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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

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Gremory 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 Gremory 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 Gremory'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]

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

Legions and standing

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Gremory's seal in the Ars Goetia

In the Pseudomonarchia,[note 5] Lesser Key,[note 6] and Dictionnaire, Gremory 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]

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  • 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.

See also

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Notes

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  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

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  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  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)
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