The two best known lists includeDante’s Inferno and Milton’s Paradise Lost. I will get to those in a minute. But first, to clear something up:
“So far I came up with Banshee, Beelzubub, Incubus, Lucifer, and Satan. Any of those work?”
It should be noted that Banshee and Incubus are certain TYPES of daemons. Lucifer and Satan are both names for the Devil— Beelzubub is either the Son of Satan or Satan himself (name IS in the Bible). Satan is definitely a name for the Devil and Lucifer is commonly regarded as one and the same, though many Christians dispute this and attribute the name to the king of Babelon (Nimrod—a mighty warrior king).
In Dante’s Inferno we have the following names—
Alichino (derived from Arlecchino, the harlequin)
Barbariccia (“Curly Beard”)
Cagnazzo (“Nasty Dog”)
Calcabrina (possibly “Grace Stomper”)
Ciriatto (“Wild Hog”)
Draghignazzo (“Big Nasty Dragon”)
Farfarello (possibly “Goblin”)
Graffiacane (“Dog Scratcher”)
Libicocco (possibly “Libyan Hothead”)
Malacoda, the leader (“Evil Tail”)
Rubicante (possibly “Red-faced Terror” and a reference to Cante de’ Gabrielli, who as Podestà
of Florence condemned Dante to exile)
Scarmiglione (possibly “Trouble Maker”)
From Milton’s Paradise Lost, we have the Following and better known list:
Lucifer – One of God’s most beautiful archangels, but also its most proud, He was the first to want for more than what God gave Him. Though His evil scheme through the poem – to corrupt humankind – is successful, He deceives His counsel into believing He has defeated God entirelyby the end of the poem, at great cost to Himself. He can possess any body He pleases, and is a silver-tongued creature, capable of using a philosopher’s wit, a politician’s tongue, and the words of a lecher to convince Eve to take her first bite from the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.
Beelzebub – Satan’s Second-in-Command. Like Lucifer, he embodies perverted reason for use toward wicked ends. He suggests to Lucifer that they should war against God after their escape from the lake of fire.
Belial – A principle devil in Tartarus. He embodies sloth and inactivity. He argues against
warring with God after their escape from the lake of fire, but only due to his great laziness.
Nonetheless, he is eloquent, and manages to convince many of Lucifer’s soldiers not to fight.
Mammon – The embodiment of wealth, he always walks hunched over, forever seeking wealth in the ground. He argues against warring with God after their escape from the lake of fire, for he sees no profit to be gained from such a transaction. He would rather mine the abundant minerals in Tartarus.
Mulciber – The demonic architect of Pandemonium. He is described as being fiercely industrious compared to his kin.
Moloch – Rash, irrational, and bloodthirsty, he argues that Lucifer should go to war with God
after their escape from the lake of fire. He is not possessed of the same capacity for eloquence as his peers, so he is not a convincing proponent of this decision.
Sin – Lucifer’s daughter. She was born, like Athena and Zeus before them, from Lucifer’s
forehead when He was still in Heaven. She assumes the form of a woman above the waist, and a serpent below the waist. Her waist is wreathed in demonic hell-hounds who occasionally turn inward to feast upon her womb and entrails. She guards the gates of Tartarus.
Death – Lucifer’s grandson by his daughter Sin. Death rapes his mother, begetting the
hell-hounds at her waist that ensure her eternal torment.
Sin, Death and Lucifer form an Unholy Trinity in opposition to the Holy Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
The Serpent – The beast in Paradise who, after careful consideration of His options, Lucifer
possesses to seduce Eve into eating the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. The serpent, after Eve and Adam’s fall from grace, is punished for his participation in the corruption of mankind by being forbidden to stand.
