The dictionary of demons, p.37
The Dictionary of Demons, page 37
Jequon: A name sometimes also rendered Yequon. He is a fallen angel mentioned in the Book of Enoch. Jequon appears in 1 Enoch 68:4, where he is identified as the angel who first led all the others astray. In earlier portions of the Book of Enoch, the angels Shem-
yaza and Azazel carry this blame. See also AZAZEL, SHEMYAZA, WATCHER ANGELS.
Jomjael: A fallen angel named in the Book of Enoch, Jomjael was one of the Watchers, or Grigori, and he was charged with looking after humanity. Instead, he fell in love with mortals and left Heaven to take a human wife. He is counted among the “chiefs of tens,” lieutenants of the Watcher Angels trusted to lead the rest. His immediate superiors were the angels Shemyaza and Azazel. See also AZAZEL, SHEMYAZA, WATCHER ANGELS.
Joorex: The name of this demon, when enclosed in a ring and worn on the forefinger, will enable the wearer to win at all games. Joorex appears in the Elizabethan Book of Oberon, where he is said to appear in the form of a hart. When he speaks, it is in a small voice, very difficult to hear. In addition to helping those who summon him win at games of chance, this demon has knowledge of astronomy and also teaches how to craft musical instruments. Although the text does not give a specific rank, Joorex is said to rule over nine legions of lesser spirits. See also BOOK OF OBERON.
Jubutzis: A demon named in the fifteenth-century Munich Handbook, Jubutzis is invoked in a spell of divination to help reveal the identity of a thief. See also MUNICH HANDBOOK.
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Kabada: A servant of the arch-fiend Beelzebub. Kabada and his brethren appear in the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. See also BEELZEBUB, MATHERS.
Kabersa: The name of this demon may be derived from a Hebrew term meaning “wide measure.” Kabersa appears in the Mathers edition of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. In this text, he is identified as a servant of the infernal prince Paimon, one of the rulers of the cardinal directions. Other versions of the Abramelin material present this demon’s name as Kalgosa. See also MATHERS, PAIMON.
Kadolon: According to the Mathers translation of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, Kadolon is a demon who acts as a servant to the four infernal princes of the cardinal directions: Oriens, Paimon, Ariton, and Amaimon. See also AMAIMON, ARITON, MATHERS, ORIENS, PAIMON.
Kafles: A demon governed by Paimon, one of the four infernal princes of the cardinal directions named in the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. In his 1898 translation of this work, occultist S. L. Mathers gives the name of this demon as Roffles, taking this to come from a Hebrew term that means “the lion trembling.” See also MATHERS, PAIMON.
Kairoxanondalon: Identified as the fifth demon among thirty-six spirits connected with the decans of the zodiac. His name appears instead as Iudal in the Conybeare translation of the Testament of Solomon, but McCown, working later with a better collection of source texts, corrects this. Kairoxanonda-
lon is said to obstruct the ears, causing deafness. His name may mean “torch.” Ourouel is given as the name of the angel who constrains him. See also SOLOMON.
Kaitar: A demon who may inhabit mountains or other lofty locales. Kaitar’s name is probably derived from a Hebrew term meaning “crown” or “summit.” Kaitar appears in the Mathers edition of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, where he is said to serve the demons Magoth and Kore. In other versions of this text, the name of this demon is rendered variously as Caytar or Cayfar. See also KORE, MAGOTH, MATHERS.
Kamusil: One of several demons said to serve both Magoth and Kore. According to the Mathers translation of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, the name of this demon may mean “rising” or “elevation.” See also KORE, MAGOTH, MATHERS.
Karelesa: A demonic servant of Beelzebub whose name appears in the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. In the Mathers presentation of this work, the name is rendered Carelena. See also BEELZEBUB, MATHERS.
Karmal: According to the Liber de Angelis, this demon is connected with the planet Mars. As a result, he is also connected to all things involving soldiers and war. He is the subordinate of the infernal king known only as Rubeus Pugnator, and he is summoned to assist with the creation of the potent Ring of Mars. Properly conjured, Karmal lends his destructive power to the ring so that the magician may use the talisman to bring ruin to all enemies. See also LIBER DE ANGELIS, RUBEUS PUGNATOR.
Kasdeja: A fallen angel named in the Book of Enoch, Kasdeja was one of the Watcher Angels charged to oversee the well-being of mankind. When he broke his trust with Heaven, he is said to have revealed some of the most controversial forbidden knowledge to humanity. First and foremost, Kasdeja taught methods of abortion, described as the “smitings of the infant in the womb.” He also taught the smitings of spirits and demons, spells for “the smitings of the soul” by snakebite, and even spells for sunstroke.50 See also WATCHER ANGELS.
The angel of death called to slay all the firstborn of Egypt. From the Gustav Doré illustrated Bible.
Katanikotaêl: In the Testament of Solomon, Katanikotaêl is the eleventh demon belonging to a group of thirty-six demons of affliction and disease associated with the decans of the zodiac. Katanikotaêl is a particularly spiteful being, causing strife and unrest at home and making tempers flare. He also makes the residents of a home feel uneasy. While most of the zodiac demons described in the Testament of Solomon have a specific angel that can be called upon to drive them away, Katanikotaêl instead must be driven from a home using specially prepared holy water. The “cure” for his presence calls for seven laurel leaves that are scribed with holy names. These laurel leaves are then washed in water. Sprinkling this water around the house is reputed to cause the demon to depart. See also SOLOMON.
Kataron: According to occultist Mathers, the meaning of this demon’s name may come from a Greek term meaning “to cast down.” Kataron serves the infernal ruler Astaroth and is invoked as a part of the Holy Guardian Angel rite. This serves as the central working of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. See also ASTAROTH, MATHERS.
Katini: This demon serves in the hierarchy overseen by Oriens, Paimon, Ariton, and Amaimon, the four demonic princes of the cardinal directions. According to the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, he is one of many lesser demons summoned as a part of the extensive Holy Guardian Angel rite. See also AMAIMON, ARITON, MATHERS, ORIENS, PAIMON.
Katolin: In the Abramelin material, this demon is ruled by Magoth. In Mathers’s translation of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, Katolin is also a servant of Kore. The version of the Abramelin material kept at the Wolfenbüttel library in Germany gives this name as Nasolico. The version at the Dresden library is spelled Natolico. No original survives for comparison. See also KORE, MAGOTH, MATHERS.
Kawteeah: One of a number of names attributed to the night-demon Lilith. Lilith, by all of her names, was believed to walk abroad at night, preying upon infants and children. She was also thought to attack women in childbirth. In Jewish lore, Lilith-demons were connected with night, darkness, and death. This Hebrew name, transliterated into English, appears in author T. Schrire’s 1966 work, Hebrew Magic Amulets. It is one of the many names of Lilith scribed upon ancient talismans believed to protect women and newborns from the demon’s attacks. See also LILITH.
Kayne: A thieving demon who takes the form of a raven to fly forth and steal treasures from the houses of kings. According to the Book of Oberon, the Elizabethan grimoire where he appears, Kayne holds the rank of duke and oversees a total of twenty subordinate legions. He does not always have to be a raven; he can be compelled to appear in human form. See also BOOK OF OBERON.
Kele: A demonic servitor of Asmodeus and Magoth, at least according to the Mathers edition of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. Mathers suggests that this demon’s name means “to consume.” A variant of this name appears in only one other version of the Abramelin material. In this manuscript, kept at the Wolfenbüttel library, the demon’s name appears as Kela. See also ASMODEUS, MAGOTH, MATHERS.
Kelen: “The Swift One.” Kelen and a host of other demonic entities are all named in the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. His infernal masters are Oriens, Paimon, Ariton, and Amaimon, the four demonic princes of the cardinal directions. See also AMAIMON, ARITON, MATHERS, ORIENS, PAIMON.
Kemal: According to occultist S. L. MacGregor Mathers, the name of this demon means “desire of God.” Clearly, Kemal suffered a fall somewhere along the way, because in the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, he is listed among the demonic servants of Beelzebub. See also BEELZEBUB, MATHERS.
The angel Raphael shows Tobias how to foil the demon Asmodeus by burning the gall of a fish. Engraving by S. F. Ravenet (1767) after a painting by Eustache Le Sueur. Wellcome Collection, London.
Keriel: A duke of the demon Barmiel named in the Ars Theurgia. Through his association with Barmiel, Keriel is connected with the hierarchy of the south. He serves his infernal master during the hours of the day and has twenty lesser spirits at his command. See also ARS THEURGIA, BARMIEL.
Keryth: A demon called upon to answer questions about lost items or objects hidden in the earth. Those who wish to summon him are instructed to work in the first quarter of the night and inscribe a specific figure in the courtyard of their homes. After writing their question on a slip of paper and leaving this in the center of the figure, they are to go to bed. According to the Book of Oberon, Keryth will write the reply on the paper by morning. See also BOOK OF OBERON.
Keteb: A demon named in Psalms 91:6 alongside the demon of midday—who apparently does not warrant a proper name. According to Reverend
W. O. E. Oesterley in his authoritative work of 1921, Immortality and the Unseen World, the name Keteb is from a Hebrew root. In modern versions of the Bible, the word is often translated as “plague.” In this, Keteb can be connected to a number of Sumerian and Babylonian demons of disease. In the rabbinical commentary on the Psalms known as the Midrash Tehillim, Keteb is described as being a poisonous demon covered with both scales and hair. He purportedly has only one good eye in his face, as the other is inexplicably located in the middle of his heart. He is a demon of twilight, achieving his greatest power neither in full darkness nor in full light but in the midpoints between. He is supposedly most active from the seventeenth of July through the ninth of August.
Khailaw: According to occultist T. Schrire’s publication Hebrew Magic Amulets, Khailaw is one of the many names of the demon Lilith. In Jewish lore, Lilith is a night-demon with a penchant for attacking infants and pregnant women. She was particularly feared by women in childbirth, and any complications from childbirth were often attributed to her. In the past, amulets were inscribed with these names and used to protect people from the Lilith-demon attacks. See also LILITH.
The Five Accursed Nations
Mathers’ translation of the Clavicula Salomonis, or Key of Solomon the King, contains a curious appendix that purports to be an ancient fragment of the Key of Solomon originally translated by Eliphas Lévi. This fragment describes, among other things, ten different orders of heavenly beings associated with each of the ten Sephiroth of the Tree of Life and the ten different orders of demons who oppose them. Within this section of the fragment, there is a further reference to the “five accursed nations.” These are five nations that Joshua was to destroy in the Old Testament, and the text interprets them as representing five distinct orders, or “nations,” of demons. The list has been reproduced in a variety of books on demons, and it remains a compelling, if somewhat mysterious, roll call of evil beings. According to this fragmentary text the five accursed nations include:
1. The Amalekites, known as the Aggressors
2. The Geburim (aka Gibborim) known as the Violent Ones
3. The Raphaim (sometimes spelled Rephaim) called the Cowards
4. The Nephilim, known as the Voluptuous Ones
5. The Anakim, called “the Anarchists” in the text
In keeping with the Qabbalistic nature of this text, each of the Five Accursed Nations are said to be vanquished by a different Hebrew letter from the Tetragrammaton, the ineffable name of God. Thus, Yod vanquishes the Anarchists. The first letter He vanquishes the Violent Ones. The Cowards are overcome by Vau, which the text associates with the sword of Michael the archangel. The Nephilim are vanquished by the second He, and the Aggressors are overcome by the Schin, a letter that does not directly appear in the Tetragrammaton but is described as “the Fire of the Lord and the equilibrating Law of Justice.”*
* S. L. MacGregor Mathers, Clavicula Salomonis, p. 124.
Khavaw Reshvunaw: A transliterated name of Lilith, taken from a treatise on Hebrew magickal amulets. This name translates roughly to “the First Eve.” In the Talmud and in later rabbinical lore, Lilith was believed to be the first wife of Adam. When she defied both Adam and God, she was cast from the Garden and Adam was given a more docile wife, Eve. Wandering far from the Garden, Lilith was believed to have given birth to demons. She retained a long-standing jealousy and hatred of women, and in Jewish lore she is credited as causing trouble in childbirth as well as crib death. A large number of textual amulets survive that were intended to protect against Lilith’s attacks. These textual amulets often feature various names of Lilith, each of which was believed to hold some power over the demon. This name, along with a number of others, appears in the 1966 publication Hebrew Magic Amulets by T. Schrire. See also LILITH.
Khil: A demon who commands the tremors of the earth, Khil can be called upon to cause an earthquake anywhere in the world. Named in Peterson’s Grimorium Verum, he serves as the sixth demon under the infernal duke Syrach. Compare his name and powers to the demon Khleim from the True Keys of Solomon. See also GRIMORIUM VERUM, KHLEIM, SYRACH, TRUE KEYS.
Kiligil: In the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, Kiligil is named as a demon who serves beneath the arch-fiend Magoth. In the fifteenth-century French manuscript sourced by Mathers for his own translation of this book, Kiligil is also ruled by Kore. See also KORE, MAGOTH, MATHERS.
Kilik: A demon whose name Mathers supposes is from Hebrew, meaning “wrinkled with age,” Kilik is named in the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, where he is reputedly governed by the four infernal princes of the cardinal directions: Oriens, Paimon, Ariton, and Amaimon. As such, he can be summoned and compelled in the names of his superiors. See also AMAIMON, ARITON, MATHERS, ORIENS, PAIMON.
Kilikim: A servant of the demon Amaimon whose name appears in the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. In the Mathers translation of this work, the name is spelled Illirikim. Mathers takes this name to mean “shriekers.” See also AMAIMON, MATHERS.
Kipokis: A demon said to serve the infernal lord Beelzebub, Kipokis appears in the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. An alternate spelling of this demon’s name is Ipokys. See also BEELZEBUB, MATHERS.
Kirik: A demon governed by Astaroth and Asmodeus. He is named in the Mathers translation of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. See also ASTAROTH, ASMODEUS, MATHERS.
Kleim: A demon of earthquakes, Kleim is named in the True Keys of Solomon, where he is said to serve Sirachi, the immediate chief of Lucifer. Kleim has power over towns and houses, presumably because he can inspire earth tremors to threaten these things. An alternate version of his name is given as Klic. See also KHIL, LUCIFER, SIRACHI, TRUE KEYS.
Demons dancing with their mortal servants. A woodcut from Guazzo’s Compendium Maleficarum, courtesy of Dover Publications.
Klepoth: A demon of illusion named in the True Keys of Solomon. According to this text, Klepoth can conjure illusory music that seems entirely real. He can also make a person feel as if they are spinning and dancing even when they are merely standing still. He serves chief Sirachi, who himself serves directly beneath Lucifer. Klepoth also appears in Peterson’s edition of the Grimorium Verum. Here, he is called upon in the ritual preparation of the magician’s staff. In addition, he is credited with the power to let the magician see all manner of dances. Klepoth serves as the fifth demon under the infernal duke Syrach. In the Secrets of Solomon, he will whisper the contents of your opponents’ hands helpfully into your ear to help you cheat at cards. In addition to helping people win at cards, Klepoth materializes hecklers out of thin air to jeer, or an elegant entourage dressed in rich garments of silk to impress and entertain. The name of this demon is curiously close to Qlippoth, a term unique to Qabbalism. Although opinions vary, the Qlippoth of the Qabbalah are generally perceived as emanations of the Dark Tree of Life. See also GRIMORIUM VERUM, LUCIFER, SECRETS OF SOLOMON, SIRACHI, SYRACH, TRUE KEYS.
Klio: A demon of destruction who can be called upon to shake houses or tumble entire cities with earthquakes. Klio serves in the court of the infernal duke Syrach, himself a subordinate to Lucifer. His name appears in the seventeenth-century text known as the Secrets of Solomon, a grimoire of infernal magick confiscated by the Venetian Inquisition. Although there is no indication of a connection in the text, Klio’s name is strikingly similar to that of Clio, the Greek muse of history. See also LUCIFER, SECRETS OF SOLOMON, SYRACH.
Klothod: A demon whose name means “battle,” at least according to the Testament of Solomon. Klothod is one of a group of seven female demons called up and bound by King Solomon in this extra-biblical text dating to the last few centuries before the Common Era. Klothod and her sisters are almost certainly personifications of the Pleiades, a star cluster that is frequently represented by seven sisters in world mythology. As a demon, Klothod is reputed to cause discord and fighting among men. Her sisters are no better, as they are called Deception, Strife, Jealousy, Power, Error, and “the Worst.” Solomon is said to have put all seven of them to work building the foundations of his great temple. See also SOLOMON.
