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Demonic · Goetic Spirit · c. 1577 CE

Naberius

Also called Cerberus, Naberus · also recorded as Nebiros (per Wikidata)

His work is the restoration of standing — he makes men eloquent and gives back the honours and offices a man has lost. Among the demons of the Ars Goetia he is one of the least alarming to look at: a black crane fluttering about the circle, speaking hoarsely.

Historical depiction of Naberius — S. L. MacGregor Mathers & Aleister Crowley (1904 edition) — The Goetia (Lesser Key of Solomon), ed. S. L. MacGregor Mathers & Aleister Crowley, 1904 (public domain). Scans: Wikimedia Commons (Category:Ars Goetia sigils). Faithful vectorization by Grimorium — https://grimorium.lat
Public domain · S. L. MacGregor Mathers & Aleister Crowley (1904 edition) · Wikimedia Commons file page
24attested

Single lineage

Form. A black crane fluttering about the circle, speaking hoarsely.

Offices. Makes men cunning in all arts and sciences, especially rhetoric, and restores lost dignities and honours.

Identity

Where does the name come from?

Where it was actually worshipped

None. The Ars Goetia is a conjuring manual and not a liturgy: its spirits are constrained, put to work and dismissed, never housed or offered to. Not one of the seventy-two has a temple, a shrine, a festival or a place-name anywhere.

A figure with temples and a figure that only ever existed on a page are different kinds of thing, and the difference is easy to lose once both are entries in a list.

At a glance

Vitals

Vitals

Also known as

CerberusNaberusNebiros
Named there as
Naberus
Rank
Marquis
Order
Goetic Spirit
Base of operations
None. The Ars Goetia is a conjuring manual and not a liturgy: its spirits are constrained, put to work and dismissed, never housed or offered to. Not one of the seventy-two has a temple, a shrine, a festival or a place-name anywhere.
Era
c. 1577 CE
Traditions
Solomonic, Folk & Demonological

Traits

Traditional form
A black crane fluttering about the circle, speaking hoarsely.
Goetic rank
Marquis

Stats

Source base24/100
Legions commanded19
Position in the Goetia24 of 72
Texts naming it2
Powers attributed4

4 attributed

What is it said to do?

Where these powers cluster

The 4 offices attributed to Naberius, grouped by kind. Segment width is the share of powers falling in each category.

A bar dominated by one colour means a specialist; an even spread means a figure the sources credit with almost anything.

  • knowledge2
  • martial1
  • transformation1

1 mark

Which marks is it attached to?

A mark a figure carries and a mark used against a figure are opposite claims, so each link says which it is.

2 texts

Which texts say so, and where do they disagree?

When these texts were written

Each dot is one of the 2 texts that names Naberius, placed at that text's approximate date.

A wide spread means the figure was carried across many centuries and traditions; a tight cluster means a single period produced the whole record.

2 texts spanning roughly 327 years

Where the texts differ

  • Name: given as Naberus, Naberius
  • Rank: given as Marquis; The Marquis
  • Position in list: 17, 24 depending on the text
NaberusMarquis#17

Weyer lists this spirit 17th of his sixty-nine, with substantially the same offices. His order is not the Goetia's — the two texts arrange the same spirits quite differently.

NaberiusThe Marquis#24

Makes men cunning in all arts and sciences, especially rhetoric, and restores lost dignities and honours.

The Twenty-fourth Spirit is Naberius. He is a most valiant Marquis, and showeth in the form of a Black Crane, fluttering about the Circle, and when he speaketh it is with a hoarse voice.

Connections

What is it connected to?

Nothing, and that is what the source says. The Ars Goetia gives Naberius a rank, a number of legions, a list of offices and a seal, and no relationship to any other spirit in the book — no lineage, no faction, no quarrel. Sixty-seven of the seventy-two are in the same position. A catalogue of self-contained entries is what that text is, and the emptiness here is the shape of it rather than work outstanding.

Placement

Where does it sit in the hierarchies?

Answered from the sources

Common questions

Which texts mention Naberius?

ColossiansOne records 2 texts naming Naberius: Pseudomonarchia Daemonum and The Lesser Key of Solomon, Book I: Ars Goetia. The earliest is Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577), which gives the name as Naberus.

What rank is Naberius?

The texts do not agree. Naberius is given as Marquis and The Marquis depending on which source is consulted, which is normal for figures that pass through several traditions — each one assigns a rank from its own system rather than inheriting one.

How else is Naberius spelled?

The name appears as Naberus, Cerberus and Nebiros. Variation on this scale is the norm: these names cross Ugaritic, Hebrew, Greek, Latin and vernacular transmission, and each step reshapes the spelling. Every profile records the name as each text gives it.

What is Naberius said to do?

The sources credit Naberius with 4 distinct powers or offices, including Teaches the Liberal Sciences, Teaches Rhetoric & Logic, Commands Legions and Restores Lost Dignities. Each is attributed on the profile to the text that claims it. ColossiansOne describes what the texts say; it does not endorse the claims or reproduce them as instruction.

How old is Naberius?

The earliest attestation in this corpus dates to c. 1577 CE. That is when the name first appears in a surviving text, which is a lower bound rather than an origin — a figure known from three tablets was probably named in many more that did not survive. Naberius is classified as infernal in ColossiansOne.

Nearest in the corpus

If Naberius is what you came for, these are next

Chosen by proximity rather than by popularity: the same pantheon first, then the same rank, then the same kind of figure.

Historical depiction of Amon, Marquis demonic

Amon

Marquis · Goetic Spirit

24

This marquis of the Ars Goetia procures feuds between friends and then reconciles the quarrels he started, which is the whole of his office and runs in both directions at once. He comes as a flame-vomiting wolf with a serpent's tail, or else as a man with a raven's head.

Infernalc. 1577 CE40 legions
2 sources4 powers

Andras

Marquis · Goetic Spirit

24

Marked in the Goetia as dangerous to the operator himself, which almost nothing else in the book is: handle him carelessly, the text says, and he will kill the man who called him along with his assistants. He arrives raven-headed on a black wolf with a drawn sword.

Infernalc. 1577 CE30 legions
2 sources3 powers

Andrealphus

Marquis · Goetic Spirit

24

Teaches geometry and every kind of measurement exactly, makes men subtle in astronomy, and turns them into birds. He announces himself as a peacock making a great deal of noise, and is ranked marquis in the Ars Goetia.

Infernalc. 1577 CE30 legions
2 sources4 powers
Historical depiction of Cimejes, Marquis demonic

Cimejes

Marquis · Goetic Spirit

24

Given a territory rather than a subject: the Goetia has him ruling every spirit in Africa. He also teaches grammar, logic and rhetoric, finds lost and hidden treasure, and makes men valiant in war.

Infernalc. 1577 CE20 legions
2 sources5 powers

Decarabia

Marquis · Goetic Spirit

24

Appears first as a star inside a pentacle. His office is birds — their virtues and those of precious stones, and the trick of making them fly before the operator and stay, singing and drinking exactly as real ones do.

Infernalc. 1577 CE30 legions
2 sources3 powers
Historical depiction of Forneus, Marquis demonic

Forneus

Marquis · Goetic Spirit

24

His gifts are entirely social: languages, rhetoric, a good reputation, and the affection of enemies as readily as friends. The Ars Goetia makes this marquis a great sea-monster, which fits none of it.

Infernalc. 1577 CE29 legions
2 sources4 powers

The books behind Naberius

Every claim on this profile is attributed to one of these. They are public domain, listed oldest first, and each links to a full text where one is freely available.

Corpus last revised 29 August 2026. A reference site’s credibility rests on being maintained, so this is the date the sourced records last changed — not the date the page was rebuilt.