free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Gorilon 152 monic creatures from Greek mythology; their names were Euryale (“the far-springer”), Medusa (“the queen”), and Stheno (“the mighty”) These sisters were born the daughters of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto and they were priestesses in the temple of Athena Medusa had sexual relations with the god Poseidon in the temple and in a fit of rage Athena transformed the three sisters into the monstrous Gorgons They were cursed with boarlike tusks; bronze claws; long, razorsharp teeth; pockmarked faces; snakes for hair; and leathery wings They were so hideously ugly that for a mortal to look directly at them would turn a man to stone Medusa was the only mortal Gorgon and the blood from her beheading birthed Chrysaor and Pegasus Blood taken from the right side of a Gorgon could bring the dead back to life, while blood from the left was an instantly fatal poison The remaining Gorgons, Euryale and Stheno, live in the Underworld or on an island far out to sea Sources: Fontenrose, Python, 283–6, 288–9; Illes, Encyclopedia of Spirits, 488–9; Reed, Demon-lovers and Their Victims in British Fiction, 30 Gorilon Gorilon is listed among one hundred eleven Servitors of AMAYMON, ARITON, ORIENS, AND PAYMON (see AMAYMON, ARITON, ORIENS, and PAYMON) in the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, book two His name is Coptic Egyptian and means “axe,” “cleaving asunder,” or “cleaving bones.” Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 141; Susej, Demonic Bible, 256 Gorson Variations: Gorsou, GURSON Gorson is the King of the South and was titled as the King of the Southern Maze He is one of the chiefs of GERYON, one of the twelve SERVITORS OF ABEZETHIBOU, a servitor to Amaymon, as well as a servitor to Lucifer (SATAN) (See AMAYMON and also ABEZETHIBOU, GAAP, GERYON, and GURSON.) Sources: Beard, Autobiography of Satan, 46; Gaspey, The Witch-Finder, 201; Scot, Discoverie of Witchcraft, 226 Gosegas In the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, book two, Gosegas is named as one of the one hundred eleven SERVITORS OF AMAYMON, ARITON, ORIENS, AND PAYMON (see AMAYMON, ARITON, ORIENS, and PAYMON) His name is possibly a Hebrew and Chaldaic hybrid meaning “shaking strongly.” Sources: Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 114; Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 245 Gotifan In the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, book two, Gotifan is as among the one of the forty-nine SERVITORS OF BEELZEBUB (see BEELZEBUB) His name is likely Hebrew and means “crushing” and “turning over.” Sources: Ford, Bible of the Adversary, 93; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 107; Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 257 Gramon The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, book two, lists Gramon (“writing”) as among the one of the forty-nine SERVITORS OF BEELZEBUB (see BEELZEBUB) Sources: Ford, Bible of the Adversary, 93; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 108; Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 257 Grasemin The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, book two, names Grasemin as one of the ten SERVITORS OF AMAYMON AND ARITON (see AMAYMON and ARITON) His name is likely Hebrew and may mean “a bone.” Sources: Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 106; Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 248 Greedigut The demonic FAMILIAR Greedigut was first mentioned in the confessions of the Witches of Huntingdon in 1645 He was described as looking like a DOG with hoglike bristled hair upon its back As a FAMILIAR he works in tandem with the demon GRISSELL, and at the request of their master they will bring anything that is asked for If they are not sent off on occasional tasks, they will seek out a random person to physically assault and rob, bringing the unsolicited money back to their master Reports of men being pulled off their horses by two large dogs are telltale signs of a Greedigut and GRISSELL attack Both of these demons are under the command of the demon BLACKEMAN and need to regularly suckle off their master Sources: Ashton, Devil in Britain and America, 237– 8; Notestein, History of Witchcraft in England, 185; Wilby, Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits, 61 Gremial Variations: Germel, Gerniel, Gremiel In the Theurgia Goetia, the second book of the Lemegeton, Gremial is one of the twelve named www.ebook777.com