History Main / HornedHumanoid

* ''Manga/InuYasha'' has some examples.

* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In "Animals", a MadScientist is creating HalfHumanHybrid creatures in an experiment to create {{Super Soldier}}s. Somehow this involves them having huge horns and hairy bodies [[NightmareFail that make them look like walking yaks.]]

** The Sage of the Six Paths, as well as his mother. His mother's were large enough that she was nick-named the "Rabbit Goddess" while the Sage's were significantly shorter. His sons in turn lacked horns, with the older son possessing only markings on his forehead.

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* Creator/{{Michelangelo}}'s sculpture of Moses shows the prophet with two tiny horns coming out of his head. This weird attribute comes from the Latin translation of [[Literature/BookOfExodus Exodus]], specifically after Moses' encounter with {{God}} on Mt. Sinai[[note]]The Hebrew is generally taken to metaphorically refer "[[HolyHalo rays of light]]" coming off Moses' head, a metaphor translated literally into the Latin[[/note]].

* Medieval and Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo often depicted [[Literature/BookOfExodus Moses]] with horns, due to the Vulgate (Latin Bible translation) misreading the Hebrew of ''The Book Of Exodus'' 34:35 as stating that Moses's face was "horned" (''keren'') instead of "shining" (''karan''). This contributed to the anti-Semitic belief that all Jews have horns.

* Humans possessed by demons in ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' often look like this. The protagonist himself gains a pair of fiery horns when using his flames.

* Myth/{{Lilith}} and her descendents in ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'' are all humanoid-looking, except they have horns and a tail. This is the result of their powers being progressively sealed by the Light Clan; they originally look more like BigRedDevil.

* Aries, The Spirit King, Taurus, and Capricorn from ''Manga/FairyTail''.

** [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Seliah]] of the Tartaros Guild has these, which are really the only way you can tell she is a demon. [[spoiler: They get even bigger when she goes OneWingedAngel.]]
* The characters who are souls encased in armor from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' tend to have these, notably Al and Barry the Chopper.
** Roa gets this a little bit while fighting [[LargeHam Major Armstrong]]. He ''is'' half cow.
* Ririchiyo and Shoukin from ''Manga/InuXBokuSS'' is this when they access their youkai heritage.

* Several citizens of the [[MagicalLand Magic World]] in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' have these, most notably Princess Theodora, President Seras, Shirabe and Tamaki.

* The oni from ''Manga/{{Shutendoji}}'' and everybody related to them.
* The dragonfolk from ''Manga/TalesOfWeddingRings'' look like normal humans with small horns growing from their temples.
* A common (though not universal) trait for members of the Hell-Horde in ''Manga/TisTimeForTorturePrincess''. The Hell-Lord, his wife, and his daughter all have horns rising vertically from their scalps; Enki, Youki, and Insuke have oni-like horns rising from their foreheads; and Torture has curved horns pointing forward from the sides of her head.
* The Demon race in ''Literature/TsuyokuteNewSaga'' all have horns...except for the future Demon Lord. He is instead a WingedHumanoid, which the current Demon Lord Louisa notes is rare.

* Illyana Rasputin from Franchise/XMen and Daimon Hellstrom.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', the humanoid alien race known as Diasporans have huge bull or goat horns.
* Franchise/GreenLantern: Abin Sur of [[TwoFistedTales Earth-20]] in ''[[ComicBook/TheMultiversity Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors of the Counter-World #1]]''. He is well aware this makes him look like a demon.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

* Classically, horns were thought to be a symptom not of cheating on one's spouse, but the opposite: [[CuckoldHorns being cuckolded]]. Supposedly, the reason [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream Oberon]] had horns was because Titania got around. (With no less than [[ComicBook/TheSandman the personification of dreams]], [[Creator/NeilGaiman to hear some tell it.]])

* Nosferatu Zodd from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. He loses one of his horns after fighting against Griffith.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': WordOfGod says that horns are not uncommon on species of humanoids in the world like humans and giants, being analogous to buck teeth. For example, Moria (a human) and Oars (a giant) both have horns.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyroTheEternalNight'': At first, the undead warriors of Dante's Freezer to be wearing horned helmets. However, the Ogres' second phase, where their armor is broken off, shows that their horns are in fact growing out of their skulls.

* Magnus from ''VideoGame/AtlasReactor'' is a HalfHumanHybrid (via LegoGenetics) between a human and a ''stegosaurus'', and as a result sports a magnificent trio of horns.

* Loki in ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'' can take on a Frost Giant form, which features two horns curling back into his hair.
* Given that ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'' is based in a cartoon studio that has a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] as its biggest star, it can be expected to have multiple examples:

* Poor little VideoGame/{{Ico}}'s fairly bovine horns are seen as a curse, and he's left to die in a haunted castle because of them.
** In SpiritualSequel ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'', [[spoiler:Wander starts to sprout some horns at the end as a sign of his tie with Dormin, who sports a pretty impressive pair of horns Themself. According to WordOfGod, Wander is actually the progenitor of the horned bloodline, making him Ico’s distant ancestor.]]
* Jak of ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' has horns in his [[SuperPoweredEvilSide dark form]] during [[VideoGame/JakIIRenegade the second game]]. Oddly enough, they are missing [[VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander in the third]]. A {{fanon}} explanation is that the positive[=/=]balancing effects of the [[TouchedByVorlons Light Eco]] caused them to disappear.
* Yamato from ''VideoGame/{{Kamiko}}'' is a blue-haired woman who, upon being bestowed the Blade of Kusanagi and becoming one of the supernatural warriors the game's title refers to, gains a pair of white, deer-like antlers.

* The upcoming hack and slash [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1601320/Leshy/ Leshy]] features the titular forest spirit in the mythology folder above horns and all.

* Played with in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'': Big Boss gets a piece of shrapnel lodged in his head that comes to resemble a horn. Quite befitting for a man who is "[[HeWhoFightsMonsters already a demon]]".

* Sabato from ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.

* The two princesses of Ledomiam in ''Drakuun''.

* Tear is one in ''LightNovel/UnlimitedFafnir'', and has tiny horns sticking out of her head.

* The Demon race in ''LightNovel/TsuyokuteNewSaga'' all have horns...except for the future Demon Lord. He is instead a WingedHumanoid, which the current Demon Lord Louisa notes is rare.

** Astfgl, King of Hell in ''Literature/{{Eric}}'', generally appears as a [[{{Panto}} pantomime]] Demon King, wearing a cowl with little red horns on it. When he gets ''really'' annoyed, he turns into a demon from a heavy metal cover, and massive ram's horns rip through the cowl.

* ''Videogame/CavesOfQud:'' Mutant characters can have Horns as a mutation, including singular rhino-esque horns and antlers. They're not there just for show either; while horned mutants can't wear helmets, they have a chance to deliver vicious headbutts in the middle of combat, which cause decent damage and rip the enemy open for bleeding damage.

* VideoGame/{{Shing}}'s most common variety of Yokai have horns on their forehead and they reflect their size too, so the bigger the Yokai, the bigger the horns.

Usually either demonic or bestial, being an important aspect of the BigRedDevil physical archetype, but also having having strong connections to BrutishBulls, [[TheMarvelousDeer Marvelous Deer]], and {{Gruesome Goat}}s as well as being a mandatory feature for {{Cernunnos}}, [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent minotaurs]] and FaunsAndSatyrs and optional on {{Draconic Humanoid}}s. Many an evil example sports HornsOfVillainy; more barbaric examples will sport HornsOfBarbarism. Not be confused with HornyDevils, although some examples of that might be examples of this. A few might be CuckoldHorns (or compared to them). See also CrownOfHorns.

** On the "Luci" Premium Edition table, the three female HornyDevils (Luci on the backglass, and a blonde and a brunette in the Underworld) all have small horns.

* Hanyuu from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' has two horns on her head, one of which is chipped slightly. No one ever comments on their appearance. [[spoiler:In the original visual novel, it's shown that she still had them when she was a living human, hinted to be due to a recessive genetic defect. They're a large part of the reason why she ended up being sacrificed, since her horns led people to think she was a demon.]]

* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In "Animals", a MadScientist is creating HalfHumanHybrid creatures in an experiment to create {{Super Soldier}}s. Somehow this involves them having huge horns and hairy bodies [[NightmareFail that make them look like walking yaks.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' has this trope in spades: [[BigRedDevil Lucius, Beezy]], [[DrillSergeantNasty Molotov]], [[RichBitch Jez]], plus several background characters. They are meant to be demons after all...
* A number of Franchise/{{Transformers}} have horns, perhaps most notably [[OmnicidalManiac Unicron]], which helps to add to [[ObviouslyEvil his almost demonic appearance]].

* The Operavox adaptation of "The Rhinegold" of ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'' portrays giants Fafnir and Fasolt with horns.

* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': Several of the Heroic Spirits have horns. Usually this is a sign of either {{oni}} or [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]] heritage, though there are various other reasons for horns as well. For example, Frankenstein's Monster has an artificial horn that's part of the mechanism used to animate [[GenderFlip her]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'' has a lot of horned characters. Any of the LittleBitBeastly characters based on a species with horns (like bulls or deer) will have horns or antlers. Members of the Sarkaz (a race based on [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], {{Oni}}, and of all three DraconicHumanoid races also are defined by horns. In addition, there's Dusk, Nian, and Ling, who have draconic tails and horns themed more after Chinese dragons, and [[spoiler:[[PiecesOfGod parts of an ancient god who was broken into a dozen "siblings."]]]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'' has a lot of horned characters. Any of the LittleBitBeastly characters based on a species with horns (like bulls or deer) will have horns or antlers. Members of the Sarkaz (a race based on [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], {{Oni}}, and of all three DraconicHumanoid races also are defined by horns.

* Dragons and demons in ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesForThreeHundredYearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'' undergo VoluntaryShapeshifting between their native and humanoid forms, and in the humanoid forms they are always horned. Demons tend to have [[GruesomeGoat caprine-looking horns]], while dragons tend to have straight, conical horns.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3076 Monique tries to establish that a lack of horns and tail means she's not a devil.]] Satan and the succubi do indeed all have small horns.

Usually either demonic or bestial, being an important aspect of the BigRedDevil physical archetype, but also having having strong connections to BrutishBulls, [[TheMarvelousDeer Marvelous Deer]], and {{Gruesome Goat}}s as well as being a mandatory feature for [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent minotaurs]] and FaunsAndSatyrs and optional on {{Draconic Humanoid}}s. Many an evil example sports HornsOfVillainy; more barbaric examples will sport HornsOfBarbarism. Not be confused with HornyDevils, although some examples of that might be examples of this. A few might be CuckoldHorns (or compared to them). See also CrownOfHorns.

* Cernunnos, the stag-horned god of animals and fertility from the Myth/CelticMythology.

** The [[CelestialParagonsAndArchangels empyreal lord]] Cernunnos resembles a human with a pair of antlers rising from his brows.