Paimon

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Paimon, portrait from the Infernal Dictionnaire
Seal of Paimon, depicted in The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King (1904)

Paimon (also Paymon or Paimonia ) is one of the kings of hell in demonology and is mentioned in various grimoirs .

Description and sources

According to the Pseudomonarchia daemonum of 1577, he is more obedient to Lucifer than other kings ; the book describes him sitting on a dromedary , wearing a splendid crown and having feminized facial features ( he sitteth on a beast called a dromedarie, which is a swift runner, and weareth a glorious crowne, and hath an effeminate countenance ). He is preceded by a crowd of men with "trumpets and melodious cymbals and all musical instruments". When he appears, he initially speaks in a roaring voice. When summoned by a necromancer, he should look to the northwest, since that is where Paimon's house is; if Paimon be cited alone by an offering or sacrifice, two kings followe him; to wit, Beball & Abalam , appear after him when he is summoned alone and by an offering . He is also subordinate to 200 legions, with one part belonging to the class of angels, the other part belonging to that of the "powers" ( There follow him two hundred legions, part of the order of angels, and part of potestates ).

In the short entry in the Dictionnaire Infernal from the 19th century, the same appearance is also described, the company of Bébal and Abalam and the legion divided into two are mentioned.

In the Ars Goetia he is the ninth spirit; Again peculiarities are mentioned like the sounding trumpets and cymbals, but this time played by a crowd of ghosts who appear like men with instruments ( There goeth before him also an Host of Spirits, like Men with Trumpets and well sounding cymbals ), the roaring voice upon his arrival as well as the 200 legions of angels and powers. The accompanying kings are called Labal and Abali here .

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