Marchosias
Marchosias is a great and mighty Marquis of Hell, commanding thirty legions of demons. He is the 35th Goetic demon.
Before his fall he belonged to the angelic order of Dominions, and when he was bound by King Solomon, he told him that after 1,200 years he hoped to return to Heaven ("unto the Seventh Throne"). He is ruled over by the Kabbalistic angel Chauakiah.
General appearance
In the Ars Goetia, the first book of The Lesser Key of Solomon (17th century), he is depicted as a wolf with gryphon's wings and a serpent's tail, spewing fire from his mouth, but at the request of the magician he may take the form of a man. The name "Marchosias" comes from Late Latin marchio, "marquis."
In the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577) of Johann Weyer the demon is called "Marchocias" and his description is much the same as that given in the Goetia except that his gender when appearing as a wolf is female ("a cruel she wolf") and spewing forth "I cannot tell what" from his mouth. Collin de Plancy in his Dictionnaire Infernal (1818) draws on both sources for his description of Marchosias in his catalogue of Goetic demons.
Abilities
He is a strong fighter and gives true answers to all questions, and is very faithful to the magician in following his commands. Marchosias is opposed by the Kabbalistic angel Chauakiah.
Marchosias is the servant demon to those born September 6 - 10.
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