Gemory

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Gremory by Louis Le Breton, 1863

Gemory (also Gremory, Gamori, Gaeneron, Gemon, Gemyem) is a demon listed in demonological grimoires.

Description

Gremory is described in demonological works such as the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic<ref group="note" name="Gaeneron">As Gaeneron.</ref> <ref name="Kieckhefer">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Rudd-34">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Weyer-intro">Template:Cite book</ref> the Liber Officiorum Spirituum<ref group="note">As Gemon or Gemyem.</ref><ref name="Porter-2011">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Porter-2015">Template:Cite book</ref> the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum,<ref group="note" name="Gomory">As Gomory.</ref><ref name="Weyer">Template:Cite book</ref> the Lesser Key of Solomon,<ref group="note">Some versions listing him as Gremory or Gamori.</ref><ref name="Peterson">Template:Cite book</ref> the Dictionnaire Infernal,<ref group="note" name="Gomory" /><ref name="de Plancy">Template:Cite book</ref> as appearing in the form of a beautiful woman (though as with all Goetic demons referred to using the masculine pronouns "he" and "his") wearing a duchess's crown and riding a camel, ascribed with the power of revealing hidden treasures and answering questions about the past, present, and future.<ref name="de Plancy" /><ref name="Kieckhefer" /><ref name="Peterson" /><ref name="Porter-2011" /><ref name="Porter-2015" /><ref name="Weyer" /> The Munich Manual, Pseudomonarchia, Lesser Key, and Dictionnaire further give Gremory the power of procuring love from women<ref name="de Plancy" /><ref name="Kieckhefer" /><ref name="Peterson" /><ref name="Weyer" /> (although the Liber Officiorum Spirituum describes her as "a companion of the love of women, and especially of maidens"),<ref name="Porter-2011" /><ref name="Porter-2015" /> while the Pseudomonarchia and the Lesser Key note that the duchess's crown is (somehow) worn on Gremory's waist.<ref name="Peterson" /><ref name="Weyer" /> Stephen Skinner and David Rankine, in their edition of The Goetia of Dr Rudd, suggest that this was a mistranslation of the Latin cingitur which should have been translated "encircling her head".<ref name="Rudd-158">Template:Cite book</ref>

Gremory is mentioned in a manuscript labelled Fasciculus Rerum Geomanticarum.<ref group=note name="Gaeneron" /><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Legions and standing

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Gremory's seal in the Ars Goetia

In the Pseudomonarchia,<ref group=note>As the 50th spirit.</ref> Lesser Key,<ref group=note>As the 56th spirit.</ref> and Dictionnaire, Gremory is ranked as a duke ruling 26 legions of spirits,<ref name="Peterson" /><ref name="Weyer" /><ref name="de Plancy" /> but (still a duke) ruling 27 in the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic<ref group=note name="Gaeneron" /><ref name="Kieckhefer" /><ref name="Rudd-34" /><ref name="Weyer-intro" /> and ruling 5 or 42 legions as either a duke,<ref name="Porter-2011" /> prince,<ref name="Porter-2015" /> or captain,<ref name="Porter-2011" /><ref name="Porter-2015" /> in the Liber Officiorium Spirituum.<ref group=note>As the 41st and 75th spirits.</ref><ref name="Porter-2011" /><ref name="Porter-2015" />

According to Rudd, Gremory is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Poiel.<ref name="Rudd-158" />

In popular culture

• In manga and anime High School DxD, Gremory is one of the 72 Devil Noble Families of the Ars Goetia. The main female protagonist, Rias Gremory, is a member of the Gremory family and the love interest of the main protagonist Issei Hyodo.
• In the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019), Gremory is a master rank class that specializes in healing and black magic.
• In the video game Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (2019) and its 8-bit spinoffs, one of the main antagonists is named Gremory, a demon associated with the moon.
• In South Korean television series The Judge from Hell (2024), Kim Ah-young plays Gremory, a demon who punishes other demons that have fallen in love with humans.