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to bind demons. This demon’s personal adversary
is the angel Iblis, not to be confused with the demonic king of the SHAITANS, IBLIS.

Sources: Hyatt, Book of Demons, 54; Keightley, Fairy
Mythology, 18, 25; Lieber, Encyclopædia Americana, Vol.
5, 412.

Jann
Variations: Jan
There are two classes of DJINN in Islamic
mythology. The first and higher class is divided
into five genera: the Afreet, GHILAN, Jann,
MARID, and the Sheitan. Born the children of
IBLIS, the jann (“spirit”) are the weakest of their
genus. A type of FAMILIAR spirit, these demons
steal animals from farmers.
The author of One Thousand and One Arabian
Nights, Sir Richard F. Burton, considered the
word jann to be the plural form of the word
GENIE.

Sources: Borges, Book of Imaginary Beings, 133–4;
Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures, 136; Mercatante, Good
and Evil, 69.

Jaracas
Variations: Jaracaca

In Brazil there is a vampiric demon known as
a jaracas. It assumes the form of a snake when it
is time to feed, slithers up to a mother while she
is asleep, and attaches itself to her breast, draining
her breast milk. During the attack, the jaracas
slips the end of its tail into the baby’s mouth to
prevent it from crying and waking its mother.
When it attacks a sleeping man, it will bite him
in his upper arm, taking a survivable amount of
blood. Victims will eventually begin to grow
weaker as the attacks continue and will never be
able to fully recover until the jaracas has moved
on to other prey. Mothers will discover that their
milk has dried up.
A jaracas can only be driven off if one hopes
to save its victims, as it cannot be destroyed.
Catholic prayers to the saints are said to work,
as will the blessing of a Catholic priest. There
are also several ancient and traditional incantations, spells, and talismans that can be purchased
or made to ward it off.

Sources: Masters, Natural History of the Vampire, 51;
Volta, The Vampire, 85.

Jato
Variations: Jakada, Janzari, Janziri
From the demonology of the Hausa people of
West Africa comes a demon who lives in gutters
and sewers known as Jato. His name in the Hausa
language means “a vegetable poison used by

smearing on arrows.” This demon causes venereal

disease that leads to insanity and makes men eat
dung. He is the patron to the masubori (“madmen”). A specific dance must be performed accompanied by a specific animal sacrifice in order
to banish Jato.

Sources: Knappert, African Mythology, 107; Oesterreich, Possession, 258, 260; Robinson, Dictionary of the
Hausa Language, Vol. 1, 148; Tremearne, Ban of the Bori,
141, 294.

Jazer
In Apollonius of Tyana’s Nuctemeron (Night Illuminated by Day) Jazer is the demon who compels one to love. He is most powerful during the
seventh hour.

Sources: Kelly, Who in Hell, 125; Lévi, Transcendental Magic, 392.

Jazeriel
Variations: Jareriel
Jazeriel is one of the twenty-eight demonic
rulers of the lunar mansions from Enochian lore;
he has dominion over the mansion Alhalre
(“Wings of Virgo”). He is summoned for his willingness to help prisoners to gain their freedom.
His zodiacal sign is Virgo (see ENOCHIAN
RULERS OF THE LUNAR MANSIONS).

Sources: Moura, Mansions of the Moon for the Green
Witch, 43; Scheible, Sixth and Seventh Books of
Moses, 75; Webster, Encyclopedia of Angels, 100, 124.

Jealousy

From Babylonian, Jewish, and Solominic lore
comes the demonic goddess Jealousy, the fourth
of the SEVEN HEAVENLY BODIES, one of the
thirty-three (or thirty-six, sources vary) elements
of the cosmic ruler of the darkness. In the Testament of Solomon she was named as one of the seventy-two SPIRITS OF SOLOMON; she was made
to dig the foundation of the temple. Described
as being a female spirit, fair in appearance, she is
bound and woven together with other female
spirits as part of the Seven Heavenly Bodies,
which are represented as a cluster of stars in the
heavens. They travel about sometimes living in
Lydia, or Olympus, or on a great mountain.
Working in tandem with the demon STRIFE, they
cause husbands to leave their wives, cause men
to forget their moderation and sobriety, create
rifts between brothers and sisters, divide groups
of men into different factions, and separate children from their parents. Jealousy’s personal adversary is the angel Balthial.
Sources: Ashe, Qabalah, 26; Conybeare, Jewish
Quarterly Review, Vol. 11, 24 –6.

Jeqon
Variations: Yekun (“Rebel”), YEQON, Yikon