free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Furies 141 he appears as a dark and terrifying figure He carries a large bag filled with wind over his shoulder He wears leopard-skin clothes Sources: Ashkenazi, Handbook of Japanese Mythology, 154 –5; Maberry, Cryptopedia, 206; Turner, Dictionary of Ancient Deities, 182 Fumaroth Folklore of the Middle Ages tells us that once, during childbirth, a woman forgot to make the sign of the cross before drinking a cup of water; this simple act enabled the demon Fumaroth to enter into her body OF SOLOMON (see COUNTS OF HELL and EARLS OF HELL) Most powerful during the second hour of the night, when summoned he appears as an angel who speaks with a hoarse voice or as a winged stag with human arms and a flaming tail He is summoned for his ability to create marital love and will answer truthfully any questions asked of him regarding the divine or secret knowledge He can also create lightning, powerful winds, and thunder Unless Furfur is bound inside a magical triangle, he cannot be trusted to speak the truth Sources: Baskin, Satanism, 136; Graf, Story of the Devil, 89; Kelly, Who in Hell, 96 Sources: Collin de Plancy, Dictionnaire Infernal, 290; De Laurence, Lesser Key of Solomon, Goetia, 33; Scot, Discoverie of Witchcraft, 221 Furcalor Furia Variations: Focalor, Forcalor In the Ars Goetia, the first book of the Lemegeton, Furcalor is a FALLEN ANGEL formerly of the Order of Thrones and is ranked as the Duke of Water (see DUKES OF HELL) He is said to command either three or thirty legions of demons; sources vary It is said that Furcalor had hoped to be able to return to Heaven after a thousand years of exile, but he had been misled into believing this Described as looking like a man with the wings of a griffon, Furcalor feeds his murderous tendencies by drowning men and sinking warships with his command over the sea and wind He is casually violent, so when summoned he must be commanded not to harm any man or living thing It is believed by some scholars that Rofocale is an anagram for the demon Furcalor Sources: Crowley, The Goetia, 49; De Laurence, Lesser Key of Solomon, Goetia, 35; Scot, Discoverie of Witchcraft, 223; Scott, London Magazine, Vol 5, 378 Fureas Duke Fureas, a lesser demon, is described as looking like an old man riding upon a horse and carrying a spear Although he is particularly malevolent, he is summoned for his ability to teach philosophy and the sciences Sources: Brewer, Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 494; Guiley, Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology, 91 Furfur Variations: Eureur, Faraji, Farris, Furfures, Furtur In Johann Wierus’s Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (False Monarchy of Demons, 1583) Furfur (“brand”), the demon of storms, is ranked as a count or an earl who commands twenty-six legions of demons, six chiefs, and six servitors; he is also listed as one of the seventy-two SPIRITS Variations: Furiel In the Ars Paulina, the third book of the Lemegeton, Furia is listed as one of the two hundred SERVITORS OF VEGUANIEL (see VEGUANIEL) Sources: Gettings, Dictionary of Demons, 112; Waite, Book of Ceremonial Magic, 67 Furiae Variations: The Seminatrices Malorum The Furiae is one of the seven orders of demons; they are under the command of ABADDON Demons of this order create destruction, discord, mischief, and wars Sources: Coleman, Dictionary of Mythology, 391; Gettings, Dictionary of Demons, 112; McLean, Treatise on Angel Magic, 70, 102 Furies, The Variations: Dirae (“the terrible”), Erinyes, Eumenides (“kind ones”), the Furor, the Maniae (“the madnesses”), the Potniae (“the awful ones”), the Praxidikae (“the vengeful ones”), Semnai (“the venerable ones”), Semnai Theai (“venerable goddesses”) In Greco-Roman mythology the Furies were originally the ghosts of murdered people but later evolved into the three demonic goddesses of vengeance: ALECTO (“She who does not rest” or “Unceasing in Anger”), Megaera (“The envious one” or “Jealous”), and Tisiphone (“Avenger of Murder”) According to the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus, the Furies were born the daughters of the goddess Nyx The Greek poet Hesiod said they were born when the life-blood of Uranus mixed with his wife, Gaea Sophocles, one of the most influential writers of Ancient Greece, believed them to be the daughters of Darkness and Gaea It was Euripides, the last of the three great