hellhounds
Demonic underworld dogs
Hellhounds are supernatural dogs from folklore, typically black, fiery-eyed, and associated with death, the underworld, or the devil.
They appear across mythologies as guardians of the afterlife or omens of doom.
In contemporary use, hellhound often describes any fierce, relentless pursuer: Creditors were on him like hellhounds.
Prophetic indicator
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- churchyardBurial ground beside chapel
- moorsUncultivated peaty highlands
- Wild HuntMythic ghostly pursuit
spectral · black dog · legend · superstition · nocturnal · rural · British Isles · Germanic
Mythical watchdog of death's realm
- HadesGreek afterlife realm
- StyxMythological boundary water
- underworldRealm of the departed
- netherworldRealm of the dead
inferno · Tartarus · Charon · afterlife · souls · damnation · Persephone · Erebus
Malevolent supernatural being
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- curseInvoked harm through words
haunting · occult · poltergeist · ghoul · banshee · omen · shapeshifter · wraith
omen
Prophetic indicator
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- churchyardBurial ground beside chapel
- moorsUncultivated peaty highlands
Wild Hunt · spectral · black dog · legend · superstition · nocturnal · rural · British Isles · Germanic · harbinger
Cerberus
Mythical watchdog of death's realm
- HadesGreek afterlife realm
- StyxMythological boundary water
- underworldRealm of the departed
netherworld · inferno · Tartarus · Charon · afterlife · souls · damnation · Persephone · Erebus · purgatory
demon
Malevolent supernatural being
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
curse · haunting · occult · poltergeist · ghoul · banshee · omen · shapeshifter · wraith · summoning
gatekeeper
One controlling entry
protector · warden · vigilant · patrol · threshold · boundary · passage · keeper · defender · portal
predator
Organism that consumes others
hunt · pursuit · stalking · fangs · snarl · growl · pack · howl · bloodthirsty · relentless
- evil spiritsdemons, demon, devils, devil, fiends
- Urban Fantasyvampires, werewolves, witches, faeries, demons
- demonologydemons, devil, Satan, Lucifer, Lilith
- Demonsdemons, demon, devils, devil, fiends
- grotesquesgargoyles, grotesques, demons, chimeras, hybrid creatures
- Victorian supernaturalghosts, seance, spiritualism, mediums, haunted house
hellhoundsguardian angels
Protective spirits assigned to individuals
heavenly host · celestial beings · angels · cherubim · seraphim