A few days ago I was watching a vampire movie and suddenly I started thinking about the concept of devils, daemons and the undead in Hinduism. To my knowledge there is no concept of the undead in hinduism. Daemons are a tricky subject. If we say there is no concept of Devils or Daemons in hinduism people will immediately ask about Asuras.
Well according to the Rig Veda, there were 2 different Gods. One for the natural elements while the other for the social elements. For the natural elements Devas were the Gods while Asuras were revered as Gods of the social elements. But as time passed Hinduism took two different paths wherein one sect regarded Asuras as the Good while Devas were the evil (they belong to Zorastrianism) while the other sect regarded Devas as the good with Asuras as the evil. This concept stuck and all other vedas regarded this as fact.
This can largely be associated with the influence from the outsiders.
Source :- Internet and wikipedia
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