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monic creatures from Greek mythology; their
names were Euryale (“the far-springer”), Medusa
(“the queen”), and Stheno (“the mighty”). These
sisters were born the daughters of the sea gods
Phorcys and Ceto and they were priestesses in
the temple of Athena. Medusa had sexual relations with the god Poseidon in the temple and in
a fit of rage Athena transformed the three sisters
into the monstrous Gorgons. They were cursed
with boarlike tusks; bronze claws; long, razorsharp teeth; pockmarked faces; snakes for hair;
and leathery wings. They were so hideously ugly
that for a mortal to look directly at them would
turn a man to stone. Medusa was the only mortal
Gorgon and the blood from her beheading
birthed Chrysaor and Pegasus. Blood taken from
the right side of a Gorgon could bring the dead
back to life, while blood from the left was an instantly fatal poison. The remaining Gorgons, Euryale and Stheno, live in the Underworld or on
an island far out to sea.
Sources: Fontenrose, Python, 283–6, 288–9; Illes,
Encyclopedia of Spirits, 488–9; Reed, Demon-lovers and
Their Victims in British Fiction, 30.

Gorilon
Gorilon is listed among one hundred eleven
Servitors of AMAYMON, ARITON, ORIENS, AND
PAYMON (see AMAYMON, ARITON, ORIENS, and
PAYMON) in the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the

Mage, book two. His name is Coptic Egyptian
and means “axe,” “cleaving asunder,” or “cleaving
bones.”
Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 141; Susej,
Demonic Bible, 256.

Gorson
Variations: Gorsou, GURSON
Gorson is the King of the South and was titled
as the King of the Southern Maze. He is one of
the chiefs of GERYON, one of the twelve SERVITORS OF ABEZETHIBOU, a servitor to Amaymon,
as well as a servitor to Lucifer (SATAN). (See
AMAYMON and also ABEZETHIBOU, GAAP,
GERYON, and GURSON.)
Sources: Beard, Autobiography of Satan, 46; Gaspey,
The Witch-Finder, 201; Scot, Discoverie of Witchcraft,
226.

Gosegas
In the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage,
book two, Gosegas is named as one of the one
hundred eleven SERVITORS OF AMAYMON, ARITON, ORIENS, AND PAYMON (see AMAYMON,
ARITON, ORIENS, and PAYMON). His name is
possibly a Hebrew and Chaldaic hybrid meaning
“shaking strongly.”

Sources: Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage, 114; Von Worms, Book of
Abramelin, 245.

Gotifan
In the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage,
book two, Gotifan is as among the one of the
forty-nine SERVITORS OF BEELZEBUB (see
BEELZEBUB). His name is likely Hebrew and
means “crushing” and “turning over.”

Sources: Ford, Bible of the Adversary, 93; Mathers,
Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 107;
Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 257.

Gramon
The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, book
two, lists Gramon (“writing”) as among the one
of the forty-nine SERVITORS OF BEELZEBUB (see
BEELZEBUB).

Sources: Ford, Bible of the Adversary, 93; Mathers,
Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 108;
Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 257.

Grasemin
The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, book
two, names Grasemin as one of the ten SERVITORS OF AMAYMON AND ARITON (see
AMAYMON and ARITON). His name is likely Hebrew and may mean “a bone.”
Sources: Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage, 106; Von Worms, Book of
Abramelin, 248.

Greedigut

The demonic FAMILIAR Greedigut was first
mentioned in the confessions of the Witches of
Huntingdon in 1645. He was described as
looking like a DOG with hoglike bristled hair
upon its back. As a FAMILIAR he works in tandem
with the demon GRISSELL, and at the request of
their master they will bring anything that is asked
for. If they are not sent off on occasional tasks,
they will seek out a random person to physically
assault and rob, bringing the unsolicited money
back to their master. Reports of men being pulled
off their horses by two large dogs are telltale signs
of a Greedigut and GRISSELL attack. Both of
these demons are under the command of the
demon BLACKEMAN and need to regularly suckle
off their master.

Sources: Ashton, Devil in Britain and America, 237–
8; Notestein, History of Witchcraft in England, 185;
Wilby, Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits, 61.

Gremial
Variations: Germel, Gerniel, Gremiel
In the Theurgia Goetia, the second book of the
Lemegeton, Gremial is one of the twelve named

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