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№ 67 Duke

Amdusias

Amdukias

Seal of the spirit — Amdusias
Seal of the spirit
Engraving by Louis Le Breton, 1863 — Amdusias
Engraving by Louis Le Breton, 1863
Appears as

A unicorn at first; then, if desired, a man's shape, with trumpets and all manner of instruments heard but not seen; he bends trees at the exorcist's will.

Office

Gives excellent familiars.

Notes

The spirit of unseen music: instruments sounding from nowhere have made him modern culture's “demon of musicians.”

Apocrypha

Amdusias is charged with Hell's cacophonous music, played in praise of Lucifer and Satan; he is tied to storms, and his voice is said to sound within the thunder. In the wiki's legend a circle of occultists summoned and tried to bind him in 1916, but the demon hunter Edward Grey slew the cultists and cast the spirit back to the underworld — for which Amdusias cursed him with eternal life, tearing him to pieces and leaving him on the banks of the Acheron.

DomainsThunder, Storms, Music

Other spellingsAmduscias · Amdukias · Ambduscias

The Chronicle

Edward Grey! You have denied me green fields to burn, oceans to boil, so I curse you with eternal live as torn pieces on the banks of the Acheron— Amdusias curses Sir Edward Grey

Amdusias, or Amduscias, is the 67th demon of the Ars Goetia. He has twenty-nine legions of demons and spirits under his command and has the rank of Great Duke.

Description

He is depicted as a human with claws instead of hands and feet, the head of a Unicorn, and a trumpet to symbolize his powerful voice. He is also regarded as being the demon in charge of the cacophonous music that is played in Hell, one which sings in praise of Lucifer or Satan's glory. He can make trees bend at will.

Amdusias is associated with thunder and it has been said that his voice is heard during storms. In other sources, he is accompanied by the sound of trumpets when he comes and will give concerts if commanded, but while all his types of musical instruments can be heard they cannot be seen.

Overview

Around February 1916 a group of occultists managed to summon and contain Amdusias, hoping to control the demon. This was stopped by Edward Grey, who killed the cultists and send the demon back into Underworld. Amdusias, angered, managed to drag the man with himself down.

As punishment for sending him back to Hell, Amdusias gave Grey eternal live, then tore him to shreds and left him on the banks of the river Acheron.

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Amdusias is music with no musicians and trees that bend without wind. If this has begun outside your window, the offering arrived.

Make an offering · Amdusias

In the message with your offering, name the spirit and state your petition — the keeper will enter them in the ledger.