İlbis-şaytan
Kumyk · numen · Kumyk traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
İlbis-şaytan is a demon of Kumyk folk belief, his name combining the Turkic ilbis/albıs 'evil spirit' with the Arabic shaytan 'devil'. He belongs to the Islamic-influenced layer of Kumyk demonology together with the jinn and the shaytans, the stratum into which older Turkic malevolent spirits were reinterpreted, and figures as a tempter and sower of discord in popular narrative.
Domains
- temptation
Powers
- tempts and sows discord
Sources
- Among the malignant spirits of Kumyk belief are the jinn and shaytans and the demon ilbis-shaytan.: Kumyks: Religion and Expressive Culture, in Encyclopedia of World Cultures (Russia and Eurasia/China), everyculture.com; and Chirikba (2015), Brill. (secondary)