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The infernal names

The Infernal Names is a compiled list of adversarial or antihero figures from mythology, for intended use in Satanic ritual. The following names and descriptions are as listed in The Satanic Bible, written by Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey. When calling the names, all of them may be recited, or a given number of those most significant to the respective working may be chosen.

Contents

The Infernal Names

  • Abaddon - The Destroyer of worlds
  • Adramalech - Samarian devil
  • Ahpuch - Mayan devil
  • Ahriman - Mazdean devil
  • Amon - Demon Marquis of Hell
  • Apollyon - Greek synonym for Abaddon
  • Asmodeus - Hebrew devil of sensuality and luxury, originally "creature of judgment"
  • Astaroth - Great Duke of Hell from The Book of Abramelin
  • Azazel - Taught man to make weapons of war (Hebrew)
  • Baalberith - Canaanite Lord of the covenant who was later made a devil
  • Balaam - Hebrew devil of avarice and greed
  • Baphomet - symbolic of Satan
  • Bast - Egyptian goddess of warfare
  • Beelzebub - Lord of the Flies, taken from the symbolism of the scarab (Hebrew)
  • Behemoth - Hebrew personification of Lucifer in the form of an elephant or hippopotamus
  • Beherit - Syriac name for Satan
  • Belial - Hebrew and christian personification of the devil
  • Bilé - Irish king from the Lebor Gabála Érenn mythology
  • Chemosh - National god of Moabites, later a devil
  • Cimeries - Rides a black horse and rules Africa
  • Coyote - Trickster spirit of many indigenous cultures of North America
  • Dagon - Philistine avenging devil of the sea
  • Damballa - Haitian Vodou primordial creator of all
  • Demogorgon - a name so terrible as to not be known to mortals
  • Diabolus - Greek for slanderer or accuser
  • Dracula - Romanian name for son of the devil or dragon, which would also denote a "devilish" name—Romanian isn't too clear on which meaning, if not both, is correct
  • Emma-O - Wrathful god said to judge the dead and preside over the Narakas
  • Euronymous - Greek Prince of Death (a misspelling, correct spelling Eurynomos)
  • Fenriz - Wolf son of Loki foretold to kill the god Odin during the events of Ragnarök
  • Gorgo - dim. of Demogorgon, see above
  • Haborym - Hebrew synonym for Satan
  • Hecate - Greek goddess of witchcraft
  • Ishtar - Mesopotamian East Semitic goddess of fertility, war, sex, and power
  • Kali - Hindu destroyer goddess
  • Lilith - Hebrew female devil, Adam's first wife who taught him lust
  • Loki - Teutonic devil
  • Mammon - Aramaic god of wealth and profit
  • Mania - Roman and Etruscan goddess of the dead
  • Mantus - Etruscan god of the underworld
  • Marduk - god of the city of Babylon
  • Mastema - Hebrew synonym for Satan
  • Melek Taus - Yezidi devil
  • Mephistopheles - he who shuns the light, q.v. Faust (Greek)
  • Metztli - Aztec god of the night
  • Mictian
  • Midgard - Old Norse name for earth
  • Milcom - Ammonite devil
  • Moloch - Phoenician and Canaanite devil
  • Mormo - King of the Ghouls, consort of Hecate (Greek)
  • Naamah - Hebrew female devil of seduction
  • Nergal - Mesopotamian god of fire
  • Nihasa - Native American devil
  • Nija
  • O-Yama - Japanese name for lord of death
  • Pan - Greek god with sexual powers
  • Pluto - God of the underworld in Classical mythology (formerly known as Hades)
  • Proserpine - Roman goddess, wife to Pluto
  • Pwcca - one of the myriad of fairy (faerie) folk
  • Rimmon - Syrian deity also known as Baal
  • Sabazios - Greek god on horseback
  • Sammael - "Venom of God" (Hebrew)
  • Samnu - Central Asian devil
  • Sedit - American Nepali devil
  • Sekhmet - Egyptian warrior goddess
  • Set - Egyptian god of violence
  • Shaitan - Arabic name for Satan
  • Shamad - Hebrew root word for "to be exterminated or destroyed"
  • Shiva - Principal Hindu deity of destruction
  • Supay - Aymaran and Incan god of death and ruler of the underworld
  • T'an-mo - Chinese counterpart to the devil, covetousness, desire
  • Tchort - Russian name for devil, deuce.
  • Tezcatlipoca - Central deity in Aztec religion associated with the night sky, discord, beauty, war, and strife among many other concepts
  • Thamuz - Sumerian god of food
  • Thoth - Self-begotten Egyptian god of knowledge
  • Tunrida - Scandinavian devil
  • Typhon - Greek personification of devil
  • Yaotzin
  • Yen-lo-Wang - Chinese ruler of Hell

    • Known inaccuracies

    Eurynomos is misspelled as "Euronymous".

    References

    The infernal names Wikipedia
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