In demonology, Morax is a Demon, Great Earl, and President of Hell, having thirty (thirty-two, according to other authors) legions of demons under his command. He teaches Astronomy and all other liberal sciences, and gives good and wise familiars that know the virtues of all herbs and precious stones. This profile of the demon can be seen in Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Johann Weyer, 1577) as well as in Goetia (S.L. MacGregor Mathers, 1904).
He is depicted both as a man with the head of a bull, as well as a bull with the head of a man.
It has been proposed that Morax is related to the Minotaur which Dante places in Hell (Inferno, Canto xii). See Fred Gettings, Dictionary of Demons (1988)
His name seems to come from Latin 'morax', that delays, that stops.
Other spellings: Foraii, Marax, Farax.
See also
Sources
- S. L. MacGregor Mathers, A. Crowley, The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King (1904). 1995 reprint: ISBN 0-87728-847-X.
- Johann Weyer Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577)
References
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- Macgregor Mathers, S.L. (1904). The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King.
- Weyer, Johann (1577). Pseudomonarchia Daemonum.
- Krista. "Marax". DeliriumsRealm.
- In the Clockwork Angel in the Infernal Devices Series written by Cassandra Clare, Marax is referenced to as a demon that a mundane had summoned, and had proceeded to kill the mundane and his entire family. (Page 142)