demonology Demonology is the study of demons within religious belief and myth. Depending on context, it can refer to studies within theology, religious doctrine, or occultism. In many faiths, it concerns the study of a hierarchy of demons. Demons may be n ...

, Morax, also spelled Foraii, Marax, or Farax, is a Demon, Great Earl, and President of

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, having thirty (thirty-two, according to other authors) legions of

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s under his command. He teaches

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and all other liberal sciences, and gives good and wise

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s that know the virtues of all herbs and precious stones. 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

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places in Hell (''Inferno'', Canto xii).Fred Gettings, Dictionary of Demons (1988) His name seems to come from "morax", a

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word meaning "that which delays, that which stops".

In popular culture

Morax is portrayed in the Japanese anime and manga series '' Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun'' as a female teacher named Morax Momonoki. Morax is also the name of the Geo Archon in 2020 video game ''

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'', who appears as Zhongli.

Sources

*S. L. MacGregor Mathers, A. Crowley, '' The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King'' (1904). 1995 reprint: . *Johann Weyer, ''

'' (1577)

References

Footnotes Bibliography * * * *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) Goetic demons {{occult-stub

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