.-2] 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.

[Demon_hunters_handbook._p.-3] Demon hunter's handbook. Bellevue, Washington. 2013. ISBN 978-1-60125-554-9. OCLC 841673121.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[Linden_2014-4] Linden, Sheri (March 6, 2014). "Review: 'Journey to the West' a rollicking tale of demon hunters". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved July 16, 2022.

[Voigt_2021-5] Voigt, Andrew (June 8, 2021). "Heaven's Metal: An Oral History Of The Genesis Of Christian Metal". HM Magazine. Retrieved July 16, 2022.

[Genz_2009_p._159-6] Genz, S. (2009). Postfemininities in Popular Culture. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-230-23441-3. Retrieved July 16, 2022.

[Lee_2020-7] Lee, Jonathan (August 28, 2020). "Doom Eternal's first expansion, The Ancient Gods: Part One, announces release date". Yahoo. Retrieved July 16, 2022.

[Kogod_2019-8] Kogod, Theo (November 16, 2019). "10 Best Fight Scenes In Berserk". CBR. Retrieved July 16, 2022.

[Kemner_2021-9] Kemner, Louis (October 25, 2021). "Demon Slayer: 10 Most Fearless Characters, Ranked". CBR. Retrieved July 16, 2022.

[Kripke_Thompson_Drum_2022-10] 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.

[Cook_p.-11] 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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