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In his notes on ''[[Book of Abramelin|The Book of Abramelin]]'', [[Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers]] offers etymologies for both names (Atiron and Egin), with the former being suggested as being either derived from the Hebrew root "orh", meaning to lay bare, or from the Greek word "arhreton", meaning secret or mysterious. The latter is suggested as being derived from the Hebrew "ogn", meaning to hinder, or from the Greek "aix" or "aigos" meaning goat. David Crowhurst in his ''Stella Daemonum'' offers an alternative etymology, suggesting that the name Equi may be derived from the Latin "equus", an alternative rendering of the constellation Pegasus in addition to being the word for "horse", and that the name Ariton may be derived from the name of Pegasus' sibling, Arion.

Egyn appears as the king of the North in several grimoires, including ''The Book of Abramelin'', ''[[The Book of Oberon]]'', and ''The Grimoire of Saint Cyprian'', and is categorized as a former member of the order of Cherubim in ''MS Plut. 89 Sup. 38''. In the ''Book of Oberon'' he is said to have 12000 legions under his control in addition to having two messengers under his command named Rodabell and Lambricon, but ''MS Plut. 89'' gives him 10000 legions. ''The Astrologer of the 19th Century'' simply gives him a "countless" number of legions.