{ "meta": { "topic": "demonology", "scope": "entities attested in 2 or more of the six source documents", "rank_ladder": ["Emperor", "King", "Prince", "Duke", "Marquis", "Earl", "President", "Knight"], "generated_from": [ "demon-hierarchy-synthesis.md", "the six source documents in md/demonology/" ], "caveat": "Rank depth derives almost entirely from the Encyclopedia (EN). Daemonologie (DJ) names these ranks only to reject them as the Devil's lies. This is one tradition's hierarchy, not a consensus of the sources. Aliases are merged to the most common form; see cross_refs for conflations." }, "sources": { "FG": "A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits (Mack & Mack) — global folklore catalog", "DM": "Dark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology (Orlov) — Enochic / Second-Temple Watcher myth", "PU": "Personal or Impersonal: Karl Barth & Merrill Unger on the Demonic — theology (personal vs. 'nothingness')", "SP": "Spiritism and the Fallen Angels in the Light of the OT and NT — Protestant polemic on mediumship/idolatry", "DJ": "Daemonologie (King James I) + News from Scotland — witch-hunt theology; rejects the grimoire hierarchy", "EN": "The Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology (Guiley) — reference; full Goetia 72, seven princes, Watchers" }, "demons": [ { "id": "satan", "name": "Satan", "aliases": ["the Devil", "the Adversary", "Diabolos", "the Dragon", "the Serpent", "the Deceiver", "the Evil One", "Sathan"], "type": "individual", "tier": "supreme-prince", "rank": "Head of all demons / Prince of Darkness", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": "Anger", "domain": ["temptation", "accusation", "rule of Hell", "the power of death", "deception"], "signs": ["the dragon/serpent of Revelation 12", "disguises as an angel of light (2 Cor 11:14)", "shape-shifter: luminous angel, serpent, wild beast", "appears to witches as a man in black; cold to the touch; marks servants with the Devil's mark", "walks 'as a roaring lion'"], "origins": "Originally an exalted cherub fallen through pride (Isa 14 / Ezek 28); Hebrew 'adversary'. Identified with the Eden serpent, Lucifer, Iblis.", "sources": ["FG", "DM", "PU", "SP", "DJ", "EN"], "source_count": 6, "citations": { "DM": "Satan and the Visionary, pp. 107-112", "PU": "§1.3 Satanology", "SP": "Ch. III 'Satan—Or Spiritism at its Source', pp. 27-38", "DJ": "Bk III Ch V (~p. 175)", "EN": "'Satan' ~21423", "FG": "PSYCHE (ALL NAMES)" }, "cross_refs": ["lucifer", "satanael", "samael", "beelzebub", "belial", "iblis", "apollyon"], "notes": "The only entity, with Lucifer, named in all six sources. Functions as the merge-point for most upper-tier aliases." }, { "id": "lucifer", "name": "Lucifer", "aliases": ["Helel", "the Morning Star", "the Day Star", "Satanael"], "type": "individual", "tier": "supreme-prince", "rank": "Emperor of Hell", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": "Pride", "domain": ["light-bringing", "pride", "rule over Europeans/Asiatics", "temptation"], "signs": ["appears as a beautiful child when conjured", "associated with Venus / the morning star"], "origins": "Latin lucem ferre, 'light-bearer', from the Day Star (Isa 14:12). = Satanael in 2 Enoch; treated as Satan's pre-fall name. Ranked above Satan in EN's scheme; DJ calls it merely an allegorical name for Satan before his fall.", "sources": ["FG", "DM", "PU", "SP", "DJ", "EN"], "source_count": 6, "citations": { "DM": "The Watchers of Satanael, pp. 85-99", "PU": "Lutzer quote ~line 8030", "SP": "Satan's names list, p. 28", "DJ": "Bk I Ch VI (~p. 90)", "EN": "'Lucifer' ~15055", "FG": "PSYCHE (ALL NAMES)" }, "cross_refs": ["satan", "satanael"], "notes": "Aliased to Satan in most sources; given distinct top rank only in EN." }, { "id": "beelzebub", "name": "Beelzebub", "aliases": ["Baal-zebul", "Beelzeboul", "Lord of the Flies"], "type": "individual", "tier": "supreme-prince", "rank": "Prince of Demons", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": "Gluttony", "domain": ["command of the decan-demons", "lust in holy men", "war and murder", "rule over the sabbats", "demon worship"], "signs": ["a gigantic ugly fly", "a giant enthroned: swollen face, horns, bat wings, duck feet, lion's tail", "thwarted by the oath 'Elo-i'"], "origins": "From Baal-zebul, 'Lord of the Flies'; highest-ranking fallen angel; chief possessing demon at Aix and Loudun.", "sources": ["FG", "SP", "DJ", "EN"], "source_count": 4, "citations": { "SP": "p. 28 (Satan's names) & Ch. IV p. 42", "DJ": "Bk III Ch V (~p. 175); Grandier pact note ~p. 97", "EN": "'Beelzebub' ~2732; Testament of Solomon", "FG": "PSYCHE (ALL NAMES)" }, "cross_refs": ["satan"], "notes": null }, { "id": "leviathan", "name": "Leviathan", "aliases": ["the Tortuous Serpent", "the Slant Serpent"], "type": "individual", "tier": "supreme-prince", "rank": "King of beasts", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": "Envy", "domain": ["the sea and the deep", "dragging down ships", "primordial chaos"], "signs": ["whale-like, shield-scaled", "flaming breath, 'eyes like the dawn'", "near-invulnerable"], "origins": "Primordial sea monster of Job / Jonah. Female aspect ('Tortuous Serpent') linked to Lilith; male the 'Slant Serpent'. A Loudun possessing demon.", "sources": ["FG", "DM", "DJ", "EN"], "source_count": 4, "citations": { "DM": "The Likeness of Heaven, p. 21", "DJ": "Bk I Ch VI note 10 (~p. 97), Grandier pact", "EN": "'Leviathan' ~14260", "FG": "PSYCHE (ALL NAMES)" }, "cross_refs": ["lilith"], "notes": null }, { "id": "belial", "name": "Belial", "aliases": ["Beliar", "Bernael"], "type": "individual", "tier": "supreme-prince", "rank": "King", "legions": 80, "goetia_number": 68, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["worthlessness", "fornication", "lies", "treachery", "leadership of the Sons of Darkness"], "signs": ["a deceptively beautiful, soft-voiced angel in a fire-dragon chariot", "'visage like a viper' (Testament of Amram)", "requires sacrifices to invoke"], "origins": "Hebrew 'without worth'; one of the Watchers; titled Prince of Darkness, King of Evil; synonym for Satan/Antichrist. At Qumran, head of 'the men of the lot of Belial'. Via Milton (SP), a chief of the fallen who coupled with the daughters of men.", "sources": ["DM", "SP", "EN"], "source_count": 3, "citations": { "DM": "Eschatological Yom Kippur, p. 40 (Qumran)", "SP": "p. 28 & Milton quote p. 52", "EN": "'Belial' ~2945" }, "cross_refs": ["satan", "watchers"], "notes": "Both a top-tier prince and Goetia #68; rank/legions from the Goetia (EN)." }, { "id": "astaroth", "name": "Astaroth", "aliases": ["Ashtaroth", "Astarte (origin)"], "type": "individual", "tier": "supreme-prince", "rank": "Grand Duke and Treasurer", "legions": 40, "goetia_number": 29, "deadly_sin": "Sloth", "domain": ["all sciences", "secrets of past/present/future", "encourages sloth", "necromantic divination"], "signs": ["an ugly or beautiful angel astride a dragon, holding a viper", "foul stinking breath (hold a magic ring to the face)", "conjured Wednesday 10-11pm"], "origins": "A male demon derived from the goddess Astarte/Ashtoreth; fallen seraph, prince of thrones; archdemon of Chesed. One of three supreme demons (with Beelzebub, Lucifer) in the Grand Grimoire. In SP, Milton lists Ashtaroth among the chiefs of the fallen.", "sources": ["SP", "DJ", "EN"], "source_count": 3, "citations": { "SP": "Ch. VI p. 65 (Milton)", "DJ": "Bk I Ch VI note 10 (~p. 97), Grandier pact", "EN": "'Astaroth' ~2279" }, "cross_refs": ["beelzebub", "lucifer"], "notes": "Both a top-tier prince and Goetia #29." }, { "id": "asmodeus", "name": "Asmodeus", "aliases": ["Asmoday", "Ashmedai", "Aeshma", "Sydonay"], "type": "individual", "tier": "supreme-prince", "rank": "King", "legions": 72, "goetia_number": 32, "deadly_sin": "Lust", "domain": ["lust", "jealousy", "anger", "revenge", "wrecks marriages", "gambling", "teaches arithmetic/geometry/astronomy"], "signs": ["three heads (ogre, ram, bull)", "cock's feet, serpent tail, wings", "rides a fire-breathing dragon", "fears water", "thwarted by smoke of fish liver and gall (Tobit)"], "origins": "Persian, from the daeva Aeshma 'of the bloody mace'; son of Naamah and Shamdon; fallen seraph; husband of Lilith; first under Amaymon. Ruler of the shedim.", "sources": ["FG", "DJ", "EN"], "source_count": 3, "citations": { "DJ": "Bk I Ch VI note 8 (~p. 96)", "EN": "'Asmodeus' ~2170; Zoroastrian 'Aeshma' ~642; Testament of Solomon", "FG": "PSYCHE (ALL NAMES)" }, "cross_refs": ["amaymon", "lilith", "shedim", "ahriman"], "notes": "Both a top-tier prince (Lust) and Goetia #32. Aeshma ties him to the Zoroastrian Ahriman tradition." }, { "id": "mephistopheles", "name": "Mephistopheles", "aliases": ["Mephostophiles", "Mephistophilis"], "type": "individual", "tier": "supreme-prince", "rank": "one of the seven great princes of Hell", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["serving and damning Faust", "pact negotiation", "the Devil's representative"], "signs": ["a tall man in black", "shape-shifts: grey friar, fiery bear, bald dwarf, invisible ringing bell"], "origins": "Faust-legend figure, named by Trithemius; from Marlowe's Doctor Faustus and Goethe's Faust. The archetypal pact-serving familiar.", "sources": ["FG", "DJ", "EN"], "source_count": 3, "citations": { "DJ": "Bk I Ch VI note 4 (~p. 95)", "EN": "'Mephistopheles' ~16801", "FG": "PSYCHE (ALL NAMES)" }, "cross_refs": [], "notes": null }, { "id": "moloch", "name": "Moloch", "aliases": ["Molech", "Baal (identified)", "Malik"], "type": "individual", "tier": "supreme-prince", "rank": "first of the evil demons of the Tree of Life (Kether, with Satan)", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["child sacrifice", "plague", "'prince of the valley of tears'", "detrimental sun"], "signs": ["a bull-headed man with long arms on a brass throne", "children burned in his hollow bronze belly (passing 'through the fire')"], "origins": "Ammonite/Phoenician god; identified with Baal, Malik, and Greek Cronos.", "sources": ["SP", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "SP": "Ch. VII 'Abominations of the Canaanites', p. 71", "EN": "'Moloch' ~17459" }, "cross_refs": ["baal", "satan"], "notes": null }, { "id": "mammon", "name": "Mammon", "aliases": [], "type": "individual", "tier": "supreme-prince", "rank": "prince of tempters / archdemon", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": "Avarice", "domain": ["greed", "riches"], "signs": ["symbol: wolf"], "origins": "Aramaic 'riches'; a fallen angel, often equated with Lucifer/Satan/Beelzebub. Hell's ambassador to England.", "sources": ["FG", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "EN": "'Mammon' ~16356", "FG": "PSYCHE (ALL NAMES)" }, "cross_refs": ["lucifer", "satan", "beelzebub"], "notes": null }, { "id": "belphegor", "name": "Belphegor", "aliases": ["Baal-Peor"], "type": "individual", "tier": "supreme-prince", "rank": "archdemon of the sixth sephirah (Tipareth)", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": "Sloth", "domain": ["sloth", "riches", "inventions and discoveries", "misogyny", "licentiousness"], "signs": ["sits on a pierced chair (excrement is his offering)", "appears as a beautiful young girl to tempt men"], "origins": "The Moabite god Baal-Peor (phallus worship); a fallen Principality. Infernal ambassador to France.", "sources": ["FG", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "EN": "'Belphegor' ~2993", "FG": "PSYCHE (ALL NAMES)" }, "cross_refs": ["baal"], "notes": "Note: deadly_sin Sloth overlaps with Astaroth; sources assign Sloth to both in different schemes." }, { "id": "amaymon", "name": "Amaymon", "aliases": [], "type": "individual", "tier": "directional-king", "rank": "King of the East", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["rule of the East quarter", "command over the 72 Goetic demons"], "signs": [], "origins": "One of the four infernal directional kings who command the Goetia 72; Asmodeus, Gaap, and Seere serve under him.", "sources": ["DJ", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "DJ": "Bk I Ch VI note 8 (~p. 96)", "EN": "Goetia four-kings conjuration; subordinations under Amaymon" }, "cross_refs": ["asmodeus", "gaap", "corson", "zimimar"], "notes": null }, { "id": "corson", "name": "Corson", "aliases": ["Curson (?)"], "type": "individual", "tier": "directional-king", "rank": "King of the West", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["rule of the West quarter"], "signs": [], "origins": "One of the four infernal directional kings (DJ).", "sources": ["DJ", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "DJ": "Bk I Ch VI note 8 (~p. 96)", "EN": "Goetia four-kings conjuration; cf. Purson/Curson #20" }, "cross_refs": ["amaymon", "zimimar", "gaap"], "notes": "UNCERTAIN: DJ's directional king Corson is often conflated with the Goetia's Duke Purson/Curson (#20) but may be a distinct figure." }, { "id": "zimimar", "name": "Zimimar", "aliases": ["Zimimay", "Ziminiar"], "type": "individual", "tier": "directional-king", "rank": "King of the North", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["rule of the North quarter"], "signs": [], "origins": "One of the four infernal directional kings (DJ); named in the Goetia four-kings conjuration.", "sources": ["DJ", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "DJ": "Bk I Ch VI note 8 (~p. 96)", "EN": "Goetia four-kings conjuration" }, "cross_refs": ["amaymon", "corson", "gaap"], "notes": null }, { "id": "gaap", "name": "Gaap", "aliases": ["Goap", "Tap"], "type": "individual", "tier": "directional-king", "rank": "King of the South (also President and Prince, Goetia)", "legions": 66, "goetia_number": 33, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["rule of the South quarter", "teaches sciences/philosophy", "excites love/hate", "transports people", "gives familiars"], "signs": ["a human with huge bat wings, preceded by four kings", "appears when the Sun is in the southern signs"], "origins": "A fallen Power; both a Goetia officer (President and Prince, under Amaymon) and the directional King of the South.", "sources": ["DJ", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "DJ": "Bk I Ch VI note 8 (~p. 96)", "EN": "'Gaap' ~9168" }, "cross_refs": ["amaymon"], "notes": "Spans two ranks: directional King and Goetia #33." }, { "id": "baal", "name": "Baal", "aliases": ["Bael", "Baell", "Baalim"], "type": "individual", "tier": "goetia-officer", "rank": "King ruling the East", "legions": 66, "goetia_number": 1, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["imparts invisibility and wisdom", "idolatry / false prophecy (SP)"], "signs": ["triple-headed: a man's head flanked by cat and toad heads", "a hoarse voice"], "origins": "Canaanite fertility lord, 'son of El'. In SP, Milton names Baalim among the male chiefs of the fallen, and Ahab's Baal-worship is read as Satanic mediumship.", "sources": ["SP", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "SP": "Ch. VI p. 65 & Ch. VIII p. 86", "EN": "'Baal' ~2494" }, "cross_refs": ["moloch", "belphegor"], "notes": "Goetia #1; the root deity behind several other entries (Beelzebub/Baal-zebul, Belphegor/Baal-Peor, Berith/Baalberith)." }, { "id": "foras", "name": "Foras", "aliases": ["Forcas", "Forras"], "type": "individual", "tier": "goetia-officer", "rank": "President", "legions": 29, "goetia_number": 31, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["logic, ethics, virtues of herbs and gems", "makes invisible", "finds treasure", "grants eloquence and longevity"], "signs": ["a strong man, or a chevalier"], "origins": "A Goetia officer; cited in DJ as a specimen of the hierarchy James rejects ('Foras, a mighty President').", "sources": ["DJ", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "DJ": "Bk I Ch VI note 8 (~p. 96)", "EN": "'Foras' ~9075" }, "cross_refs": [], "notes": "One of the few mid-rank Goetia officers attested outside EN." }, { "id": "azazel", "name": "Azazel", "aliases": ["Asael", "Azael", "Iblis (Islam)"], "type": "individual", "tier": "watcher", "rank": "Chief of the fallen / King of the seirim", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["forbidden knowledge", "weapon-making", "cosmetics", "idolatry", "the 'lot of Azazel' (the wicked)"], "signs": ["the scapegoat of Yom Kippur driven to the wilderness pit Dudael (Lev 16)", "appears as an 'unclean bird' descending on sacrifices", "a serpent with human hands/feet and twelve wings (Apoc. Abraham)", "goat-like, dwells in the desert"], "origins": "A Watcher who lusted after mortal women (1 Enoch 6-11); bound by Raphael in Dudael. In the Apocalypse of Abraham elevated to THE arch-demon. In Islam = Iblis's pre-fall name; later conflated with Satan.", "sources": ["FG", "DM", "EN"], "source_count": 3, "citations": { "DM": "The Likeness of Heaven / Eschatological Yom Kippur / The Garment of Azazel (throughout)", "FG": "DESERT 'Azazel', pp. 144-145", "EN": "'Azazel' ~2411" }, "cross_refs": ["iblis", "satan", "shedim", "semyaza", "watchers"], "notes": null }, { "id": "semyaza", "name": "Semyaza", "aliases": ["Shemihazah", "Shemyaza", "Semjaza", "Shemhazai"], "type": "individual", "tier": "watcher", "rank": "Leader of the Watchers (the 200)", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["led the Watchers' descent", "the binding oath on Mount Hermon", "fathered the giants"], "signs": ["hung upside-down in Orion as punishment", "father of the giants Ohya and Ahya"], "origins": "Chief Watcher (1 Enoch 6); in 2 Enoch the leadership is reassigned to Satanael. Paired with Azael as the two arch-Watchers.", "sources": ["DM", "SP", "EN"], "source_count": 3, "citations": { "DM": "The Watchers of Satanael, pp. 85, 94, 100", "SP": "Ch. VI (sons of God / Nephilim), pp. 51-57", "EN": "'Semyaza' ~22117" }, "cross_refs": ["azazel", "satanael", "watchers", "nephilim"], "notes": "SP attests by close cognate (the Genesis 6 'sons of God' narrative) rather than the name Semyaza." }, { "id": "satanael", "name": "Satanael", "aliases": ["Satanail"], "type": "individual", "tier": "watcher", "rank": "Prince of the Watchers (200 myriads)", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["leadership of the rebel Watchers", "seduction/corruption of Adam and Eve", "the cursed vine"], "signs": ["flies ceaselessly above the abyss after his fall", "made dark and ugly, loses creative power", "loses the '-el' to become Satan"], "origins": "The chief celestial rebel of the Adamic myth (2 Enoch) who refused to venerate Adam. = Lucifer (EN); folds into Satan/Samael.", "sources": ["DM", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "DM": "The Watchers of Satanael, pp. 85-99", "EN": "'Satanail' ~21556" }, "cross_refs": ["satan", "lucifer", "samael", "semyaza"], "notes": "The bridge figure between the Enochic Watcher myth and the Devil of the supreme tier." }, { "id": "samael", "name": "Samael", "aliases": ["Sammael", "the venom of God"], "type": "individual", "tier": "watcher", "rank": "first prince and accuser / chief of the ten evil sephirot", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["jealousy", "executioner of God's death sentences", "death and the desert wind (Samiel/Simoon)"], "signs": ["the rider on the serpent ('Samael came down riding on this serpent', Zohar)", "the dark spots of the Moon are his excrement"], "origins": "The serpent who tempted Eve; uncircumcised husband of Lilith; 'prince of Rome' (3 Enoch); equated with Satan.", "sources": ["FG", "DM", "EN"], "source_count": 3, "citations": { "DM": "The Garment of Azazel, pp. 76-77", "EN": "'Samael' ~21366", "FG": "PSYCHE (ALL NAMES, 'Sammael')" }, "cross_refs": ["satan", "satanael", "lilith"], "notes": null }, { "id": "uzza-azza-azael", "name": "Uzza, Azza & Azael", "aliases": ["the three Watchers", "Ouza", "Uzzah"], "type": "collective", "tier": "watcher", "rank": "fallen angelic leaders (a trio)", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["opposed the creation of man", "taught humanity sorcery", "led Enosh's generation into idolatry"], "signs": ["appear as a trio", "bow before / accuse Enoch-Metatron"], "origins": "Reworked Watcher names echoing Shemihazah/Asael (3 Enoch). Uzza is also the tutelary (fallen) spirit of Egypt.", "sources": ["DM", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "DM": "The Watchers of Satanael, pp. 90-91, 100-101 (3 Enoch)", "EN": "'Uzza' ~25329" }, "cross_refs": ["azazel", "semyaza", "watchers"], "notes": null }, { "id": "watchers", "name": "The Watchers", "aliases": ["Grigori", "Egregoroi", "Sons of God", "Angels of Mastemoth"], "type": "collective", "tier": "watcher", "rank": "200 fallen angels under chiefs of tens", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["cohabited with women", "taught forbidden arts", "fathered the Nephilim"], "signs": ["human-like but larger than the great giants", "dejected faces, perpetual silence, no liturgy", "imprisoned in darkness / under the earth"], "origins": "The 200 'watching' angels who descended to Mount Hermon (1/2/3 Enoch, Genesis 6), led by Semyaza/Azael or (in 2 Enoch) Satanael.", "sources": ["DM", "SP", "EN"], "source_count": 3, "citations": { "DM": "The Watchers of Satanael, pp. 87-97", "SP": "Ch. VI 'Sons of God Marrying the Daughters of Men', pp. 51-57", "EN": "'Watchers' ~25683" }, "cross_refs": ["semyaza", "azazel", "satanael", "nephilim", "uzza-azza-azael"], "notes": null }, { "id": "nephilim", "name": "Nephilim", "aliases": ["the fallen ones", "the giants", "sons of Anak (post-Flood)"], "type": "class", "tier": "watcher", "rank": "race of giants (offspring, not rulers)", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["corruption", "bloodshed", "devouring", "the antediluvian wickedness that brought the Flood"], "signs": ["300 cubits tall (1 Enoch)", "named sons of Semyaza: Ohya and Ahya (Hiwa/Hiya)", "ancestors of the Anakim"], "origins": "The monstrous progeny of the Watchers and the daughters of men; identified with the Genesis 6 'mighty men of renown'; destroyed in the Flood but reappearing as the sons of Anak.", "sources": ["DM", "SP", "EN"], "source_count": 3, "citations": { "DM": "The Flooded Arboretums, pp. 113-125", "SP": "Ch. VI pp. 51, 57", "EN": "'Nephilim' ~17925" }, "cross_refs": ["watchers", "semyaza"], "notes": null }, { "id": "iblis", "name": "Iblis", "aliases": ["Shaytan (ruler of)", "Azazel, Lord of the Djinn"], "type": "individual", "tier": "other-recurring", "rank": "Chief of all djinn / King of the Shaitans", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["doubt", "tempting humankind", "command of an army of marid and shaitan"], "signs": ["a fallen angel 'puffed up with pride'", "refused to bow to Adam ('you created me of fire, him of clay')"], "origins": "The arch-demon of Islam; closely identified with Azazel (his pre-fall name). The Shaitan are a class of evil djinn ruled by Iblis.", "sources": ["FG", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "FG": "DESERT 'Iblis' p. 146 & 'Shaitan' pp. 151-153", "EN": "'Iblis' / 'Shaytan'" }, "cross_refs": ["azazel", "satan"], "notes": "The Islamic counterpart/merge of Azazel and Satan." }, { "id": "lilith", "name": "Lilith", "aliases": ["Lilitu", "Lil", "the Seducer", "mother of the lilin"], "type": "individual", "tier": "other-recurring", "rank": "bride of Samael / archdemon of Yesod", "legions": 420, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["night demon and succubus", "strangles newborns", "seduces sleeping men to spawn demons", "Lady of the Beasts"], "signs": ["a beautiful woman with long red hair and a body of fire (or hairy bestial legs)", "a screech owl", "power peaks at the dark Moon", "repelled by iron and the names Sanvi/Sansanvi/Semangelaf"], "origins": "Adam's first wife (Isa 34:14); Babylonian lilitu; from a kelippah (Zohar). Kabbalistic 'queen of hell', conflated with the Roman strix/stirges owl-demon (DJ). In FG, also mother of Norway's Huldrefolk.", "sources": ["FG", "DJ", "EN"], "source_count": 3, "citations": { "DJ": "Bk III Ch I note 4 (~p. 154)", "EN": "'Lilith' ~14415", "FG": "MOUNTAIN (Huldrefolk) & DOMICILE (ALL NAMES)" }, "cross_refs": ["samael", "asmodeus", "leviathan"], "notes": "Rides with 420 legions on the Day of Atonement (legions field reflects this)." }, { "id": "python", "name": "Python", "aliases": ["Pytho", "the Pythoness (host)", "spirit of divination"], "type": "individual", "tier": "other-recurring", "rank": "oracular possessing spirit / familiar", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["divination", "oracular prophecy", "mediumship"], "signs": ["speaks oracular words THROUGH a possessed woman ('by her tongue', not at her command)", "the host swells, 'full of the god'"], "origins": "From the serpent-dragon Python slain by Apollo at Delphi; the power behind the Delphic oracle and the Philippian damsel (Acts 16). 'Pythoness' generalized to any oracular woman, incl. the Witch of Endor.", "sources": ["SP", "DJ"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "SP": "Ch. III p. 37 & Ch. IX pp. 97-99", "DJ": "Bk II Ch I (~pp. 106-107)" }, "cross_refs": ["diana"], "notes": null }, { "id": "diana", "name": "Diana", "aliases": ["Diana of Ephesus", "leader of the night-court"], "type": "individual", "tier": "other-recurring", "rank": "head of the fourth class of spirits (the fairy/witch host)", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["idolatry and magic (Ephesus)", "the witches' nocturnal flying host", "the fairies / 'Good Neighbours'"], "signs": ["women 'seduced by the illusions of demons' believe they ride by night with Diana over vast distances"], "origins": "A pagan goddess reinterpreted as a demonic power: object of demon-worship at Ephesus (SP, Acts 19); leader of the witches' night-court (DJ, quoting Regino of Prum).", "sources": ["SP", "DJ"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "SP": "Ch. IX p. 100", "DJ": "Bk III Ch V (~p. 173) & note 1" }, "cross_refs": ["python"], "notes": null }, { "id": "apollyon", "name": "Apollyon", "aliases": ["Abaddon"], "type": "individual", "tier": "other-recurring", "rank": "Prince ruling the seventh hierarchy (the Furies); king of the abyss", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["death", "destruction", "war and devastation", "the bottomless pit"], "signs": ["king of the bottomless pit (Rev 9:11)"], "origins": "Hebrew Abaddon, 'place of destruction', personified; Greek Apollyon, 'the destroyer'; equated with Satan/Samael. Listed as a name of Satan in SP.", "sources": ["SP", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "SP": "p. 28 (Satan's names)", "EN": "'Abaddon' ~437" }, "cross_refs": ["satan", "samael"], "notes": null }, { "id": "legion", "name": "Legion", "aliases": ["the Gerasene Demon"], "type": "collective", "tier": "other-recurring", "rank": "a multitude acting as one", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["demonic possession"], "signs": ["'many demons as one' (Mark 5)", "a persistent negotiator who bargained with Jesus", "transferred into the herd of swine"], "origins": "The collective of demons possessing the Gerasene demoniac; cited as proof of demonic personhood (Unger).", "sources": ["FG", "PU"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "PU": "§1.7 (~lines 2434-2450)", "FG": "PSYCHE (ALL NAMES)" }, "cross_refs": [], "notes": null }, { "id": "shedim", "name": "Shedim / Seirim", "aliases": ["Shedhim", "Seirim", "goat demons", "satyrs"], "type": "class", "tier": "other-recurring", "rank": "a class of wilderness demons, ruled by Asmodeus", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["recipients of idolatrous child-sacrifice", "haunting of ruins and waste places"], "signs": ["hairy, horned, wide-mouthed, with lolling tongues and wings", "'eat, drink, marry, and die like men'"], "origins": "Hebrew wilderness demons: the seirim ('goat demons'/'satyrs', Lev 17:7, Isa 34:14) and shedhim (Deut 32:17, Ps 106:37). Azazel is their king.", "sources": ["FG", "PU", "EN"], "source_count": 3, "citations": { "PU": "§2.5.2 (~lines 3285-3317)", "FG": "FOREST 'Shedim', pp. 125-127", "EN": "'Shedim' ~22557" }, "cross_refs": ["azazel", "asmodeus"], "notes": null }, { "id": "ahriman", "name": "Ahriman", "aliases": ["Angra Mainyu", "the Destructive Spirit"], "type": "individual", "tier": "other-recurring", "rank": "the demon of all demons (Zoroastrian)", "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["drought", "famine", "war", "disease", "source of all evil"], "signs": ["created 99,999 diseases, six archdemons, and the dragon Azhi Dahaka", "falls unconscious 3,000 years at the Ahunvar chant"], "origins": "Twin of Ahura Mazda; commands the daeva. His lieutenant Aeshma is the root of the Hebrew Asmodeus.", "sources": ["FG", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "FG": "(ALL NAMES, 'Ahriman / Angra Mainyu')", "EN": "'Ahriman' ~695" }, "cross_refs": ["asmodeus"], "notes": "Ties the Zoroastrian tradition back to the supreme tier via Aeshma/Asmodeus." }, { "id": "pazuzu", "name": "Pazuzu", "aliases": [], "type": "individual", "tier": "other-recurring", "rank": null, "legions": null, "goetia_number": null, "deadly_sin": null, "domain": ["wind", "plague"], "signs": [], "origins": "Mesopotamian wind/plague demon. Little rank detail given in either source.", "sources": ["FG", "EN"], "source_count": 2, "citations": { "FG": "DOMICILE (ALL NAMES)", "EN": "'Pazuzu'" }, "cross_refs": [], "notes": "Included for completeness as a 2-source recurrence; sparse attributes." } ] }