martial · 34 entities
Binds Spirits
Constrains, imprisons or thwarts other spirits.
Held by
- Disputed17
- Infernal10
- Celestial5
- Fallen2
Attributed across 9 cultures
Which spirits are credited with it?
Each card names the texts that make the attribution. Where several texts credit the same figure with the same office, that is worth more than any one of them saying so alone.
Armaros
Beelzebub
Bes
Egyptian
Enki
Mesopotamian
Ereshkigal
Mesopotamian
Harut and Marut
Hecate
Greek
Heka
Egyptian
Kali
Vedic
Kasdeja
Khonsu
Egyptian
Lamassu
Mesopotamian
Legion
Marduk
Mesopotamian
Michael
Murmur
Ninurta
Mesopotamian
Paimon
Pazuzu
Mesopotamian
Powers
Raphael
Commanded to bind Azazel hand and foot and cast him into darkness.
Serqet
Egyptian
Sraosha
Persian
Taweret
Egyptian
The Erinyes
Greek
The Lords of Xibalba
Mesoamerican
The Python Spirit
The Qliphoth
The Religious Spirit
The Spirit of Infirmity
The Spirits of Affliction
Thor
Norse
Varuna
Vedic
Yanluo Wang
Chinese
The texts that attribute this power
Oldest first. An office claimed by one late grimoire and an office claimed across two thousand years are different kinds of claim.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Anonymous; tr. E. A. Wallis Budge · c. 1550 BCE onward · Egyptian
Read The Egyptian Book of the Dead in full ↗Cover: Public domain · Hunefer · Wikimedia file page
Egyptian Amulets & Domestic Objects
Anonymous; recovered from settlements and burials · c. 2000 BCE onward · Material evidence
Read Egyptian Amulets & Domestic Objects in full ↗Cover: Public domain · Roland Unger · Wikimedia file page
Rigveda
Anonymous; multiple rishi families · c. 1500-1200 BCE · Vedic Sanskrit
Read Rigveda in full ↗Cover: Public domain · Unknown author · Wikimedia file page
Egyptian Hymns, Stelae & Temple Inscriptions
Various; tr. E. A. Wallis Budge and others · c. 2000 BCE - 300 BCE · Egyptian
Read Egyptian Hymns, Stelae & Temple Inscriptions in full ↗Cover: Public domain · Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France · Wikimedia file page
The Myth of Anzu
Anonymous Akkadian · c. 1500-1000 BCE · Akkadian
Read The Myth of Anzu in full ↗Cover: Public domain · editor Austen Henry Layard , drawing by L. Gruner · Wikimedia file page
Enuma Elish
Anonymous Babylonian · c. 1100 BCE · Akkadian
Read Enuma Elish in full ↗Cover: Public domain · editor Austen Henry Layard , drawing by L. Gruner · Wikimedia file page
The Descent of Ishtar to the Netherworld
Anonymous Akkadian; earlier Sumerian recension of Inanna · c. 1000 BCE, from older Sumerian material · Akkadian
Read The Descent of Ishtar to the Netherworld in full ↗Cover: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gennadii Saus i Segura · Wikimedia file page
Akkadian Incantation Series & Amulet Inscriptions
Anonymous; recovered from Assyrian and Babylonian sites · c. 1800-600 BCE · Akkadian and Sumerian
Read Akkadian Incantation Series & Amulet Inscriptions in full ↗Cover: Public domain · Robert William Rogers (1864–1930) · Wikimedia file page
The Avesta
Attributed to Zarathustra and later priests · c. 1000-400 BCE · Avestan
Read The Avesta in full ↗Cover: CC0 · Daderot · Wikimedia file page
Theogony & Works and Days
Hesiod · c. 700 BCE · Ancient Greek
Read Theogony & Works and Days in full ↗Cover: Public domain · Hesiod · Wikimedia file page
1 Enoch (The Book of Enoch)
Anonymous; tr. R. H. Charles · c. 300–100 BCE · Ge'ez (from Aramaic)
Read 1 Enoch (The Book of Enoch) in full ↗Cover: Public domain · Wikimedia file page
New Testament
Various · c. 50–110 CE · Koine Greek
Read New Testament in full ↗Cover: Public domain · Wikimedia file page
The Testament of Solomon
Anonymous; tr. F. C. Conybeare · c. 100–400 CE · Greek
Read The Testament of Solomon in full ↗Cover: CC0 · Simeon Solomon · Wikimedia file page
De Coelesti Hierarchia (The Celestial Hierarchy)
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite · c. 500 CE · Greek
Read De Coelesti Hierarchia (The Celestial Hierarchy) in full ↗Cover: Public domain · Unknown author · Wikimedia file page
Devi Mahatmya
Anonymous; part of the Markandeya Purana · c. 400-600 CE · Sanskrit
Read Devi Mahatmya in full ↗Cover: Public domain · Image: Gallery: archive copy at the Wayback Machine · Wikimedia file page
Qur'an & Hadith
Various · 7th c. CE onward · Arabic
Read Qur'an & Hadith in full ↗Cover: Public domain · AnonymousUnknown author · Wikimedia file page
The Scripture of the Ten Kings
Anonymous Chinese Buddhist · 9th-10th c. CE · Classical Chinese
Read The Scripture of the Ten Kings in full ↗Cover: Public domain · Jonathan D. Spence. God's Chinese Son. New York 1996. Page 40. Copied without permission from · Wikimedia file page
The Poetic Edda
Anonymous; compiled in Iceland · 13th c., from older oral material · Old Norse
Read The Poetic Edda in full ↗Cover: Public domain · The Elder or Poetic Edda; commonly known as Sæmund's Edda. Edited and translated with… · Wikimedia file page
Popol Vuh
Anonymous K'iche' Maya · 16th c., from older material · K'iche'
Read Popol Vuh in full ↗Cover: Public domain · Francisco Ximénez · Wikimedia file page
Etz Chaim & Lurianic Kabbalah
Isaac Luria, recorded by Chaim Vital · 16th c. · Hebrew
Read Etz Chaim & Lurianic Kabbalah in full ↗Cover: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Louski1 · Wikimedia file page
The Lesser Key of Solomon, Book I: Ars Goetia
Anonymous; ed. S. L. MacGregor Mathers & A. E. Waite · 17th c.; ed. 1904 · English (from Latin)
Read The Lesser Key of Solomon, Book I: Ars Goetia in full ↗Cover: Public domain · anonymous design, redrawn by User:Fuzzypeg · Wikimedia file page