İlbis-şaytan

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

• Kumyks: Religion and Expressive Culture, in Encyclopedia of World Cultures (Russia and Eurasia/China), everyculture.com; and Chirikba (2015), Brill.