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Variations: Agguiriguira, ANGUL

Ari-masingan is an invisible demon from the demonology of the Ibanag people of the Philip-pines. Most powerful at dusk and noontime, ari-masingans kill with their axe anyone who has dis-turbed, hurt, or offended them; such offenses include accidentally stepping or urinating on them.

Even the touch of these demons is dangerous, as it causes natukkal, a Tagalog word that describes the act of a person’s soul being startled and re-leased from their body. If this should happen, the victim will suddenly become ill, fall into a coma, or have uncontrolled muscle spasms. Should an ari-masingan walk over a sleeping woman, she will become pregnant with a DOGor a snake.

The ari-masingans live along riverbanks, at crossroads, in deserted houses, in rivers, in trees, and on trails. To prevent attack from one of these demons, it is best not to walk near their dwelling without first asking permission to do so or leaving an offering of food and drink. Also, it is advised by the Ibanag people to never dress your children in bright colors, as it will attract an ari-masingan’s attention.

Should a person find themselves under the at-tack of an ari-masingan, a complicated ritual must be performed to appease the offended demon. Offerings called wari must be made in hopes of appeasing it. The offering consists of biscuits, cigars, pieces of candy, and wine placed on red cloth or paper. If you experience goose bumps, the offering has been accepted.

Sources: Ashley, Complete Book of Devils and Demons, 95; Gatan, Ibanag Indigenous Religious Beliefs, 67, 113; Peters, International Journal of Frontier Missions, 69–80.

Arioch

Variations: Arioc, Ariukh, Arriwuk, Orioc, Oriockh

In Hebrew lore, Arioch (“Fierce Male Lion”) is one of the FALLENANGELSunder the com-mand of SATAN. A demon of vengeance that is called upon for action, he is described as looking like a bat-winged demon.

Sources: Cooper, Brewer’s Book of Myth and Legend, 19; Kelly, Who in Hell, 16; Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Gnomes, and Goblins, 20.

Arioth

The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage lists Arioth (“lioness”) as one of the sixty-five SERVI

-TORS OFKORE ANDMAGOTH.

Sources: Kitto, A Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature, 837; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 135; McClintock, Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theo-logical, and Ecclesiastical Literature, 448.

Ariton

Variations: Egin, Egyn, Ozal

The Kabbalah tells us that Ariton is a demonic subprince with dominion over water. He com-mands twenty-two servitors (see SERVITORS OF

ARITONand PRINCES OFHELL). The physical appearance of Ariton is so frightful that if the in-cantation to cause him to manifest were ever per-formed, the practitioner would suffer a fatal episode of apoplexy, epilepsy, or suffocation.

His name is possibly taken from Hebrew and if so would translate to mean “to delay,” “to hin-der,” “to lay bare,” “to make naked,” and “to re-tard.” However, if Ariton was taken from the Greek language it would translate as “mysterious”

or “secret.”

Sources: Ford, Bible of the Adversary, 90; Hyatt, Book of Demons, 48; Mathers, Selected Occult Writings of S.L.

MacGregor Mathers, 96; Susej, Demonic Bible, 166; Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 243.

Arizial

In Enochian lore Arizial is one of the FALLEN

ANGELSwho swore allegiance to SAMIAZA, re-belled against God, took a human woman as his wife, and fathered the NEPHILIM.

Sources: Gettings, Dictionary of Demons, 37; Spence, Encyclopedia of Occultism, 148.

Armadiel

In the Theurgia Goetia, book two of the Lemegeton, Armadiel is the Prince of the North-east, who commands 100 servitors, fifteen of which are named chief dukes. The demon of keeping and delivering secret messages, Armadiel is one of the twelve SERVITORS OFDEMORIEL

(see PRINCES OFHELL).

Sources: Gettings, Dictionary of Demons, 37; Peter-son, Lesser Key of Solomon, 90; Shumaker, Natural Magic and Modern Science, 66; Trithemius, Steganographia, 81.

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Ármány

In the Theurgia Goetia, book two of the Lemegeton, Ármány is listed as a duke and one of the twelve named Duke SERVITORS OFCARNE

-SIEL(see CARNESIELand DUKES OFHELL).

Sources: Eco, Infinity of Lists, 61; Guiely, Encyclo-pedia of Demons and Demonology, 37; Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 69.

Ármány

Variations: Armani

Ármány (“deceive, intrigue”) is essentially a nickname for the DEVILin Hungarian.

Sources: Czigány, Oxford History of Hungarian Lit-erature, 125–6, 531; Lurker, Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons, 16; Szabad, Hungary, Past and Present, 4.

Armarele

Armarele is listed as a chief in the Lemegeton, the Lesser Key of Solomon. He is one of the ten SERVITORS OFSAZQUIEL(see SAZQUIEL) and one of the fifteen SERVITORS OF SASQUIEL (see SASQUIEL).

Source: Waite, Book of Ceremonial Magic, 67.

Armaros

Variations: Aramaros, Armârôs, Armarus, ARMERS

Armaros (“accursed one,” or “cursed one”) is listed in the Book of Enoch as one of the CHIEF OFTENS, a GRIGORI, or WATCHERSas they are often called. He was one of the FALLENANGELS

who swore allegiance to SAMIAZA, rebelled against God, took a human as his wife, and fa-thered the NEPHILIM. Armaros is also said to have taught mankind how to use magic.

In the poem “The Prophet Enoch,” written by Mark Van Doren (1894–1972), Armaros is called ARMERS.

Sources: Barton, Journal of Biblical Literature, Vols.

30–31, 162; Eco, Infinity of Lists, 61; Laurence, Book of Enoch, the Prophet, 7; Laurence, Foreign Quarterly Re-view, Vol. 24, 370; Van Doren, Spring Birth, and Other Poems, 89.

Armbiel

In the Theurgia Goetia, book two of the Lemegeton, Armbiel is a chief duke, commands 1,140 servitors, and is one of the twelve SERVI

-TORS OFDEMORIEL(see DEMORIELand DUKES OFHELL).

Sources: Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 63;

Trithemius, Steganographia, 58.

Armen

In the Book of Enoch, Armen is one of the FALLENANGELSwho swore allegiance to SAMI

-AZA, rebelled against God, took a human as his wife, and fathered the NEPHILIM.

Sources: Barton, Journal of Biblical Literature, Vols.

30–31, 162; Laurence, Foreign Quarterly Review, Vol.

24, 370; Prophet, Fallen Angels and the Origins of Evil, 174.

Armenki

Variations: Armenci, Ermenki, Ermenlijki, Jermijki, Lehusnitsi (“devil”), Leusi, NAVI, S’r-mjani

From southern Bulgarian folklore come the de-monic ghosts known as armenki. This type of demon is created whenever a child is aborted, dies unbaptized, or comes into the world as a stillborn.

An armenki can also be created when a woman dies and is not given a proper Christian burial or is not buried with the proper protective objects.

One would suppose that the latter is the more common method of creation for this type of demon, as the name translates loosely to mean

“Armenian women”; however, there is no con-nection. In all likelihood the name armenki prob-ably came from the Greek word eirmarmene, which translates as “fate.”

Armenki prey nearly exclusively on young mothers and their children. They leave their graves at night and call out to anyone who will listen, begging to be baptized.

Sources: Georgieva, Bulgarian Mythology, 102–3;

MacDermott, Bulgarian Folk Customs, 81; Ugresic, Baba Yaga Laid an Egg, 307.

Armers

In the Book of Enoch, Armers is one of the FALLENANGELSwho swore allegiance to SAMI

-AZA, rebelled against God, took a human as his wife, and fathered the NEPHILIM.

Sources: Barton, Journal of Biblical Literature, Vols.

30–31, 162; Eco, Infinity of Lists, 61; Laurence, Book of Enoch, the Prophet, 7; Lévi, History of Magic, 38;

Prophet, Fallen Angels and the Origins of Evil, 174.

Armilus

In Apollonius of Tyana’s Nuctemeron (Night Il-luminated by Day), Armilus is listed as the demon of the eighth hour of the day. Associated with the ANTICHRIST, it is said that he will be born from the union between a man and a feminine marble statute in Rome. Armilus will grow to be-come twelve ells long and two ells wide; he will have green footsteps, golden hair, slanted red eyes, and two skulls.

Sources: Baron, Social and Religious History of the Jews, 144 –5; Gettings, Dictionary of Demons, 37;

Singer, Jewish Encyclopedia, 296; Lévi, Transcendental Magic, 393.

Armany

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Armisiel

In Theurgia Goetia, the second book of the Lemegeton, Duke Armisiel is one of the ten SERVITORS OF EMONIEL (see EMONIEL). An AERIALDEVIL, he commands 1,320 lesser dukes and servitors. Armisiel is good-natured and will-ing to obey those who summon him. He lives in the woods.

Sources: Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 97;

Trithemius, Steganographia, 81.

Armoniel

In the Theurgia Goetia, the second book of the Lemegeton, Armoniel is listed as a duke and one of the ten SERVITORS OFBYDIEL. He is a good-natured demon, appearing in an attractive form, and willing to obey those who summon him. An AERIAL DEVIL, Armoniel commands 2,400 servitors (see BYDIEL).

Sources: Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 105;

Trithemius, Steganographia, 146.

Arogor

Arogor (“helper”), as listed in the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, is one of the forty-nine SERVITORS OFBEELZEBUB(see BEELZEBUB).

Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 40; Ford, Bible of the Adversary, 93; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 107; Von worms, Book of Abramelin, 257.

Arolen

Arolen (“strongly agitated”) is named in the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage as one of the forty-nine SERVITORS OF BEELZEBUB (see BEELZEBUB).

Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 40; Math-ers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 120.

Arotor

In the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, book two, Arotor (“husbandman” or “plough-man”) is listed as one of the sixty-nine SERVITORS OFKORE ANDMAGOTH.

Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 40; Bryce, First Latin Book, 93; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 118.

Arotosael

Variations: Arôtosael

In the Testament of Solomon, Arotosael is a demi-demon who causes injury to the eyes. He confessed to King Solomon that if ever he heard the words “Uriel, imprison Arotosael” that he would instantly retreat and flee (see SPIRITS OF

SOLOMON).

Sources: Butler, Ritual Magic, 31; Conybeare, Jewish Quarterly Review, Vol. 11, 35; Fleg, Life of Solomon, 66.

Arphaxat

Arphaxat was a demon that possessed Louise de Pinterville, one of the nuns of Loudun. He was not, however, one of the eighteen demons involved in the 1634 possession of Sister Jeanne des Anges in Loudun, France.

There is also a story of a Persian sorcerer by the name of Arphaxat. Abdias of Babylon claims that the sorcerer was struck dead by a thunderbolt within an hour of St. Simon and St. Jude’s mar-tyrdom.

Sources: Aikin, General Biography, 493; Bayle, His-torical and Critical Dictionary, 262; Voltaire, Works of M. de Voltaire, 193.

Arpiron

The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, book two, names Arpiron (“attempting straightway”) among the sixty-five SERVITORS OFKORE AND

MAGOTH.

Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 41; Math-ers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 118;

Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 256.

Arrabin

In the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, book two, Arrabin (“caution money,” or “pledge”) is one of the sixty-five SERVITORS OFKORE AND

MAGOTH.

Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 41; Ford, Bible of the Adversary, 92; Gordon, Adventures in the Nearest East, 12.

Arstikapha

Arstikapha is one of the FALLEN ANGELS

mentioned in the Book of Enoch who swore alle-giance to SAMIAZA, rebelled against God, took a human wife, and fathered the NEPHILIM.

Sources: Laurence, Foreign Quarterly Review, Vol.

24, 370; Laurence, Book of Enoch, the Prophet, 70;

Prophet, Fallen Angels and the Origins of Evil, 174.

Artaqifa

Variations: Arakab, ARAKIBA, Aristiqifa, AR

-STIKAPHA, Artaquifa

In the Book of Enoch, Artaqifa is one of the FALLENANGELSwho swore allegiance to SAMI

-AZA, rebelled against God, took a human wife, and fathered the NEPHILIM.

Sources: Ashe, Book of Enoch, 57; Black, Book of Enoch, 119; Horne, Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, 114; Laurence, Foreign Quarterly Review, Vol.

24, 370.

Arundhati

Variations: Lucifer-Venus, Phosphoros In Hindu mythology, Arundhati (“bind” or

“restrain”) is the personification of the morning star; he was called Phosphoros or Lucifer-Venus

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by the ancient Greeks. Represented by the sign of a coiled serpent, he is one of the seven stars that make up the constellation of Ursa Major.

Arundhati has the power to animate and bring to life that which would otherwise lie dormant in the void.

Sources: Garg, Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World, 648; Padfield, Hindu at Home, 132–3; Rosen, Essential Hinduism, 29.

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