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'''Amaymon''' (also '''Amaimon''', | [[File:Amaymon Clavis Inferni.jpg|350px|thumb|The demon Amaymon as depicted in ''[[Clavis Inferni]]'']] | ||
'''Amaymon''' (also '''Amaimon''', '''Maymon''', '''Amoymon''') is a prince of [[Hell]], and, according to some [[grimoire]]s, the only one who has power over [[Asmoday]]. | |||
He is usually named in grimoires alongside [[Oriens]], [[Egyn]], and [[Paimon]] as kings of the cardinal directions. He is | He is usually named in grimoires alongside [[Oriens]], [[Egyn]], and [[Paimon]] as kings of the cardinal directions. He variously described as the king of the north, east, or south. According to ''[[Clavis Inferni]]'', he is king of the north. | ||
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The ''[[Lesser Key of Solomon]]'' states that the [[exorcist]] or conjurer must be in possession of a silver ring, that is duly consecrated and worn on the middle finger, as a form of protection against this poisonous astral breath. | The ''[[Lesser Key of Solomon]]'' states that the [[exorcist]] or conjurer must be in possession of a silver ring, that is duly consecrated and worn on the middle finger, as a form of protection against this poisonous astral breath. | ||
In ''[[Book of Abramelin|The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage]]'', translated by [[S. L. MacGregor Mathers]], Amaymon (as Amaimon) is one of the eight sub-princes, described as an [[Egyptian religion|Egyptian devil]], who Abramelin restrained from working evil from the third hour until noon and from the ninth hour until evening. | |||
In ''[[Book of Abramelin|The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage]]'', | ==Cardinal direction ruler== | ||
According to ''[[Pseudomonarchia Daemonum]]'' and the ''[[Lesser Key of Solomon]]'' he is the king of the east. | |||
In the ''[[Liber Officiorum Spirituum]]'' and the ''[[Book of Abramelin|The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage]]'', he is stated to be the king of the south. | |||
The 1717 grimoire ''[[Clavis Inferni]]'' lists him as king of the north. | |||
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