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[[File:Marchosias.jpg|thumb|The | [[File:Marchosias.jpg|thumb|Marchosias as depicted in ''[[The Infernal Dictionary]]'']] | ||
In demonology, '''Marchosias''' is a great and mighty Marquis of [[Hell]], commanding thirty legions of [[demon]]s. 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"). | |||
==General appearance== | ==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 ''[[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 | 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 demon]]s. | ||
==Abilities== | ==Abilities== | ||
He is a strong fighter and gives true answers to all questions, and is very faithful to the magician in following his commands. | He is a strong fighter and gives true answers to all questions, and is very faithful to the magician in following his commands. | ||
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