demonic possession

possession of a human being or an animal by a fictitious malevolent spirit entity
Organization superstition Q26155706
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demonic possession

Summary

demonic possession is a superstition[1]. It draws 223 Wikipedia views per month (superstition category, ranking #9 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • demonic possession's instance of is recorded as superstition[3].
  • demonic possession's instance of is recorded as biblical concept[4].
  • demonic possession is a type of spirit possession[5].
  • demonic possession's Commons category is recorded as Demonic possession[6].
  • demonic possession's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Demonic possession[7].
  • demonic possession's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • demonic possession's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[9].
  • demonic possession's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/demon-possession[10].
  • demonic possession's has characteristic is recorded as superhuman strength[11].
  • demonic possession's has characteristic is recorded as glossolalia[12].
  • demonic possession's has characteristic is recorded as revelation[13].
  • demonic possession's has characteristic is recorded as blasphemy[14].
  • demonic possession's has characteristic is recorded as obscene gesture[15].
  • demonic possession's has characteristic is recorded as profanity[16].
  • demonic possession's different from is recorded as incarnation[17].
  • demonic possession's P14483 is recorded as p/posesion-demoniaca[18].

Why It Matters

demonic possession draws 223 Wikipedia views per month (superstition category, ranking #9 of 17).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/posesion-demoniaca
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: o/obsesion-demoniaca, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275195|batch #275195]]"
  2. 13d ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/posesion-demoniaca
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14483]]: o/obsesion-demoniaca"
  3. 4w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → superstition, biblical concept
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51866|batch #51866]]"
  4. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Demonic possession
    Subclass of → spirit possession
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → superstition, biblical concept
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548142305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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