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* Also see ''DemonLordDante'' by ''GoNagai''. Lamia wants to alternatively either screw or eat everyone in the city to have/make food for her zillions of spider babies. (She's a drider instead of the typical half-snake version fantasy works usually toss up)

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[[folder:Jormungandr]]
The World Serpent of Norse myth.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Jormundur is Ajihad and Nasuada's right-hand man in the ''InheritanceCycle''.

[[AC:{{MMORPG}}s]]
* Blizzard likes this one: Jormungar are giant ice worms in the Norse-themed Northrend of ''WorldOfWarcraft''.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* In ''{{Starcraft}}'', the Jormungand Brood, controlled by the player during the Zerg campaign, and therefore responsible for the invasion of Aiur.
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[[folder:Lamia]]
An ancient Greek demon whose description boils down to 'succubus of children.'

[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* Also see ''DemonLordDante'' by ''GoNagai''. Lamia wants to alternatively either screw or eat everyone in the city to have/make food for her zillions of spider babies. (She's a drider instead of the typical half-snake version fantasy works usually toss up)

* Lamia the witch from ''{{Stardust}}''

[[AC:{{Live-Action TV}}]]
* Madam Lamia, Count Grendel of Gracht's assistant in [[DoctorWho "The Androids of Tara"]].

[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* The Lahmian vampires from ''WarhammerFantasy''.

* Also Lamia Loveless from ''SuperRobotWars''. An [[RobotGirl android]] and [[TheMole efficient spy]] who will sneak into your team, get really friendly with your teammates, while leaking information to her higher ups so at one point, she will be able to bring your group down in one swift move, and she has no concern in anything except her mission, her life included. Played straight in SRW Advance, when playing Axel's scenario, whereas she never did develop her conscience and stays as a cold blooded android.

[[folder:Nergal]]
A Babylonian deity, a fiery god of war and destruction. Identified with the planet Mars,

* The [[ConspiracyRedemption ostensibly benevolent]] space exploration company in ''MartianSuccessorNadesico''. Also inspired by the name of the chaos god Nurgle in ''WarhammerFortyThousand'', and is often used in fiction for demonic/destructive deities/creatures.

* ''FireEmblem 7'''s BigBad says hi, and waves his Ereshkigal tome around.

[[AC:RealLife]]
* Nergal, frontman/lyricist of the Polish death-metal band Behemoth. Somewhat fitting, since their lyrics play with theosophy a lot.

[[folder:Odin]]
NorseMythology. Usually referred to as 'the Allfather', 'Old One-eye' or 'the Ferryman', as He's rather scary and naming Him directly might bring you unwanted attention.

* [[CaptainObvious Odin]] from ''AmericanGods'', although he actually ''avoids'' using the name.
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[[folder:Pandora]]
Not evil by intention, but released evil upon the world.

* Gives its name to the research organization PANDORA in ''DarkerThanBlack'', which like Nergal in Nadesico is ostensibly good - apparently no one in either cast studied mythology.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles have a vampire named Pandora, though she's not particularly evil.

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* Pandora is also the world inhabited by the Na'vi in ''{{Film/Avatar}}''. Not evil itself, but a foreshadowing that it won't remain undisturbed. Also fits the Greco-Roman theme naming of planets [[hottip:* : according to the "Manual", Pandora is a moon in the Alpha Centauri system orbiting the planet Polyphemus]]

[[AC:{{Live-Action TV}}]]
* In the most recent season of ''DoctorWho'' there was the Pandorica, a prison meant for containing a force that would destroy the universe.
** In the ExpandedUniverse, particularly the ''{{Gallifrey}}'' series, the EvilOverlord Time Lady who wants to take over Romana and declare herself [[GalacticConqueror "Imperiatrix"]] is named Pandora.

* ''{{Borderlands}}'' takes place on the planet Pandora, where almost everyone is searching for a mysterious "Vault," and trying to open it, [[GenreBlind for whatever idiotic reason...]]

[[folder:Shiva]]
Hindu god of destruction.

[[AC:{{Anime}}]]
* Shiva in ''JinkiExtend''.

[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* Lady Shiva in the DCUniverse.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* The demons Shivarra in ''WorldOfWarcraft''.

[[folder:Tantalus]]
A figure from ancient Greek legend better known for his IronicHell punishment than for [[ImAHumanitarian what he did to earn it]].

* A [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace place version]]: The Arch of Tantalus from ''TheUnderlandChronicles''.

[[folder:Hades and/or Acheron]]
The Greek underworld, and the river one must cross to reach it, respectively.

* The entire Hades family in the ''ThursdayNext'' novels, named after the [[GreekMythology Greek underworld]] and the rivers in it.

[[folder:Faust]]
And all derivations of it; note that it means "fist" in German.

* FairyTail: The king of [[AlternateUniverse Edolas]], who may have heard about ethics and similar things [[CompleteMonster but decided they were for weaklings]].
* The villain from ''SaberMarionetteJ''.

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* Felix Faust is a longtime {{Justice League of America}} villain.
* {{Nineties Anti Hero}} Faust from the eponymous comic series. He used to be a painter, but prefers bloodbaths to acrylics since his resurrection.

* Ellen Faustino from ''The Supernaturalist''

[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* German [[ProgRock progressive-rock]] band Faust, culpable of terrifying deeds such as performing the Cabaret/[[NoiseRock noise-rock]] anthem "Why Don't You Eat Carrots".

[[AC:{{Theatre}}]]
* Faust from the various versions.

* Faust from ''GuiltyGear'', who you ''really'' want to run away from before he sticks his [[DeadlyDoctor giant scalpel]] up your ass.

[[folder:Tantalus]]
A figure from ancient Greek legend better known for his IronicHell punishment than for [[ImAHumanitarian what he did to earn it]].

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* A [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace place version]]: The Arch of Tantalus from ''TheUnderlandChronicles''.

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[[folder:Alastor]]
A demon of vengeance in Greek myth, and a possessing entity akin to Nemesis in Christian demonology. Spelled "Aleister," may be an allusion to purported black magician Aleister Crowley.

* Mad-Eye Moody from ''HarryPotter''.
* The BigBad of the children's book ''The Castle in the Attic'', a sorcerer whose specialty was magic amulets.

[[AC:{{Live-Action TV}}]]
* Alister in ''{{Supernatural}}''.

[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* In ''VampireTheMasquerade'', alastors are the Camarilla enforcers charged with hunting down and destroying the Anathema, those vampires who the Camarilla have marked for Final Death.
* The Executioner of Hell in the Ninth Hell of Nessus in ''DungeonsAndDragons''.

* Blade Master Alastor from ''ViewtifulJoe''.
* One of the bosses of ''{{Painkiller}}''
* Dante's lightning sword in ''DevilMayCry''.

[[folder:Lamia]]
An ancient Greek demon whose description boils down to 'succubus of children.'

[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* Also see ''DemonLordDante'' by ''GoNagai''. Lamia wants to alternatively either screw or eat everyone in the city to have/make food for her zillions of spider babies. (She's a drider instead of the typical half-snake version fantasy works usually toss up)

* Lamia the witch from ''{{Stardust}}''

[[AC:{{Live-Action TV}}]]
* Madam Lamia, Count Grendel of Gracht's assistant in [[DoctorWho "The Androids of Tara"]].

[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* The Lahmian vampires from ''WarhammerFantasy''.

* Also Lamia Loveless from ''SuperRobotWars''. An [[RobotGirl android]] and [[TheMole efficient spy]] who will sneak into your team, get really friendly with your teammates, while leaking information to her higher ups so at one point, she will be able to bring your group down in one swift move, and she has no concern in anything except her mission, her life included. Played straight in SRW Advance, when playing Axel's scenario, whereas she never did develop her conscience and stays as a cold blooded android.

[[folder:Allelujah]]

[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* Allelujah Haptism from ''Gundam00''...well, not so much him as his sociopathic split personality '''H'''allelujah.

[[folder:Jormungandr]]
The World Serpent of Norse myth.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Jormundur is Ajihad and Nasuada's right-hand man in the ''InheritanceCycle''.

[[AC:{{MMORPG}}s]]
* Blizzard likes this one: Jormungar are giant ice worms in the Norse-themed Northrend of ''WorldOfWarcraft''.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* In ''{{Starcraft}}'', the Jormungand Brood, controlled by the player during the Zerg campaign, and therefore responsible for the invasion of Aiur.
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[[folder:Odin]]
NorseMythology. Usually referred to as 'the Allfather', 'Old One-eye' or 'the Ferryman', as He's rather scary and naming Him directly might bring you unwanted attention.

* [[CaptainObvious Odin]] from ''AmericanGods'', although he actually ''avoids'' using the name.
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[[folder:Fenrir]]
NorseMythology. A giant wolf, son of god Loki, fated to break free from his chains on the coming of Ragnarok and eat Odin. Also known as Fenris, Fenrisúlfr...

* Werewolf Fenrir Greyback in ''HarryPotter''.

* Fenris Wolfbrother, an orc chieftain in ''{{Warcraft}} II Beyond the Dark Portal''.
* Fenris Isle in ''WorldOfWarcraft'', probably ''not'' named after the orc. Home of a dark wizard and his Gnolls (hyena-like humanoids) minions until the ''Cataclysm'' expansion pack. Also Fenrus the Devourer, a gigantic [[strike:wolf]] [[CallARabbitASmeerp worg]].

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* Name of TheVirus from TronEvolution. And you ''do'' have to run away from him really fast more than once.

* Chernabog (Yiddish for "black god") in ''{{Fantasia}}'' and ''KingdomHearts'', and Tchernobog from ''{{Blood}}''.

* In the most recent season of ''DoctorWho'' there was the Pandoraca, a prison meant for containing a force that would destroy the universe.

* KnightTemplar who takes up GrimReaper's scythe and [[DantesInferno runs around attracting and killing off minions of Hell]]

* The king of [[AlternateUniverse Edolas]], who may have heard about ethics and similar things [[CompleteMonster but decided they were for weaklings]].

[[AC:MMORPGs]]

* Faust from the various versions

[[AC:{{Litterature}}]]

* Fenris Isle in ''WorldOfWarcraft'', probably ''not'' named after the orc. Home of a dark wizard and his Gnolls (hyena-like humanoids) minions until the ''Cataclysm'' expansion pack. Also Fenrus the Devourer, a gigantic [[strike:wolf]] [[CallARabbitASmeerf worg]].

A Babylonian deity that was a firey god of war and destruction. Identified with the planet Mars,

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