Hunger Demon

Hunger Demon is carved in Brazilian soapstone.

Stands about 6 inches tall.



It conveys the feeling of hunger in its hollow state.

Empty mind, empty stomach, both travel right through to the soul. Hence the hollow of the

figure 'eight'. The emptyness of the navel and chest portrays the ideology that a demon can enter the body through these areas. The hands that cover both back and front are not only to indicate the pain one feels when deep seeded hungry strikes, but to also remind us that blocking the navel is known as a defence against demons entering the host.

A demon is a malicious spirit from the spirit world that feeds on the darker parts of the mortal psyche like rage, hunger, and desire. The spirit world is a metaphysical realm that is part of theology and is separated by the veil of this world and the next. Like all spirits, they cannot survive long in the mortal world and so must possess a host.

An old wifes tail about such entities is that to have a figure, carving, statue, or some likeness of a demon you fear, or want to avoild will in fact ward them off, for if they think one is already present, indicated by the image or scupture, then they simply pass you by.