v_public_adversarial_beings: 22

Demons, adversarial figures, and hostile entities across traditions.

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rowid	entity_id	canonical_name	tradition	category	primary_domains	short_note
22	ENT_DEMX_WITCH_FAMILIAR	The Witch's Familiar (familiar spirit)	Christian demonology	Demonological classification	witchcraft; demonic pact; animal-shaped attendant spirits (imps)	Class hub for the low demonic attendant spirits ('imps'/familiars) in animal form (cat, toad, dog, etc.) said in early-modern English and continental witch-trial demonology (e.g. the Essex trials, Matthew Hopkins' Discovery of Witches, 1647) to be given by the Devil to suckle on the witch's mark and do her bidding. A class, not a single named being.