I think all cultures/religions have a concept of the evil and the demonic and I believe it represents the some 3% of the populations who re born lacking motor neurones and then their life experiences engender a refusal to abide by societal codes relating to decency and the Golden Law of all cultures : "Do unto others as you would. ahve them do to you'.
The hypocrites, the entitled, the arrogant want power over others to gain their illicit desires of untold wealth and a total lack of accountability in what they do to obtain it. There are such sort of peole in every human society - the Indigenous peoples had a word 'weitiko', and the character tries of such a person describe what we know as psychopathy.