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[[File:Gaap.jpg|thumb|Gaap as depicted in ''[[The Infernal Dictionary]]'']]'''Gaap''' (also '''Tap''', '''Coap''', '''Taob''', '''Goap''') is a [[Goetic demon]] that is described in demonological [[grimoire]]s such as the ''[[Lesser Key of Solomon]]'', Johann Weyer's ''[[Pseudomonarchia Daemonum]]'', and the ''[[Munich Manual of Demonic Magic]]'', as well as [[Jacques Collin de Plancy]]'s ''[[Dictionnaire Infernal]]''.  He rules twenty-five or twenty-six legions of spirits. He is also one of the four cardinal spirits, of the south in the ''Lesser Key of Solomon'', the west in the ''[[Pseudomonarchia Daemonum]]''. Accomplished occultist Carroll "Poke" Runyon treats Gaap and Coap as different entities, although they were historically the same figure.

Gaap incites love, provides medical care for women, transforms them to make it easier to get to a lover, and renders them infertile. Some sources instead describe Gaap as a president, giving him the power to teach philosophy and liberal arts, make others invisible, steal familiars from other [[magician]]s, make men stupid, and carry men between kingdoms.  

[[Johann Weyer]] also connects Gaap to [[necromancy|necromancers]], and states that he was first called upon by Noah's son Ham, along with Beleth. He was of the order of [[Powers]].