free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Douens 121 All djinn were ruled by a succession of seventy-two kings or “Suleyman.” Their homeland is called Jinnistan; its capital city is called the City of Jewels and its main district is called the Country of Delight Outside of their homeland they live in abandoned buildings, caves, graveyards, places of darkness, and underground If a djinn is near, cattle will refuse to drink if driven to water Nocturnal demons of fire, the djinn have the ability to shape-change into a variety of animals, insects, inanimate objects, and reptiles, frogs, heavily muscled youths, lizards, scorpions, snakes, and wrinkled old men They will even take the form of a hybrid animal, such as a hyenawolf crossbreed Additionally, djinn can become invisible, cause insanity, foretell the future, possess inanimate objects, and spread diseases Djinn are capable of PROCREATION with their own species as well as with humans They have INCUBUS-like tendencies and the offspring of a djinn and human coupling take the best attributes of each parent These children are very cunning and are considered dangerous, and like all djinn, are immortal unless slain Unlike other demons, djinn have free will, and with it they have the ability to choose to be good or evil Evil djinn can be redeemed if they are converted to Islam King Solomon is said to have gained control over the djinn by use of magical spells given to him by an archangel (see IBLIS, JAN-IBN-JAN, and SPIRITS OF SOLOMON) Sources: Hughes, Dictionary of Islam, 135; Hyatt, Book of Demons, 54 –5; Knowles, Nineteenth Century, Vol 31, 449 Dog Variations: The Devil’s accomplice Although traditionally dogs are remembered for their loyalty and faithfulness, there is a little known and ancient belief that says that dogs are commonly the companion of a necromancer Dogs that are solid black were especially suspect because it was also believed that this was one of the forms that the DEVIL would adopt so that he could be closer to the necromancer he was assisting without arousing too much suspicion In ancient times black dogs were sacrificed to infernal entities Sources: Baskin, Sorcerer’s Handbook, 180, Collin de Plancy, Dictionary of Witchcraft, 55; Conway, Demonology and Devil-lore, 137 Döghalál Döghalál (“plague-like”) is a Hungarian demon of cholera and numerous other plagues Sources: Herczegh, Magyar Családi És Ưrưklési Jog, 168 Dommiel Dommiel is the demon of terror and trembling He is the Guardian of the Gates of Hell Sources: Netzley, Angels, 67 Dorak In the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, book two, Dorak (“proceeding,” “walking forward”) is among the forty-nine SERVITORS OF BEELZEBUB (see BEELZEBUB) Sources: Ford, Bible of the Adversary, 93; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 120; Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 257 Dorje Phangmo Variations: Vajra Varahi According to the ancient Tibetan text Kangi Karchhak, Dorje Phangmo is the red-skinned demonic consort, or wife, of Demchhok Identified with DURGA, she lives on the snow-capped mountain of Tijun Sources: Bedi, Kailas and Manasarovar After 22 Years in Shiva’s Domain, 4; Turner, Dictionary of Ancient Deities, 489 Dorochiel In the Theurgia Goetia, the second book of the Lemegeton, Dorochiel (“trampling”) is ranked as prince of the West by Northwest (see PRINCES OF HELL) One of the twelve S ERVITORS OF AMENADIEL, he commands forty diurnal dukes, forty nocturnal dukes, twenty-four diurnal chief dukes, twenty-four nocturnal chief dukes, and an innumerable amount of servitors Sources: Guiley, Encylopedia of Demons and Demonology, 69; Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 89 Douens From the mythology of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago comes a species of demon known as douens They are created whenever a child dies before it has been baptized, and when they return they look like genderless, faceless, naked children with small mouths and backwardturned feet They stand no more than three feet tall and wear floppy straw hats Douens crave the love of a family but have been damned to wander the earth, lost and alone, forever Douens prey upon unbaptized children, luring them out into the woods with a mesmerizing whooping sound until they are lost It is advised never to call out a child’s name, as the douens will use it to lure the child away These demons are pranksters and cry at the front door of homes at night Douens will eat food out of people’s gardens and have a bizarre fondness for water crabs