When he shows himself in a human form, the sound of his voice is raucous he builds citadels and impregnable towers, overthrows the enemies’ ramparts, finds good workers, gives familiars, receives sacrifices and deceives the sacrificers forty legions obey him. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Demonographia: The Fountainhead of Diabolic Portraiture Under this name and in the form dollin a kelpie, devil-horse of the scots, he frequents the lakes and the rivers of the Scandinavia, where he raises tempests, hurricanes and hailstorms.Īnecdotes of the nineteenth century or stories, recent anecdotes, features and little known words, singular adventures, various quotations, compilations and curious pieces, to be used for the history of the customs and the mind of the century in which we live, compared with centuries past. He obeys exorcists and the domination of angels and commands thirty legions. One sees him in the form of a beautiful horse. He knows the position of the planets and the lurking places of serpents.īut in order that one could not hear the plaintive cries, his priests beat loudly on drums and other instruments around the idol. Volac, high president of hell he appears in the form of a child with the wings of an angel, mounted on a two-headed dragon.Ĭollin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal, depicting many of the demons and dignitaries named in the classic literature o Limited to 1, copies, each invidually numbered, this book is a first edition, limited clllin, and first English translation of the French text. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. Corps of Doom: Demonographia ~ Collin de Plancy IV One says that he is perfectly facetious, and that one of his tricks is to pull witches off the brooms they were riding on to the sabbath and give them a ride pn his shoulders this was attested to by the witches of Moira, is Sweden, in No trivia or quizzes yet. He shows himself at noon when he takes human form. They have not been reconstructed but are given exactly as in the original source work. One cites another book attributed to the prophets Eli and Elijah, with which Gaap is conjured by the virtue of the saints’ names of God contained in the Key of Solomon. Names of Demons from Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal This book attempts xollin provide an account of all the knowledge concerning superstitions and demonology. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Orobas, high prince of the somber empire.
For example, the book reassures its contemporaries as to the torments of Hell: He was content with a mouse or venison-bit as the price of his compliance. When he appears in the form of a man, he speaks of the divine essence. He would appear with the form and face of a beautiful young child. Pruflas or Busas, high prince and grand duke of the infernal empire. Open Preview See a Problem? Lucifer, name of the spirit who rules over the East, according to the opinion of the magicians. It is in his demnographia that Rahouart carries the soul of the demonogeaphia when he is dead. Learn how and when to remove these template messages. Demonographia Īmong the English, the sailors call the devil, “Old Nick”. Ronwe, marquis and count of hell, who appears in the form of a monster he gives his addepts knowledge of languages add the goodwill of the whole world.
These same witches have affirmed that they had seen at the sabbath the same Lucifer in a gray habit, with blue arms and red culottes decorated with ribbons. He has the form of a good soldier mounted on a crocodile his head is coveed with a ducal crown. He is envoked first in the litanies of the sabbath. Nov 4, Corps of Doom: Demonographia ~ Collin de Plancy I. Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal, depicting many of. Demonographia is a complete collection of the diabolic portraiture designed by Louis Breton for J.A.S. Collin de Plancy then published the set with brief. Louis Breton created a set of 69 illustrations of demons, which were then engraved by M.