Bathin (also ''Bathym'', ''Mathim'', or ''Marthim'') is a
demon
A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, ani ...
described in
demonological grimoires.
Variations
He is ranked as a duke in the ''
Lesser Key of Solomon'' (as the eighteenth spirit) and
Johann Weyer
Johann Weyer or Johannes Wier ( la, Ioannes Wierus or '; 1515 – 24 February 1588) was a Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa.
He was among the first to publish against t ...
's ''
Pseudomonarchia Daemonum'' (as the tenth spirit), where he is described as a serpent-tailed and muscular man riding a pale horse, who knows the properties of plants and stones, transports people across countries, and rules 30 legions of demons. He also appears in the Livre des Esperitz, as "Machin," without the horse but ruling 37 legions of demons. The German edition of ''
The Grimoire of Pope Honorius'' describes Bathin (again by the name Machin) as teaching about and providing foreign plants and rocks. In the ''
Grand Grimoire'', he (as Bathsin or Bathim) is listed as a subordinate of Fleurety. According to Rudd, Bathin is opposed by the
Shemhamphorasch angel Caliel.
References
Goetic demons
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