Shaitans
Other Names / Variants: shedeem, sheytans, shedim, mazikeen Chaytan?

Shaitans - Evil spirits in Hebrew and Arabic mythology; they have cock's feet.  In rabbinic lore, the shaitans are male demons, the female being known as lilin.  [Rf. Talmud Berachoth; Langton, Essentials of Demonology;  Oesterley's article in Manson, A Companion to the Bible.] (a)

 

Resource List - all entries are taken verbatim from the original source:

(a) "The Dictionary of Angels" by Gustav Davidson, © 1967

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