The infernal names

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The Infernal Names is a compiled list of adversarial or antihero figures from mythology intended for use in Satanic ritual. The following names are as listed in The Satanic Bible (1969), written by Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey.^[1] When calling the names, all of them may be recited, or a given number of those most significant to the respective working may be chosen.^[2]

The Infernal Names

Egyptian names

Amon: Egyptian ram-headed god of life and reproduction
Bast: Egyptian goddess of pleasure represented by the cat
Sekhmet: Egyptian goddess of vengeance
Set: Egyptian god of evil
Thoth: Egyptian god of wisdom

Hebrew names

Abaddon: (Hebrew) the destroyer
Asmodeus: Hebrew devil of sensuality and luxury, originally "creature of judgment"
Azazel: (Hebrew) taught man to make weapons of war, introduced cosmetics
Balaam: Hebrew devil of avarice and greed
Beelzebub: (Hebrew) Lord of the Flies, taken from symbolism of the scarab
Behemoth: Hebrew personification of Satan in the form of an elephant
Haborym: Hebrew synonym for Satan
Lilith: Hebrew female devil, Adam's first wife who taught him the ropes
Mastema: Hebrew synonym for Satan
Naamah: Hebrew female devil of seduction
Sammael: (Hebrew) "venom of God"

Greco-Roman names

Apollyon: Greek synonym for Satan, the arch fiend
Demogorgon: Greek name of the devil, it is said should not be known to mortals
Diabolus: (Greek) "flowing downwards"
Eurynomos: Greek Prince of Death
Gorgo: dim. of Demogorgon, Greek name of the devil
Hecate: Greek goddess of the underworld and witchcraft
Mephistopheles: (Greek) he who shuns the light, q. v. Faust (Greek)
Mormo: (Greek) King of the Ghouls, consort of Hecate
Pan: Greek god of lust, later relegated to devildom
Typhon: Greek father of monsters
Pluto: Roman god of the underworld
Proserpina: Roman queen of the underworld

Norse names

Fenrir: depicted as a wolf, the son of Loki
Loki: Norse god of mischief and chaos and a Teutonic devil
Jörmungandr: depicted as a serpent, the son of Loki

Hindu names

Kali: Hindu goddess of destruction, time, and death; daughter of Shiva; high priestess of the Thuggees
Shiva: Hindu god of destruction and time, titled "The Destroyer".

Native American names

Coyote: Indigenous American devil
Nihasa: Indigenous American devil
Sedit: Indigenous American devil
Ahpuch: Mayan devil
Supay: Inca god of the underworld
Metztli: Aztec goddess of the night
Mictian: Aztec god of death
Tezcatlipoca: Aztec god of Hell
Yaotzin: Aztec god of Hell

Other names

Adramelech: Samarian devil
Ahriman: Mazdean devil
Astaroth: Phoenician goddess of lasciviousness, equivalent of Babylonian Ishtar
Baalberith: Canaanite Lord of the covenant who was later made a devil
Baphomet: worshipped by the Templars as symbolic of Satan
Beherit: Syriac name for Satan
Bilé: Celtic god of Hell
Chemosh: National god of Moabites, later a devil
Cimeries: Rides a black horse and rules Africa
Dagon: Philistine avenging devil of the sea
Damballa: Haitian Vodou serpent god
Emma-O: Japanese ruler of Hell
Ishtar: Babylonian goddess of fertility
Mammon: Aramaic god of wealth and profit
Mania: Etruscan goddess of Hell
Mantus: Etruscan god of Hell
Marduk: god of the city of Babylon
Melek Taus: Yezidi devil
Milcom: Ammonite devil
Moloch: Phoenician and Canaanite devil
Nergal: Babylonian god of Hades
Nija: Polish god of the underworld
O-Yama: Japanese name for Satan
Pwcca: Welsh name for Satan
Rimmon: Syrian devil worshipped at Damascus
Sabazios: Phrygian origin, identified with Dionysos, snake worship
Samnu: Central Asian devil
Shaitan: Arabic name for Satan
T'an-mo: Chinese counterpart to the devil, covetousness, desire
Tchort: Russian name for Satan, "black god"
Thamuz: Sumerian god who later was relegated to devildom
Tunrida: Scandinavian female devil
Yen-lo-Wang: Chinese ruler of Hell

References

↑ LaVey, Anton Szandor (1969). The Satanic Bible . Harper Collins. pp. 58–60. ISBN 978-0380015399.
↑ LaVey, Anton Szandor (1969). The Satanic Bible . Harper Collins. p. 145. ISBN 978-0380015399.

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[1] LaVey, Anton Szandor (1969). The Satanic Bible . Harper Collins. pp. 58–60. ISBN 978-0380015399.

[2] LaVey, Anton Szandor (1969). The Satanic Bible . Harper Collins. p. 145. ISBN 978-0380015399.

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