Aamon
Aamon (also known as Amon and Nahum), in demonology, is a Grand Marquis of Hell who governs 40 infernal legions, and the 7th spirit of the Goetia. He is the demon of life and reproduction.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
DescriptionEdit
The names Aamon and Amon come from the Libyan berber god Amun of Siwa Oasis<ref>Pausanias, Description of Greece x.13 § 3</ref> or from the Punic god Baal Hammon of Carthage. Nahum means "who induces to eagerness."Template:Citation needed
He was written about by Johann Weyer in 1583 in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum. Template:Quote
And much later by S. L. MacGregor Mathers in The Lesser Key of Solomon. Template:Quote
Harley MS 6483 of The Lesser Key of Solomon states that Amon can also enable the magician to summon and interrogate the spirits of those who drowned at sea.<ref name=Peterson10>Peterson, Joseph H. (2001), The Lesser Key of Solomon (p. 10, footnote), Weiser Books, Template:ISBN.</ref>
ReferencesEdit
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BibliographyEdit
- S. L. MacGregor Mathers, A. Crowley, The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King, Template:ISBN.
- Collin de Plancy, Dictionnaire Infernal
- The Lesser Key of Solomon
- Pseudomonarchia Daemonum
- "History of Witchcraft and Demonology" by Montague Summers
- "Biblical Demonology" by Merrill F. Unger
- "Demonology: The Hierarchies of Hell" by Michael Szul
External linksEdit
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