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Mahonin(m) In the exorcism at Auch (1618), the devil, possessing a noblewoman, gave his name as ”Mahonin of the 3rd hierarchy and the 2nd order of archangels,” claiming further that his adversary in Heaven was ”St. Mark the Evangelist.” Malach ha-Mavet In both rabbinic literature and Koranic lore, the angel of death, usually identified as Sammael or Azreal. Malach ha-Sopher An aide to Duma, angel of the silence of death. With Malach Memune, ha-Sopher computes the span of a man’s life. Malach Memune ”the appointed one” An aide to Duma. Malaku ‘l-Maut In the Koran, the angel of death. He may be identified as Izrael or Azreal. Malkira ”king of the wicked” The surname for Sammael. Mamlaketi [Uzza] Mammon ”riches” (Aramaic) A fallen angel now ruling in Hell as one of the arch-demons, prince of tempters, and Hell’s ambassador to England. He is equated with Lucifer, Satan, Beelzebub, and even with Nebuchadnezzar. He is the demon of avarice. He ”holds the thrones of this world,” as St. Francesca observed in one of her 93 visions. The medieval notion was that Mammon was a Syrian god. Gregory of Nyssa took Mammon to be a name for Beelzebub. Matthew 6:24 and Luke 16:13 speak of Mammon as a power hostile to God. Manah An Arabic goddess-angel of fertility. Her idol, the oldest known to the Arabs, was destroyed on Mohammed’s command. Mannegishi The mannegishi (according to the mythology of the Crow tribe), were human-like things except that they had no hair, they had large eyes and head, with the rest of their bodies being quite small. They supposedly played tricks on humans. Some people claimed to see mannegishi-like forms near Dover, Delaware, and they were dubbed "Dover Demons." Mansemat Another name for Mastema (Satan). Mara The Satan of Buddhist mythology. Marax [Forfax] Marchosias, Marchocias Before he fell, he belonged to the order of dominations. In Hell, he is a mighty marquis. When invoked, he manifests in the form of a wolf or an ox, with griffin wings and a serpents tail. He confided to Solomon that he ”hopes to return to the 7th throne after 1,200 years.” Mardero A demon of disease. Marou Once a cherub, now a demon. In the trial of Urbain Grandier, he was cited as one of six demons that possessed the body of Elizabeth Blanchard. Mashit(h) ”destroyer” An angel appointed over the deaths of children. In The Zohar he is one of three demons in Gehinnom (Hell) who punishes those who sin by idolatry, murder, and incest. The other two are Af and Hemah. He was one of the five angels of punishment that Moses encountered in Heaven according to the Midrash Tehillim. Mashyane Also Mashyoi. The mother, in Persian mythos, of the human race, who with her husband abandoned the teachings of Ahura Mazda, cleaving instead to Ahriman, for which crime they were banished to eternal punishment in hell. Mastema, Mansemat The accusing angel; like Satan, he works for God as tempter and executioner; he is prince of evil, injustice, and condemnation. The Book of Jubilees and The Zádokite Fragments and the Dead Sea Scrolls, cite him as the angel of adversity, ”father of all evil, yet subservant to God.” It was Mastema who tried to kill Moses (Exodus 4:24) and who hardened Pharaoh’s heart (the Midrash Abkir names Uzza here). There is a legend that he appealed to God to spare some of the demons so that he might execute the power of his will on the sons of man. God apparently thought this was a good idea and allowed 1/10th of the demons to remain at large, in the service of Mastema. It is also claimed that he helped the Egyptian sorcerers when Moses and Aaron appeared before Pharaoh to perform their magick. Matanbuchus, Mechembechus, Meterbuchus, Beliar, Masterma In The Martyrdom of Isaiah, Teatament of Job, and in the Introduction to The Ascention of Isaiah, he is referred to as the angel of lawlessness, and identified with Beliar: ”Beliar whose name is Matanbuchus.” The name is believed to be composed of two Hebrew words: mattan buka, meaning ”worthless gift”; or, better, a form of the Hebrew Mithdabek, “one who attaches himself,” I.e., an evil spirit. Mavet Angel of death. [See Malach ha-Mavet] Mejenkwaar A type of demon in the Marshall Islands. These demons are almost exclusively female. When a woman was pregnant, often her husband who sail off to go and collect gifts or special food, etc. for his wife. However, if he were gone for too long a period of time, the pregnant woman would turn into a mejenkwaad. Very often this would mean she'd eat her newborn child. When the husband arrived, she'd go after him as well. The story of Lokokelok tells of a man who evades being eaten by a mejenkwaad through a series of tricks he plays on her. Melek-I-Taus, Taus-Melek The peacock angel in Yezidic devil worship. The name is a paraphrase for the devil in Buddhist lore. According to the Encyclopedia of Religions, “the Melek-Tawus was once an angel or demiurge who created Eve from the body of Adam.” Mephistopheles, Mephistophiel ”he who loves not the light” The name, originally Hebrew, is derived from ”mephiz” meaning destroyer, and ”tophel” meaning liar. Mephistopheles is a fallen archangel, one of seven great princes of Hell (one of the maskim). According to Cornelius Agrippa, he ”stands under the planet Jupiter, his regent is named Zadkiel, who is an enthroned angel of the holy Jehovah.” In The History of Magic, Mephistopheles is ”a subordinate demon, a fallen angel too, and sometimes admitted to the presence of God, buthe is not the devil.” Hegel the philosopher saw in him the symbol of the negative principle.” Meresin, Merasin, Meris, Metiris, Merihim, Meririm A fallen angel, chief of the aerial powers. In A Theological Discourse of Angels he is one of the four angels of revelation—which would make him a holy angel; however, in The Hierarchy of the Blesséd Angels, he is lord of thunder and lightning in Hell—which would make him one of the dammed. Meserach [Nisroc] Meshulhiel 10th of the unholy sefiroth. Mesukiel Third of the ten holy sefiras. He is equated with Machut or Malkuth; also with En Soph and the Shekinah. However, according to Isaac ha-Cohen of Soria, in his ”Emanations of the Left Side”, worlds of horror and destructive imaginings spring from Mesukiel, resulting in a double emanation, with seven successive groups of pure angels (the holy sefiroth) on one side and seven camps of dark spirits (the evil sefiroth) on the other. Metathiax One of the thirty-six decani (spirits of the zodiac who are demons of disease). He causes trouble of the reins and his only adversary in the holy angel Adonael. Mitox A Zoroastrian daeva of the ”falsely spoken word;” a servant of Ahriman. Mitzraim (Hebrew name for Egypt) The guardian angel of Egypt (See also Uzza; Rahab). Moloc(h), Molech A fallen angel. In Hebrew lore he is a Canaanitish god of fire to whom children were sacrificed. Solomon built a temple to him. Monker, Munker One of the two blue-eyed black angels (the other being Nakir) in Arabic demonology. His job is to examine the souls of the recently deceased to determine whether they are worthy of a place in Paradise. Mountain Man Japanese demon that lives in the forests. Woodcutters describe him as very strong and resembling a hairy ape. To pacify him they offer him rice. Murmur, Murmus Before he became a fallen angel, he was partly of the order of thrones and partly of the order of angels. In Hell, he is a great duke with thirty legions attending him. He manifests as a warrior astride a gryphon, with a ducal crown upon his head. He teaches philosophy and detains the souls of the dead appearing before him for the answering of questions. Demons Main Page
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