Folk & Demonological · Latin · 1589
Tractatus de Confessionibus Maleficorum et Sagarum
Peter Binsfeld
A treatise on witch confessions by the suffragan bishop of Trier, and the origin of the demon-per-deadly-sin scheme that is now repeated everywhere as though it were ancient. It is one author, in 1589, and his contemporaries assigned the sins differently.
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What this text attests · 7
| Name here | Rank given | # | Powers described |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | Named as the demon of lust in Binsfeld's assignment of one spirit to each capital sin. | |
| — | — | Named as the demon of gluttony in Binsfeld's assignment of one spirit to each capital sin. | |
| — | — | Named as the demon of sloth in Binsfeld's assignment of one spirit to each capital sin. | |
| — | — | Named as the demon of envy in Binsfeld's assignment of one spirit to each capital sin. | |
| — | — | Named as the demon of pride in Binsfeld's assignment of one spirit to each capital sin. | |
| — | — | Named as the demon of greed in Binsfeld's assignment of one spirit to each capital sin. | |
| — | — | Named as the demon of wrath in Binsfeld's assignment of one spirit to each capital sin. |
