Within the supplied materials, Marbas appears only as a named entry in Western demonological/goetic catalogues (such as listings derived from the Ars Goetia and the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum). The provided excerpts do not supply a pre-Christian or native mythic origin story, clan affiliation, or narrative genealogy for Marbas; instead the name functions as part of a ritual taxonomy compiled in Western esoteric texts and later reused as a proper name in modern secular media and organizations.
The provided sources contain no descriptive physical appearance for Marbas. While many goetic entries in primary grimoire manuscripts sometimes include visual descriptions, the supplied excerpts do not quote or document any visage, form, or typical manifestation for this name.
The sources supplied for this entry do not record the traditional goetic attributions of powers, functions, or behaviors for Marbas. Although Marbas is listed among names taken from the Ars Goetia in secondary summaries, the excerpts given do not include the customary descriptions of abilities; consultation of primary grimoire editions (Ars Goetia, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum) would be required to recover those attributions, which are not present in the provided material.
Mara
A nocturnal malevolent spirit in Germanic and Slavic folk belief that sits on or 'rides' sleepers' chests to produce nightmares and the sensations associated with sleep paralysis. Frequently depicted as female and possessing magical abilities such as shapeshifting, the mara functions as an agentive folk explanation for oppressive nocturnal experiences.
Mara
The nightmare spirit of Northern European tradition who rides sleeping people at night, causing suffocation, terror, and the sensation of an invisible weight on the chest.
Mara (Iza)
Mara (Iza) is a geographic feature — a left-bank tributary of the river Iza in northern Romania. The supplied sources document it as a physical river with measured length, basin area, and a noted tributary; no supernatural or folkloric being named "Mara (Iza)" is attested in the provided materials.
Mara (Tagin)
Mara (also rendered Mra or Mura) is an ethnonym for a human subgroup of the Tagin (Na) peoples of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Attested sources describe the Mara as inhabitants of Limeking in Upper Subansiri (just south of Taksing), with cultural ties to the indigenous Donyi Polo religion and considerable Tibetan Buddhist influence; the supplied corpus contains no documentation of a supernatural being named Mara within Tagin belief.
Mara Jade
Mara Jade is a fictional human character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe (Legends). Introduced in Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy, she is introduced as the Emperor's Hand (an operative for Palpatine), later a smuggler and ultimately a Force-sensitive Jedi who becomes Luke Skywalker's wife and, after her death in later Legends continuity, appears as a Force spirit.
Marassa (Marassas, Marassa Jumeaux)
In Haitian Vodou the Marassa (Marassas, Marassa Jumeaux) are described as divine twins: childlike yet presented as older than other loa and as personifications of core moral and cosmological principles. Sources characterize them as paradoxical 'children mysteries' who synthesize aspects of the loa and are linked to love, truth, justice, reason, and astronomic‑astrological learning.
Marchosias
Marchosias is a named marquis-level spirit from the Goetic grimoire tradition, depicted as a martial, lupine, fire-breathing being who commands legions and can be summoned and bound by ceremonial conjuration. Modern sources reinterpret Marchosias variously as a dangerous ally or narrative combatant in fiction and games.
Mare (folklore)
A nocturnal malicious spirit from Germanic and neighboring Slavic popular belief that afflicts sleepers and animals by 'riding' or pressing on chests, producing nightmares, sleep‑suffocation, night‑sweats, and exhausted animals. The mare overlaps with related Germanic night‑beings (alp, Mahr, Trute/Drude) and appears in varied regional tale forms and household practices.
Mares of Diomedes
A herd of man-eating horses belonging to the Thracian chieftain Diomedes, famed as the eighth labour of Heracles. They are monstrous animals whose carnivorous habit and violence against guests make them a canonical threat in Greek heroic narrative.
Margot la fée
A vernacular class-name in Breton and Mayenne folklore for a type of powerful, territorial earthly fairy associated with the land, subterranean riches, megalithic monuments, and ambivalent dealings with humans. The category is traditionally linked in local imagination to Morgana (Morgan le Fay) and, more distantly and tentatively, to an aspect of the Earth Mother.
Maria Cacao
A localized Visayan diwata associated with Mount Lantoy (Argao, Cebu) and with nearby cacao cultivation; traditionally depicted as a female mountain/plant spirit who travels by a golden boat along the mountain's river and whose movements are invoked to explain floods and broken bridges. Contemporary variants add a soul‑harvesting/ punitive role in post‑disaster rumors.
Maria Sinukuan
Maria (Mariang) Sinukuan is a Kapampangan mountain diwata associated with Mount Arayat who, in oral tradition and later folklore, oversees the mountain's abundance, aids villagers in need, and punishes greed. The figure is also linked in local narratives to an earlier pre‑colonial deity known as Aring (Apúng) Sinukuan, a solar/war god; sources describe a Spanish‑era reshaping that introduced the Marian honorific and a feminized diwata form in later tradition.
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- [1]List of demons in the Ars Goetia (Wikipedia). Wikipedia, 'List of demons in the Ars Goetia' (summary noting names are taken from the Ars Goetia and that multiple spellings exist across translations).wiki
- [2]Barbas (Wikidata item Q2458513). Wikidata short label linking Marbas/Barbas to 'demon in the Ars Goetia'.other
- [3]Marbas | ÔROS KAÙ | I, Voidhanger Records (Bandcamp track). Bandcamp track titled 'Marbas' demonstrating modern cultural reuse of the name.other
- [4]Marbas - entry on the Building Conservation Website. Building Conservation directory entry for a company named 'Marbas', showing contemporary secular usage of the name.other
- [5]'PUL & MARBAS present ...' | Manuscript, Rare Book and Archive Studies at Princeton. Princeton events series using the name 'MARBAS', illustrating institutional reuse of the term.other
- [6]The Tale of the Outcasts (Prime Video listing). Prime Video episode description that uses 'Marbas' as a character name in modern media.other
- [7]Marbas - PathfinderWiki. PathfinderWiki page that references Marbas (demonstrating the name's presence in modern game-related references), included among supplied items.other
- [8]Transformation Myths and Magic - by Georgia O'Brien Patrick (substack). Included in the provided corpus of search hits referencing 'Marbas' contextually among modern discussions of myth and magic.other