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in the process and accepting the sacrificial offerings in exchange.

Sources: Obeyesekere, Cult of the Goddess Pattini,
173–4, Wirx, Exorcism and the Art of Healing in Ceylon,
163.

Gasarons
In the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage,
Gasarons is listed as one of the SERVITORS OF
ORIENS (see ORIENS).

Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 136; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 108.

Gaziel
Variations: Gaxiel
The demon Gaziel commands eleven legions
and works in conjunction with ANARAZEL and
FECOR. He has the ability to call up tempests,
cause fear, cause ghosts to appear, ring the bells
at midnight, and shake the foundations of homes.

Sources: De Claremont, Ancient’s Book of Magic, 12;
Hibbard, Three Elizabethan Pamphlets, 147; Nash,
Works of Thomas Nashe, 232.

Gedeil

Variations: Gediel
In the Theurgia Goetia, the second book of the
Lemegeton, Gedeil is ranked as the Prince of the
South by Southwest (see PRINCES OF HELL). He
is said to command twenty diurnal and twenty
nocturnal servitors; however, only eight dukes
are named for each. His name is likely taken from
Hebrew, and if so would mean “baby goat.”
Gedeil is known for his ability to give timely
warnings of danger.

Sources: Gettings, Dictionary of Demons, 232;
Scheible, Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, 73;
Trithemius, Steganographia, 81.

Gelal
From the demonology of the ancient Sumerians comes a demon they referred to as a gelal (INCUBUS). There has yet to be a physical description
for this demon; however, it has been described as
having a “male” feeling. The gelal assaults a
woman sexually while she sleeps, stealing energy
from her. Its victims will not be awakened but
will experience the encounter through an erotic
dream.

Sources: Jones, On the Nightmare, 119; Lenormant,
Chaldean Magic, 38; Masters, Eros and Evil, 174.

Geliel
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa Von Netteshim’s
book Naturalis et Innaturalis mentions Geliel,

ranking him as a duke. In Enochian lore and
Christian demonology he is also said to be an
ELECTOR OF HELL and one of the twenty-eight

demonic rulers of the lunar mansions; he has dominion over the mansion Sadahacha, also called
Zodeboluch (see ENOCHIAN RULERS OF THE
LUNAR MANSIONS). In service under CASPIEL,
Geliel commands twenty diurnal and nocturnal
servitors but only eight are named for each (see
SERVITORS OF GELIEL). This demon is summoned for the assistance he will give in helping
prisoners to escape. His zodiacal sign is Capricorn.

Sources: Moura, Mansions of the Moon for the Green
Witch, 45; Von Goethe, Goethe’s Letters to Zelter, 377;
Webster, Encyclopedia of Angels, 69.

Gello
Variations: Drakaena, Drakos, GALLU, Gallû,
Ghello, Gillo, Gyllo, Gyllou, Gylo, the Lady of
Darkness, Lamashtu, LAMIA, LILITH, Lilitu
Originating in Graeco-Byzantine and Sumerian mythology, the most famous of the ancient
Greek women poets, Sappo, wrote of the DEMONESS Gello in the text Apotrofe tes miaras kai
akazartu Gyllus (Averting of the Wicked and Impure
Gylu). It is both a cautionary tale and a spell for
defeating the demon.
According to the story, Gello was a maiden
from the isle of Lesbos who opposed divine law
and took a stance against it using her willpower
and magic to get her way. She compounded her
sin by having died leaving no heirs or

descendants, which caused her to become a
demon. At night Gello would return, shape-shift
into her maiden form, find a female child, and
play with it. When the game was over, she would
consume the child. Eventually it took three angels—Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangeloph (or
three saints: Sinisius, Sines, and Sinodorus from
the Byzantine period)—to finally defeat her. The
three first captured her and she immediately
began to beg for her life, saying she would do
whatever was asked of her, promising if they let
her go she would run and not stop until she was
three thousand miles away. They beat her
soundly until she confessed her twelve and a half
names to them; by doing this she made herself
powerless against them. They demanded that she
return the children she consumed. Gello confessed that to do so she would first have to breastfeed from the tit of a woman whose child she had
eaten. After feeding, she vomited up the child,
whole and alive. Once all the children were returned, Gello was stoned to death.
The twelve and a half names of Gello are
Anavadalaia (“soaring”), Apletou (“insatiable”),
Byzou (“bloodsucker”), Chamodracaena (“snake”),
Gulou, Marmarou (“stony-hearted”), Mora,

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