Gemory
Gemory (also Gremory, Gamori, Gaeneron, Gemon, Gemyem) is a demon listed in demonological grimoires.
Description
Gremory is described in demonological works such as the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic[note 1] [1][2][3] the Liber Officiorum Spirituum[note 2][4][5] the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum,[note 3][6] the Lesser Key of Solomon,[note 4][7] the Dictionnaire Infernal,[note 3][8] as appearing in the form of a beautiful woman (though as with all Goetic demons referred to using the masculine pronouns "he" and "his") wearing a duchess's crown and riding a camel, ascribed with the power of revealing hidden treasures and answering questions about the past, present, and future.[8][1][7][4][5][6] The Munich Manual, Pseudomonarchia, Lesser Key, and Dictionnaire further give Gremory the power of procuring love from women[8][1][7][6] (although the Liber Officiorum Spirituum describes her as "a companion of the love of women, and especially of maidens"),[4][5] while the Pseudomonarchia and the Lesser Key note that the duchess's crown is (somehow) worn on Gremory's waist.[7][6] Stephen Skinner and David Rankine, in their edition of The Goetia of Dr Rudd, suggest that this was a mistranslation of the Latin cingitur which should have been translated "encircling her head".[9]
Gremory is mentioned in a manuscript labelled Fasciculus Rerum Geomanticarum.[note 1][10]
Legions and standing
In the Pseudomonarchia,[note 5] Lesser Key,[note 6] and Dictionnaire, Gremory is ranked as a duke ruling 26 legions of spirits,[7][6][8] but (still a duke) ruling 27 in the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic[note 1][1][2][3] and ruling 5 or 42 legions as either a duke,[4] prince,[5] or captain,[4][5] in the Liber Officiorium Spirituum.[note 7][4][5]
According to Rudd, Gremory is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Poiel.[9]
In popular culture
- In manga and anime High School DxD, Gremory is one of the 72 Devil Noble Families of the Ars Goetia. The main female protagonist, Rias Gremory, is a member of the Gremory family and the love interest of the main protagonist Issei Hyodo.
- In the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019), Gremory is a master rank class that specializes in healing and black magic.
- In the video game Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (2019) and its 8-bit spinoffs, one of the main antagonists is named Gremory, a demon associated with the moon.
- In South Korean television series The Judge from Hell (2024), Kim Ah-young plays Gremory, a demon who punishes other demons that have fallen in love with humans.
See also
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Notes
References
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