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The Testament of Solomon is a pseudepigraphical work, purportedly written by King Solomon, in which the author mostly describes particular demons who he enslaved to help build the temple, the questions he put to them about their deeds and how they could be thwarted, and their answers, which provide a kind of self-help manual against demonic activity.
Shedim ( Hebrew: שֵׁדִים; singular: שֵׁד Sheyd) [3] are spirits or demons in the Tanakh and Jewish mythology. Shedim do not, however, correspond exactly to the modern conception of demons as evil entities as originated in Christianity. [4] While evil spirits were thought to be the cause of maladies, shedim differed conceptually from ...
The 72 sigils. The demons' names (given below) are taken from the Ars Goetia, which differs in terms of number and ranking from the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum of Weyer. As a result of multiple translations, there are multiple spellings for some of the names, which are given in the articles concerning them.
The Seal of Belial according to the Ars Goetia. According to the Grand Grimoire, Baal (or Bael) is the head of the infernal powers. He is also the first demon listed in Wierus' Pseudomonarchia daemonum. According to Wierus, Bael is a King with estates in the east. He has three heads: a toad, a man, and a cat.
Bael (demon) Bael ( Ba’al or Baal) is a demon described in demonological grimoires such as The Lesser Key of Solomon and the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (where he is the first spirit mentioned) and also in the Dictionnaire Infernal. He is described as a hoarsely-voiced king with the power to make men invisible and ruling over sixty-six legions ...
The list of demons in fiction includes those from literary fiction with theological aspirations, such as Dante's Inferno. Because numerous lists of legendary creatures concern mythology, folklore, and folk fairy tales, much overlap may be expected. Key. Each entry names a demon and gives a source in parentheses. Sources named
e. In ancient Mesopotamian religion, Pazuzu ( Akkadian: 𒀭 𒅆𒊒𒍪𒍪, romanized: pà.zu.zu) [2] is a personification of the southwestern wind, and held kingship over the lilu wind demons. As an apotropaic entity, he is considered as both a destructive and dangerous wind, but also as a repellant to other demons, one who safeguards the ...
Paimon. Paimon is a spirit named in early grimoires. These include The Lesser Key of Solomon (in the Ars Goetia ), [1] Johann Weyer 's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, [2] Jacques Collin de Plancy 's Dictionnaire Infernal, [3] the Livre des Esperitz (as " Poymon "), [4] the Liber Officiorum Spirituum (as Paimon ), [5] [6] The Book of Abramelin, [7 ...