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In demonology, Furcas (also spelled Forcas) is a Knight of Hell (the rank of Knight is unique to him), and rules 20 legions of demons.[1][2] He teaches Philosophy, Astronomy (Astrology to some authors), Rhetoric, Logic, Chiromancy and Pyromancy.
Furcas is depicted as a strong old man with white hair and long white beard, who rides a horse while holding a sharp weapon (pitch fork).
Furcas is a knight and commeth foorth in the similitude of a cruell man, with a long beard and a hoarie head, he sitteth on a pale horse, carrieng in his hand a sharpe weapon, he perfectlie teacheth practike philosophie, rhetorike, logike, astronomie, chiromancie, pyromancie, and their parts: there obeie him twentie legions.
— Johann Weyer (1583)[3]
The etymology of his name may be derived from the Latin word furca, meaning fork,[4] or from Greco-Roman also meaning a sepulchre (tomb).[5]
References
- ^ Collin de Plancy. Dictionnaire Infernal. Paris, 1863, p. 280.
- ^ Foras Esoteric Archives
- ^ Article view @ DileriumRealm.com
- ^ Furca (Latin); fork
- ^ Furca from the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities AncientLibrary.com
Sources
- S. L. MacGregor Mathers, A. Crowley, The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King (1904). 1995 reprint: ISBN 0-87728-847-X.