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that someone is about to escape from them, they
can call upon the goddess of justice, Dike, for divine assistance. These demons are particularly
devoted to their cause, especially when the crime
is matricide. There is no amount of prayer or sacrifice that can be offered that will deter them from
their relentless pursuit of unyielding justice.
The erinnyes live in the underworld. Some
sources claim they dwell at the entrance to Tartarus
while others say that they live in Erbus, the darkest
pit of the underworld. When home they torment
those who have not yet atoned for their sins.

Sources: Baynes, Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 17,
699, 730, 827–8; Bjerregaard, Great Mother, 268, 271;
Keightley, Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy, 38,
174 –5, 302–3.

Ermeniel
The Theurgia Goetia, the second book of the
Lemegeton, names Ermeniel as one of the ten
Duke SERVITORS OF EMONIEL (see EMONIEL).
An AERIAL DEVIL, he commands 1,320 lesser
dukes and servitors. Ermeniel is said to be goodnatured and willing to obey his summoner. He
lives in the woods.
Sources: Gettings, Dictionary of Demons, 232;
Trithemius, Steganographia, 81.

Ern

According to Enochian lore, Ern is a CACODAEMON. His counterpart is the angel Rnil (see
ENOCHIAN CACODAEMONS).

Sources: Chopra, Academic Dictionary of Mythology,
104; Laycock, Complete Enochian Dictionary, 108.

Error
The demon Error is mentioned in Babylonian,
Jewish, and Solomonic lore. She is ranked as the
sixth of the SEVEN HEAVENLY BODIES as well as
one of the thirty-three (or thirty-six, sources
vary) elements of the Cosmic Ruler of the Darkness. She was said to be one of the SPIRITS OF
SOLOMON as well, made to dig the foundation
of the temple. She claimed to be the demon that
caused King Solomon to slay his own brother.
This demonic goddess appears as one of the seven
beautiful female spirits that are bound together;
collectively they represent a cluster of stars in the
sky. Together they travel about, sometimes living
in Lydia, or Olympus, or on a great mountain.
Error is summoned because she is known to
assist necromancers in placing spirits into corpses.
She also causes people to err, leads errant souls
from piety, and has many other unnamed evil
traits. Her personal adversary is the angel Uriel,
not to be confused with the demon of the same
name (see URIEL).

Sources: Abrahams, Jewish Quarterly Review, Vol.
11, 25; Charlesworth, Old Testament Pseudepigrapha,

935; Conybeare, Jewish Quarterly Review, Vol. 11, 24 –
6.

Ertael
Variations: Ertrael
Ertael is, according to Enochian lore, one of
the FALLEN ANGELS who swore allegiance to
SAMIAZA, rebelled against God, lusted after and
took a human woman as his wife, and fathered
the NEPHILIM.

Sources: Beard, Autobiography of Satan, 113; Laurence, Book of Enoch, the Prophet 6; Lévi, History of
Magic, 38.

Essas
This entity is often called upon during exorcism and cases of collective possession; he is also
listed as one of the eighteen demons who possessed Sister Jeanne des Anges in Loudun,
France, in 1634 (see LOUDUN POSSESSION).

Sources: Aikin, General Biography, 493; Bayle, Historical and Critical Dictionary, 262; Hsia, World of
Catholic Renewal, 151; Ramsay, Westminster Guide to
the Books of the Bible, 349; Voltaire, Works of M. de
Voltaire, 193.

Essaunien
Variations: Shivven
In Persian mythology Essaunien is said to be
one of the eight AUSTATIKCO-PAULIGAUR, a type
of demonic spirit, DJINN, or DIV. These demons
are said to preside over one of the eight sides of

the world. With Veeshnoo, the supreme god in
the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism, they decide if a hero is worthy of entering paradise yet.

Sources: De Claremont, Ancient’s Book of Magic, 118;
Smeadly, Occult Sciences, 51; Encyclopedia of Occultism,
113.

Estrie ESS
The estrie is a species of demon from the Hasidic lore of the medieval era. They are considered
to be vampiric demons or vampiric spirits and are
described as looking like a noncorporeal mass of
evil that can assume a human female form. These
SUCCUBUS-like demons take up residence in a
community to ensure themselves a constant supply of blood. At night the estrie will engage in
sexual activity with men, draining them dry of
their blood. As long as these demons are able to
drink blood and consume human flesh, they will
be able to maintain their human form.
If an estrie should ever become injured or seen
in its true form by a person, it must eat some of
that person’s bread and salt or it will lose its abilities and be rendered helpless. Eating bread and