Gaap appears in the catalogues and narrative frameworks of European demonological texts (e.g., Lesser Key of Solomon, Johann Weyer’s Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, Munich Manual, Livre des Esperitz, Dictionnaire Infernal). In Weyer’s account Gaap is said to have been first called upon by Ham, son of Noah, alongside Beleth; otherwise the name functions as a roster-item within hierarchical lists rather than a mythic-origin tale in the supplied excerpts.
In the cited grimoires Gaap is described principally as a princely or human figure: several works depict him as a prince in human form. The Livre des Esperitz, under the variant Caap, specifically describes him appearing as a knight. The supplied sources do not preserve a single, consistent pictorial iconography beyond these human/knightly forms.
Across sources Gaap’s attributed powers vary by text. The Lesser Key of Solomon and Pseudomonarchia Daemonum describe him (as president/prince) teaching philosophy and the liberal arts, making others invisible, stealing familiars from other magicians, making men stupid, and transporting men between kingdoms, and ruling some number of legions (sixty-six is recorded in these accounts). The Munich Manual (as Taob) credits him with providing medical care for women, transforming them to facilitate access to lovers, rendering them infertile, and ruling twenty-five legions. The Livre des Esperitz (as Caap) says he brings gold and silver anywhere and rules twenty legions. Johann Weyer connects him to necromancers. Thomas Rudd records that Gaap is opposed by the Shem HaMephorash angel Ieuiah, situating him within angel–daemon oppositional schemes.
Weaknesses
- ritualOpposition by the Shem HaMephorash angel Ieuiah (as recorded by Thomas Rudd)
Wards
- ritualInvocation or appeal to the angel Ieuiah as an opposing force (Thomas Rudd's correspondences imply this countermeasure; no procedural formulae are preserved in the supplied excerpts)
Amaymon
Amaymon is a high-ranking infernal spirit—called a prince or king—named in Renaissance and later European grimoires as a cardinal or territorial ruler who exercises authority over other demons. Sources disagree whether he is king of the east (Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, Lesser Key of Solomon) or king of the south (Liber Officiorum Spirituum, Clavis Inferni, Book of Abramelin); he is credited with a deadly/poisonous breath, the capacity to deceive lax exorcists, and figures in ritual schemes that restrain or regulate spirits.
Corson
Corson is attested in the supplied sources only as 'one of the four principal kings that have power on the seventy-two demons.' No further descriptive, cultural, ritual, or iconographic information is provided in those sources.
57 Mnemosyne
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Aamon
Aamon (also Amon) is a named spirit in early modern Western grimoire tradition (Pseudomonarchia Daemonum; the Ars Goetia / Lesser Key of Solomon). He is presented as a high-ranking infernal officer (Marquis/Prince) who governs forty legions and is credited with knowledge of past and future and with affecting human relationships (reconciling or procuring feuds and favor).
Abaddon
In Hebrew scripture Abaddon is primarily a noun meaning 'destruction' or a section/condition of the underworld paired with Sheol; in the New Testament Book of Revelation Abaddon is personified as an angelic figure (Greek Apollyon) described as the king of an army of locusts released from the abyss during the apocalypse.
Abadir
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Abadiu of Antinoe
Abadiu of Antinoe was a fourth‑century bishop of Antinoe (Antinoopolis, in Roman Egypt) commemorated as a martyr and saint in the Coptic Orthodox Church, with a feast day on 26 December. Sources record that he was killed during a theological dispute with Arian opponents and reference him in collections of Egyptian martyrs.
Abagtha
Abagtha (Hebrew: אבגתא, ’Ǎḇaḡṯā) is a named human court official in the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Esther, listed among seven chamberlains who ministered before King Ahasuerus and were commanded to bring Queen Vashti before the king. He is attested only in Esther 1:10 and is presented as an institutional palace attendant rather than a supernatural being.
Abanoub
Abanoub is a 4th‑century Egyptian Christian child martyr venerated in the Coptic tradition. Remembered for his public confession of Christ, miraculous healings associated with his passion, and the translation and veneration of his relics, his feast is observed on July 31 (Epip 24) and his cult centers include Nehisa and Samanoud.
Abaskhiron the Soldier
A Coptic Orthodox martyr venerated for refusing imperial idolatry during the Diocletian persecution; reputedly healed by the Archangel Michael, preserved in monastery relics, and commemorated on 14 June (7 Paoni).
Abdel Messih El-Makari
Abdel Messih El-Makari (1892–1963) was a Coptic Orthodox monk and priest venerated as a 20th‑century Coptic saint. Associated with the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor and the Monastery of Saint Macarius (Scetes/Wadi El‑Natrun), he is remembered for humility, asceticism, charity, and reported spiritual gifts such as prescience, discerning of spirits, and healing.
Abel
Abel is the second son of Adam and Eve in the Genesis narrative, a shepherd whose accepted offering and subsequent murder by his brother Cain form the biblical account of the first death. Later interpretive traditions expand his role, treating him as an archetypal righteous victim, a postmortem avenging or adjudicating figure, and in some systems (notably Mandaean) identifying him with an angelic lightbeing.
Abib and Apollo
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Abiel
Abiel is attested in the supplied sources only as a male given name — borne by several historical American individuals and listed as two minor biblical figures. The provided materials contain no evidence presenting Abiel as a supernatural, mythological, or folkloric entity.
Community Record
- [1]Gaap — Wikipedia. Wikipedia entry summarizing grimoire attestations for Gaapwiki
- [2]Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Johann Weyer) — referenced summaries. Summary-level citation of Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum as reported in the supplied notes (Weyer assigns Gaap the rank of president, order of potestates, places him among cardinal spirits, links him to necromancers, and reports the Ham/Beleth anecdote).other
- [3]Lesser Key of Solomon — referenced summaries. Summary-level citation of the Lesser Key of Solomon as reported in the supplied notes (lists Gaap as a president/prince who teaches liberal arts, makes invisible, carries men between kingdoms, rules legions, and assigns a cardinal direction).other
- [4]Munich Manual of Demonic Magic — referenced summaries. Summary-level citation of the Munich Manual where the Taob variant provides medical care for women, transforms them to access lovers, renders them infertile, and rules twenty-five legions.other
- [5]Livre des Esperitz — referenced summaries. Summary-level citation of the Livre des Esperitz where Gaap (as Caap) appears as a knight, brings gold and silver anywhere, and rules twenty legions.other
- [6]Thomas Rudd correspondences — referenced in summaries. Summary-level citation that Thomas Rudd records the angel Ieuiah as opposing Gaap (Shem HaMephorash correspondence).other
- [7]Dictionnaire Infernal — referenced summaries. Summary-level citation noting Dictionnaire Infernal lists Gaap as a prince in human form.other