In Egyptian mythology, Set was the god of evil, “represented as having the features of a fantastic beast with a thin, curved snout, straight, square - cut ears and a stiff forked tail. ” ​ — Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology.
ग्रीक आणि रोमनांचे चांगले तसेच वाईट देवी - देवता होते तरीही त्यांच्यात प्रमुख असा दुष्टाईचा देवता नव्हता.