Morax (demon)

In demonology, Morax is a Demon, Great Earl, and President of Hell, having thirty (thirty-two, according to other authors) legions of demons under his command. He teaches Astronomy and all other liberal sciences, and gives good and wise familiars that know the virtues of all herbs and precious stones. This profile of the demon can be seen in Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Johann Weyer, 1577) as well as in Goetia (S.L. MacGregor Mathers, 1904).

He is depicted both as a man with the head of a bull, as well as a bull with the head of a man.

It has been proposed that Morax is related to the Minotaur which Dante places in Hell (Inferno, Canto xii). See Fred Gettings, Dictionary of Demons (1988)

His name seems to come from Latin 'morax': that which delays, that which stops.

Other spellings: Foraii, Marax, Farax.

Popular Culture

Morax is portrayed in the Japanese anime and manga series Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun as a female teacher named Morax Momonoki.

Morax is also the name of an archon in the game Genshin Impact

See also

• The Lesser Key of Solomon
• Pseudomonarchia Daemonum

Sources

• S. L. MacGregor Mathers, A. Crowley, The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King (1904). 1995 reprint: ISBN 0-87728-847-X.
• Johann Weyer Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577)

References

Footnotes

Bibliography

• Macgregor Mathers, S.L. (1904). The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King.
• Weyer, Johann (1577). Pseudomonarchia Daemonum.
• Krista (4 April 2004). "Marax". DeliriumsRealm.
• In the Clockwork Angel in the Infernal Devices Series written by Cassandra Clare, Marax is referenced to as a demon that a mundane had summoned, and had proceeded to kill the mundane and his entire family. (Page 142)