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Character in fiction who hunts and destroys demons From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Demon hunter or demon slayer is a demonology-related historic occupation or folkloric character which specializes in killing demons, monsters, or undead creatures.[1][2] A demon hunter typically is involved with a deity and angels, and they typically wield religious text, holy water, and relics.[3] It has diverse roots in myths, Abrahamic religions, African magic, Christian media, Classic Chinese Novels, and Japanese urban legend.[4][5] Variants include other monster hunters, such as the dragonslayer and vampire hunter.
A demon hunter was a specially prepared or instructed clergy, typically a priest, nun, monk, pastor, imam, rabbi, fangxiangshi, or kannushi. This occupation continues to exist, and is referred to as an exorcist.
Some of the most popular fictional demon hunters characters are Hellboy ,Buffy Summers,[6] Dante,[7] Doomguy,[7] Guts,[8] Illidan Stormrage, Nezuko Kamado, Tanjiro Kamado,[9] Spawn, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester.[10] and Bayonetta.[11]