Editing Classification of demons (section)

{{Short description|Differing classification systems of demons}}
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[[Image:Schongauer Anthony.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''[[The Temptation of St Anthony (Schongauer)|The Temptation of St. Anthony]]'' by [[Martin Schongauer]]; Anthony is depicted being attacked by demons]]
There have been various attempts at the '''classification of [[demon]]s''' within the contexts of [[classical mythology]], [[demonology]], [[occultism]], and [[Renaissance magic]]. These classifications may be for purposes of [[traditional medicine]], [[exorcism]]s, [[ceremonial magic]], [[Witch-hunts in Early Modern Europe|witch-hunts]], [[Didacticism|lessons in morality]], folklore, religious ritual, or combinations thereof. Classifications might be according to [[astrology|astrological]] connections, [[elemental]] forms, [[noble titles]], or parallels to [[Hierarchy of angels|the angelic hierarchy]]; or by association with particular [[sins]], diseases, and other calamities; or by what [[angel]] or [[saint]] opposes them.

Many of the authors of such classifications identified as [[Christian]], though Christian authors are not the only ones who have written on the subject.