Demonology, latin, satanist, ghosts? What are you afraid of?

Question

I am writing a horror novel and I am doing a little research. I am looking for some information on demons and some dark phrases in latin. Do you know where I can find this information. Plus I also need some more ideas. What paranormal occurance would scare you? What is the scariest thing you can imagine? What are you afraid of? Tell me your fears.

Answer 1

ghosts scare me most of all - don't know why.

Answer 2

I love a good horror movie or story. The thing that freaks me out most is when a character can't be safe anywhere.

I watched Nightmare on Elm Street. Freddy can only get to the teens in their dreams. No matter where they are, at some point they _will_ fall asleep.

In Hellraiser 3, Terry Farrell's character runs into a church (after being followed everywhere else), but Pinhead follows her in. The priest holds up a cross hoping to keep Pinhead away, but he laughs and is unaffected.

A character's hopelessness and vulnerability are the most unnerving things for me.

You can find some demon info on SourceryForge.org along with other stuff you might find relevant. Also, Latin isn't your only option. Ancient languages in general add effect. You could find some random phrases (and maybe curses) on the net in Etruscan (lots of funerary stuff has been deciphered), Sumerian, Hittite, Sanskrit, or others.

Good luck :)

Answer 3

well honesly i afraid of transvestites... and moldy food. Oh and also Anna Nicole Smith. So i guess you could somehow put the protagonist in a situation in which they are in some dark room with only a little light... I guess maybe an attic with candles? And they turn around and see Anna Nicole lookin like she just got back from octoberfest and she can throw up on the main character making them slip on the vomit. Then i guess some obigatory lighting flashes and thunder rolls as she goes into that maniacle laugh she does and all of a sudden an army of transvestites come crawling towards the poor victim and force feed him/her 16 pounds of molding peachs and bread till they die of horror... that will make you a new york times best seller, honestly.

Answer 4

Honestly the absolute worst thing I can think of is a college where everwhere you turn a Christian is trying to cram that book down your throat, and no it isn't a Christian school, it is funded by the state.
The desk scattered with literature that screams propaganda, that reads like a cheap novel (no dig).
The paranormal are mild compared to the above.
Good luck on your book!

I will write a chant for you, this chant brings money to another:

Mia libennay omtun forn-yeah
Clarius al perragus
Ducellus, ducellus,
Decigum, decibum;
Fortuna, fortunis, elta inborris,

The aurthor wrote - possibly basterdized form of early Latin chant.
Hope this helps.

Answer 5

I always found that whats in my mind was always more scary than what a writer of movie maker could dream up. (Could be a theme in itself, please credit me if you use :)

I mean fi: There was this movie with an invisible demon. He ate, burned, ripped people. I was scared ...until.... the movie-maker showed the monster in the last scene. An almost cuddly monster, a bit big but nothing scary about it.

Same in books. As long as the 'monster' or 'event' is described by the feelings the character has for it I'm totally scared, if written well. As soon as the writer starts to describe details of the event or monster I go.."That's not so bad."

Classic example is the kid in "The Shining." (book not movie) going completely bonkers in the garden where the shrubbery animals stalk him. That's not scary at all....but the kid being scared.. that was REALLY scary. Strange but true.

Answer 6

I am afraid of the dark...yes I admit I am afraid of the dark. I am afraid of waking up and someone I dont' know be standing over me or watching me from a window or the door way or the foot of my bed. I don't know if I believe in demons and all that stuff...I do believe in poltergeists and spirits and ghosts. It would scare me to wake up and see a ghost or spirit standing next to my bed watching me, a ghost or spirit touching me or talking to me. I'm not sure where you can find info on this stuff though..sorry.

Answer 7

Lightning - It's so mysterious and deadly. It even looks painful -- those jagged streaks of flesh-sizzling heat, and the fact that it can't be controlled by any effort of man or science has always horrified me. Since I was little I was terrified that it would hurt me or my family or my pets (most of whom live outside), and then one day my nightmare happened. My horse was killed by lightning in the middle of the night in a freak storm. It was such a wierd storm that it only had one HUGE lightning strike. I woke up to a blinding flash and the sound was so loud that I couldn't understand what it was at first. My horse died in that instant.

Answer 8

the catholics are always good in a horror story. demon possession and demon occupied houses and the little old priest coming in to kick the devil the hell out.
a little shadow figure that causes paralysis, that jumps on the chest of it's victem is always scarey.
an evil spirit that torments the nuns of a convent, rapeing them at will.

Answer 9

Latin? Well, it was a tough class, but I wouldn't say I was afraid of it.

And, my biggest fear: biological warfare.
Nuclear and cehmical bad enough but deal-with-able. Diseases, viruses, and anything inside me that is alive gives me the heebie-jeebies.

Answer 10

ad in lil demonic children their always scarey. or the readers mother in law! they wont sleep for a week. good luck on your book! i am writing mine on the end of the world, sort of like the left behind stuff orly bloodyer and more violent.

Answer 11

I'm fearing that such people like you, really exist.

oh yes, and i fear Demonology, Psychology, Mythology, actually whatever ends with o" logy", and Latin and many other languages also very much. hm...