- Eligos
Eligos (also Abigor or Eligor), in
demonology , is aGreat Duke ofHell , ruling sixty legions ofdemon s. He discovers hidden things and knows the future of wars and how soldiers should meet. He also attracts the favours of lords, knights and other important persons.He is depicted in the form of a goodly knight carrying a lance, an ensign and a sceptre (a serpent to some authors, most notably
Aleister Crowley ).Alternatively he is depicted as a ghostly
spectre , sometimes riding a semi-skeletal (sometimes winged) horse, or the Steed of Abigor. This is a minion of Hell itself, and was a gift fromBeelzebub . It was created from the remains of one of the horses of The Garden of Eden.Popular Culture
*In the 2006
Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game supplement "Tome of Magic: Pact, Shadow, and True Name Magic", Eligos appears as a "vestige" with whom characters can make a pact in return for power. His name is spelled "Eligor". He appears riding a half-horse/half-dragon, wearing armor and carrying a lance.
*Eligor appears in the video game as a recurring boss enemy and later as a recruitable demon, and inPersona 3 as one of the main character's usable personas. He is depicted as a knight in red armor wielding a lance.
*He also appeared in Ghost Rider as a servant ofBlackheart , a demon representing the element of air.
*Victory Gundam features a mobile suit known as the Abigor.ee also
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The Lesser Key of Solomon
*Dictionnaire Infernal ources
*S. L. MacGregor Mathers, A. Crowley, "" (1904). 1995 reprint: ISBN 0-87728-847-X.
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