Gemory

Gremory by Louis Le Breton, 1863

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

Description

Gemory is described in demonological works such as the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic[note 1] [1][2][3] the Liber Officiorum Spirituum[note 2][4][5] the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum,[note 3][6] the Lesser Key of Solomon,[note 4][7] the Dictionnaire Infernal,[note 3][8] 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.[8][1][7][4][5][6] The Munich Manual, Pseudomonarchia, Lesser Key, and Dictionnaire further give Gemory the power of procuring love from women[8][1][7][6] (although the Liber Officiorum Spirituum describes her as "a companion of the love of women, and especially of maidens"),[4][5] while the Pseudomonarchia and the Lesser Key note that the duchess's crown is (somehow) worn on Gemory's waist.[7][6] 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".[9]

Gemory is mentioned in a manuscript labelled Fasciculus Rerum Geomanticarum.[note 1][10]

Legions and standing

Gremory's seal in the Ars Goetia

In the Pseudomonarchia,[note 5] Lesser Key,[note 6] and Dictionnaire, Gemory is ranked as a duke ruling 26 legions of spirits,[7][6][8] but (still a duke) ruling 27 in the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic[note 1][1][2][3] and ruling 5 or 42 legions as either a duke,[4] prince,[5] or captain,[4][5] in the Liber Officiorium Spirituum.[note 7][4][5]

According to Rudd, Gremory is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Poiel.[9]

  • In manga and anime High School DxD, Gremory is one of the 72 Devil Noble Families of the Ars Goetia. The progenitor of the Gremory Clan, Runeas is regarded as the original Gremory Devil depicted in grimoires, legends and Bible spawned by the Mother of Devils Lilith. 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, Gremory is a master rank class that specializes in healing and dark magic.
  • In the Castlevania video game successor Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and its 8-bit spinoffs, one of the main antagonists is named Gremory, a demon associated with the moon.
  • In the manga Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans – Gekko, the ASW-G-56, 20.5 meters tall Gundam Gremory was piloted by a female pilot called Deira Nadira, a side character in the manga. A Gundam Frame owned by the Nadira family, one of the prestigious families that assisted Gjallarhorn's Seven Stars. The Gundam Gremory's most notably feature is that its upper body, including the movable hood that covers its head. It wields an anchor-shaped weapon named the Battle Anchor, but one of its blades was damaged during the Calamity War.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c As Gaeneron.
  2. ^ As Gemon or Gemyem.
  3. ^ a b As Gomory.
  4. ^ Some versions listing him as Gremory or Gamori.
  5. ^ As the 50th spirit.
  6. ^ As the 56th spirit.
  7. ^ As the 41st and 75th spirits.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kieckhefer, Richard (1998). Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press (published 1997). pp. 166, 292. ISBN 0-271-01750-3.
  2. ^ a b Rudd, Thomas (2010). Skinner, Stephen; Rankine, David (eds.). The Goetia of Dr Rudd. Golden Hoard Press (published 2007). p. 34. ISBN 978-0738723556.
  3. ^ a b Weyer, Johann (1563). Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.). Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum). Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives (published 2000). Introduction by Peterson.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Porter, John (2011). Campbell, Colin D. (ed.). A Book of the Office of Spirits. Translated by Hockley, Frederick. Teitan Press. pp. 18, 24. ISBN 978-0933429253.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Porter, John; Weston, John (2015). Harms, Daniel; Clark, James R.; Peterson, Joseph H. (eds.). The Book of Oberon: A Sourcebook for Elizabethan Magic (first ed.). Llewellyn Publications. pp. 201, 206. ISBN 978-0-7387-4334-9.
  6. ^ a b c d e Weyer, Johann (1563). Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.). Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum). Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives (published 2000). par. 51.
  7. ^ a b c d e Peterson, Joseph H., ed. (May 2001). Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis: The Lesser Key of Solomon, Detailing the Ceremonial Art of Commanding Spirits Both Good and Evil;. Maine: Weiser Books (published 2001). p. 32. ISBN 1-57863-220-X.
  8. ^ a b c d de Plancy, Jacques Collin (1853). Dictionnaire infernal (in French). Paris: Sagnier et Bray. p. 367.
  9. ^ a b Rudd, Thomas (2010). Skinner, Stephen; Rankine, David (eds.). The Goetia of Dr Rudd. Golden Hoard Press (published 2007). pp. 158, 374. ISBN 978-0738723556.
  10. ^ Boudet, Jean-Patrice (2003). "Les who's who démonologiques de la Renaissance et leurs ancêtres médiévaux". Médiévales (in French) (44). Revues.org. par. 25. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)