History Main / HornedHumanoid

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. A few might be CuckoldHorns (or compared to them). See also CrownOfHorns and SinisterDeerSkull.

* ''Literature/ThirdTimeLuckyAndOtherStoriesOfTheMostPowerfulWizardInTheWorld'': Magdelene has a housekeeper, Kali, who's a female demon with red eyes horns. Later on Magdelene's son sends a demon against her who's horned as well, and much bigger than humans.

** Horns are not uncommon on humanoids, which the author describes as analogous to buck teeth. For example, Moria (a human) and Oars (a giant) both have horns.

** 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.
** Tony Tony Chopper has horns coming from holes in his hat. It should be noted that he is an anthropomorphic reindeer.
** Dellinger also has horns on his head, though they are easily mistaken for a part of his baseball cap. He possesses incredible speed and uses those sharp horns to impale his targets. He's a hybrid human and fighting-fish fishman, though in this universe, [[CallASmeerpARabbit fighting fish are monstrous and have long, curved horns]], which the ones on Dellinger's head increasingly resemble as he reaches adulthood.
** MadScientist Caesar Clown has horns on his head.
** Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, along with his son Yamato both have impressive sets of horns reminiscent of a water buffalo. Both are described in-series as {{Oni}}, appropriately enough.

** Malfurion Stormrage has stag horns due to his druid powers.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'': Played with. 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]]".

* ''LetsPlay/NewLifeSMP'': As a stick puppet, Martyn's real-life daughter Amelia is depicted with a pair of black goat-like horns, similar to those of the Snow Creepers which Martyn has declared himself the guardians of.

* [[{{Bishonen}} Yōkinshi]] from ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'' has a single horn on his forehead not unlike [[Manga/HozukisCoolheadedness Hozuki]], while [[MrFanservice Yasha]] has two on either side of his head. The Hair Eater has ''four'', two of which are shorter and positioned in the same fashion as Yasha above, while the other two are much longer and stick backwards through his hair (strangely enough, this trait is not shared with his older sister En'enra).

%%* The Boazans in ''Anime/VoltesV''.

The Horned Humanoid hails from the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hellenic]], characteristically hefting the horns of haughty rams, [[TheMarvelousDeer honored stags]], hilarious goats, and [[BrutishBulls hoary bulls]]. Humorously, holding a single horn hardly ever heralds [[{{Unicorn}} holiness]].

* Website/{{Subeta}}: All (humanoid) Subetan natives have PointyEars, but the Ji-Meneb, who are mostly found in [[BigBoosHaunt Shadowglen]] and [[{{Mordor}} Darkside]], have horns as well, usually with a ram-like curl.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''

The Horned Humanoid hails from the [[Myth/GreekMythology Hellenic]], characteristically hefting the horns of haughty rams, [[TheMarvelousDeer honored stags]], hilarious goats, and [[BrutishBulls hoary bulls]]. Humorously, holding a single horn hardly ever heralds [[{{Unicorn}} holiness]].

* ''Series/TrueBlood'': Maryanne builds an effigy featuring a man with horns, and when she sees a pure white bull, she calls it her god. Presumably she is referring to Dionysus.

->''"But I '''can''' get into anything with a loose enough collar. Just gotta ease one horn through and then angle it up. There's a term for getting caught unprepared that translates to 'running around with clothing stuck on your horns.'"''

* Website/{{Subeta}}: All (humanoid) Subetan natives have PointyEars, but the inhabitants of [[BigBoosHaunt Shadowglen]] and [[{{Mordor}} Darkside]] have horns as well, usually with a ram-like curl.

Whether huge and hideous or helical and handsome, having horns can hamper the head of hatless heroes and hated hostiles homologously. [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Habitants]] of {{Hell}} haggle {{Holy Halo}}s for [[HotAsHell hot horns]]. Horned heads of [[BeastMan hairy hombres]] and [[GorgeousGorgon hembras hermosas]] highlight the {{Half Human Hybrid}}s' heterogeneous heritage that [[BeastMan hybridizes human with hoofed husbandry.]]

* Dragons and demons in ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'' 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.

* Ririchiyo and Shoukin from ''Manga/InuXBokuSS'' grow horns when they access their youkai heritage.
* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' has some examples.

* Akura-Ou, a powerful demon lord, from ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' is one.

* The oni from ''Manga/{{Shutendoji}}'' and everybody related to them.

* Tear is one in ''Literature/UnlimitedFafnir'', and has tiny horns sticking out of her head.
* The Oni in ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''.
* The Boazans in ''Anime/VoltesV''.
* [[BigBad Onimaru]] and most of his demon servants from ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}''.

* ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} prefers to file his down to stumps.
* Due to his BizarreAlienBiology, ComicBook/{{Concrete}} grew antlers for a while. He files them down now.

* Creator/HarveyComics' Hot Stuff
* Illyana Rasputin from ''ComicBook/XMen'' and Daimon Hellstrom.
* Marko's kind in Brian K Vaughan's ''ComicBook/{{Saga}} ''.
* In the ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', the humanoid alien race known as Diasporans have huge bull or goat horns.

* Since they are themed after the WesternZodiac, many of the denizens in ''[[ComicBook/{{Swordquest}} Swordquest: Earthworld]]'' fall into this, such as Ares, Capricorn, and Tarus.

* ''Fanfic/{{Enlightenments}}'': It's a ''VideoGame/TeamIcoSeries'' fic, so of course horned humanoids show up. Some fanon additions to the horns include Wander growing a large pair like Ico's and expansions on how Dormin perceives them: the horns show up as light to their senses and allow them to see through the horn-bearers' eyes, and in Wander's case create a constant telepathic connection between Dormin and Wander unless one of them ([[NayTheist usually Wander]]) shuts it down. The amount of Dormin's soul inside a horned person also affects how much spiritual light they give off: horned boys like Ico have softly glowing horns to Dormin's sight, while Wander's shine, though in either case they appear inert to mortal vision.

* The Beast from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
* The Horned King from ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron''.
* Maleficent from ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', although that might just be her headdress.

* In the 1935 ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream,'' Oberon has a crown-like set of horns, and the changeling boy grows some when Oberon snatches him up.

* Unlike her animated counterpart from Disney's ''Sleeping Beauty'', the eponymous protagonist of ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' is shown to clearly have horns.

* The [[FaunsAndSatyrs Faun]] in ''Film/PansLabyrinth.''
* Calibos in ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981'' develops horns and a tail after Zeus [[BeautyEqualsGoodness curses him with deformity as a punishment for his cruelty and pride]], giving him a distinctly demonic appearance.

* The Horned King in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain''.
* ''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn'': In the main character's dream, the king of the elves has a rack of horns like a deer. [[spoiler:For most of the book, that's what he thinks it is. It's not until he sees the king in person that he realizes it's a crown of branches.]]
* ''Series/TrueBlood'': Maryanne builds an effigy featuring a man with horns, and when she sees a pure white bull, she calls it her god. Presumably she is referring to Dionysus.
* Creator/ThomasBurnettSwann's mythological fantasies have lots of fauns and satyrs. Even his minotaurs (both of them) are more like bovine satyrs than the classical description.
* The Damiani in the ''Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse''. Damiani have three sexes, with the number of horns signifying which sex an individual belongs to. The loose equivalent of females have three, one on the forehead and one above each temple, the loose equivalent of males have only the forehead horn, and the third sex has only the two on the temples.
* In ''Literature/TheIronTeeth'' web serial, after evolving hobgoblins start to grow horns. Blacknail has taken to filing his down. They might look imposing, but horns made disguising himself and wearing hats impossible.
* This is part of what identifies [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] in the web-novel ''Literature/{{Domina}}'', along with red eyes, fangs, and (sometimes) a tail. Note that none of these are natural; demons are humans modified in specific ways by the [[BioAugmentation toy maker]].
* The premise of Joe Hill's novel ''Literature/{{Horns}}'' is that the main character Ig Perrish unexpectedly wakes up one day with horns growing out of his head, horns that compel people to tell Ig their worst secrets. [[spoiler: It's the first step of Ig transforming into a BigRedDevil.]]

* ''Literature/TheTraitorSonCycle'':
** The trolls in this world have horns.
** When Orley and his band start getting mutated by death magic, they slowly grow antlers.

* The fantasy WebSerialNovel ''The Apprentice Librarian'', orcs have bull-like horns on their forehead, as an example of OurOrcsAreDifferent.
* In ''Literature/{{Monster}}'', the title character's chief rival for work as a cryptid dogcatcher is Hardy, a tall guy with ram's horns. Hardy claims they're a mark of a demonic ancestor, but Monster suspects his competitor is really half-satyr and only claims to be part demon because it sounds cooler.

* The titular creature from ''The Beast Of Nightfall Lodge'' is a skeletal-thin, predatory, semi-demonic humanoid with claws, hooves, and a ''huge'' rack of sharp antlers. [[spoiler: At least, when not disguised in human form.]]

* ''Franchise/TheWorldOfDarkness':

* ''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 are parts of an ancient god who was broken into a dozen "siblings."]]]]

* In ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'', [[spoiler:Mei gets a pair of these on her head when she fully awakens as the [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Herrscher of Thunder]]. They actually make her resemble an oni of sorts]].
** There's also the Vodka Girls Rozaliya and Liliya, who both have horns of different lengths on their heads.
* ''VideoGame/LiEat'': Dragons have horns but usually hide them.
* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' has Ganyu, a cross between [[HalfHumanHybrid a human and a qilin]] who has goat horns on her head.
** Version 2.3 gives us Arataki Itto and the oni race in Inazuma, who have these as the main characteristic of their race. They are split into two groups: the [[RedOniBlueOni crimson oni and blue oni]].

* ''Webcomic/EvilDiva'': All the devils have them. Tails too.

* ''Webcomic/LotusCobraIsEvil'': {{Satan}}, who also has wings.

* The [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] in ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' have some members who possess horns [[note]]They seem to be most common on earth and fire demons, roughly half and half on wind demons and almost nonexistent on water demons[[/note]], the demons who do have them consider them [[http://hyenafu.tumblr.com/post/148766207274/patrons-who-donate-2-per-month-can-ask-questions signs of strength and beauty]] and can be [[http://www.sdamned.com/comic/448 brought to tears]] or become [[http://www.sdamned.com/comic/707 murderously]] [[http://www.sdamned.com/comic/708 violent]] if they are damaged.

* In ''Webcomic/TheForgottenOrder'' there is a race of witches with horns of varying shapes and sizes.

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Devimon, Wargreymon]], [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Flamedramon (a rhino-like nose-horn)]], [[Anime/DigimonFrontier Agunimon]], and [[Anime/DigimonFusion Yakasmon]].

* The Pillar Men from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Although they keep them hidden as displaying them is a sign of honor.

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. A few might be CuckoldHorns (or compared to them). See also CrownOfHorns.

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