Vine (demon)
Vine is a
These texts rank Vine as both a king and an earl, describing him as a lion riding a black horse and carrying a viper. They ascribe to him the power to build towers, destroy walls, disturb seas, and furthermore answer questions on secrets, witches, and events past, present, and future.[1][2][3][4]
Vine may be derived from or otherwise connected to the spirit "Royne" in the Liber Officiorum Spirituum,[5] who is described only as an earl appearing like a lion-faced soldier (still riding a black horse and carrying a snake). Royne is given the power to build not only towers but houses, and can only answer questions on treasures or secrets but also has love magic, the ability to destroy enemies and consecrate objects (books especially).[6]
According to Rudd, Vine is opposed by the
Notes
References
- ^ ISBN 1-57863-220-X.
- ^ ISBN 978-0738723556.
- ^ a b Weyer, Johann (1563). Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.). Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum). Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives (published 2000). par. 23.
- ^ a b de Plancy, Jacques Collin (1853). Dictionnaire infernal (in French). Paris: Sagnier et Bray. p. 688.
- ISBN 978-1-907881-66-4.
- ISBN 978-0-7387-4334-9.
- ^ Rudd 2007, pp. 366–376.