Ördög
Hungarian demonic shapeshifter who controls dark forces.
Ördög, a shape-shifting demon from early Hungarian paganism, controls dark forces. After Christianization, it became identified with the devil. In Hungarian myth, God had Ördög’s help in creating the world.
Quick Facts
- Also known as
- Ürdüng (Old Hungarian)
- Dwelling
- Underworld or hell (Pokol)
- Earthly forms
- Fox
- dark flame
- or Hungarian shepherd with dark
- sparkling eyes
- Goal
- Collect more human souls (lelkek)
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