Amaymon does not have an independent mythic origin provided in the cited materials; rather, he appears as a named office-holder within multiple grimoire corpora. He is listed among ruling spirits in Pseudomonarchia Daemonum and The Lesser Key of Solomon, appears in Liber Officiorum Spirituum and Clavis Inferni, and is named in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. Across these texts his role is primarily administrative/jurisdictional—a king or sub-prince who governs a domain, commands lesser spirits, and is integrated into ritual hierarchies and schedules rather than described as arising from a cosmogonic narrative.
Primary grimoire summaries cited here give no consistent physical description of Amaymon; the ritual texts emphasize rank, directionality and function rather than stable iconography. Modern popular-culture portrayals (for example an anime depiction summarized in secondary sources) are distinct from the early grimoire material and are not attested in the primary ritual sources referenced.
Grimoires and their summaries attribute to Amaymon rulership over other spirits (he is described as a king or prince and in some sources as having power over Asmodai/Asmodeus). The Lesser Key of Solomon tradition reports that he has a deadly or poisonous breath that threatens conjurers. Warnings in Weyer (as printed in Peterson's appendix) state that an exorcist who does not remain strong, cautious and standing may be wholly deceived by Amaymon. In the Abramelin system Amaimon/Amaimon is listed among eight sub-princes and is ritually restrained from 'working evil' during specified hours, indicating both hazardous capacity and susceptibility to formal magical control.
Weaknesses
- conditionmagical discipline and correct ritual posture (be strong, cautious, and standing on one's feet)
- ritualformal ritual restraint as in the Abramelin system (scheduled containment during specified hours)
Wards
- substanceconsecrated silver ring worn on the middle finger
- conditionthe exorcist being strong, cautious, and standing on his feet during offices (in pedibus stans)
- ritualAbramelin-style ritual restraint/scheduling of spirits (restrain Amaimon from the third hour until noon and from the ninth hour until evening)
Gaap
Gaap is a named spirit from early modern and medieval European demonological grimoires presented as a high-ranking office-holder in hierarchical occult catalogs. Across texts he appears as a prince or president who commands legions, has jurisdictional (cardinal) associations, and is ascribed powers ranging from teaching and invisibility to love-working and medical/sexual interventions.
Corson
Corson is attested in the supplied sources only as 'one of the four principal kings that have power on the seventy-two demons.' No further descriptive, cultural, ritual, or iconographic information is provided in those sources.
Community Record
- [1]Amaymon — Wikipedia. Wikipedia: 'Amaymon' entry (summarizing grimoire attributions including poisonous breath, ring protection, directional variants, and Abramelin material).wiki
- [2]Amaymon — Wikidata. Wikidata item summarizing Abramelin-style temporal restraint and name variants.other
- [3]Ourobonic Plague - GAAP (archive upload). Clavis/Lesser Key-style excerpt noting Gaap 'can teach thee to consecrate those things that belong to the Dominion of AMAYMON his King' (used to establish Amaymon's jurisdictional role).other
- [4]Weyer Latin passage (as printed in Peterson's appendix to The Lesser Key of Solomon). Latin admonition quoted in secondary summaries: 'Cum hujus officia exercet exorcista, fit fortis, cautus & in pedibus stans... Quod si non fecerit exorcista, ab Amaymone in cunctis decipietur.' (quoted in Wikipedia and Peterson appendix).literary