Folk & Demonological · Latin · 1487
Malleus Maleficarum
Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger
The witch-hunting manual. Included because it is the demonology that actually got people killed, and because its account of what demons can and cannot do is more systematic than anything in the grimoires. Its authority was disputed in its own day and the Inquisition declined to endorse it.
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| Name here | Rank given | # | Powers described |
|---|---|---|---|
Incubus = The Incubus | Demon in assumed body | — | The subject of the opening questions: whether such spirits exist, whether the acts attributed to them are possible, and what follows from them. The certainty is the innovation; the report is Augustine's. |