Amon (demon)

Amon (demon)

In demonology, Amon is a Marquis of Hell. He controls forty legions of spirits. He appears as a wolf with a serpent's tail, and breathes fire, or appears as a man with dog's teeth in the head of a raven, or simply as a man with a raven's head. He tells of things past and future, and reconciles feuds and controversies between friends.

In Popular Culture

* Amon appears as both a boss and a fusion for the main character in the Playstation 2 games Shadow Hearts and . [cite web
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] Amon is also one of the six most powerful demon crests in Shadow Hearts: Covenant along with Asmodeus, Astaroth, Gaap, Baal, and Orobas. in these incarnations he appears as a large humanoid man in black armour, with large dragon-like wings.

* Amon in the Anime/Manga Devilman (by Go Nagai) is the Demon which possesses the main character Akira Fudo and in turn creates the hero Devilman.

* Amon is an alternate name of the Egyptian god Amun.

*In 1983's "Monster Manual II" for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Amon is featured as one of the important dukes of Hell.

*In the 2006 Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game supplement "Tome of Magic: Pact, Shadow, and True Name Magic", Amon appears as a "vestige" with whom characters can make a pact in return for power. His appearance is the same as his wolf form in the Lesser Key of Solomon.

*Amon is the name of a character in the popular anime Witch Hunter Robin, which centers around the pursuit of witches.

ee also

*Amun
*The Lesser Key of Solomon
*Ars Goetia

Notes

ources

*S. L. MacGregor Mathers, A. Crowley, "" (1904). 1995 reprint: ISBN 0-87728-847-X.

External links

* [http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/goetia.htm Goetia at the Esoteric Archives]


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