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{{infobox demon
|name=Marchosias
|title=Gives Aid in Battles A Demon Bound
|image=Marchocias.jpg
|symbol=Marchosias.svg
|gender=Male, appears female
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In [[demonology]], '''Marchosias''' is a great and mighty [[Marquis]] of [[Hell]], commanding thirty legions of [[demon]]s. In the [[Ars Goetia]], the first book of ''[[The Lesser Key of Solomon]]'' (17th century), he is depicted as a wolf with [[griffin|gryphon]]'s wings and a serpent's tail, spewing fire from his mouth, but at the request of the [[magician]] he may take the form of a male soldier. He is a strong fighter and gives true answers to all questions, and is very faithful to the [[magician]] in following his commands. Before his [[fallen angel|fall]] he belonged to the angelic order of [[Dominion (angel)|Dominations]] (or Dominions), and when he was bound by [[Solomon]] he told him that after 1,200 years he hoped to return to [[Heaven]] ("unto the Seventh Throne").<ref>S. L. MacGregor Mathers (trans.) and A. Crowley (ed.), ''[[The Goetia|The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King]]'' (1904). 1995 reprint: {{ISBN|0-87728-847-X}}.</ref> 

In the ''[[Pseudomonarchia Daemonum]]'' (1577) of [[Johann Weyer]] the demon is called '''Marchocias''' and his description is much the same as that given in the Goetia except that his gender when appearing as a wolf is female ("a cruel she wolf") and spewing forth "I cannot tell what" from his mouth. He likewise hopes to eventually return to the Seventh Throne but is "deceived in that hope." <ref>[http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/weyer.htm Pseudomonarchia Daemonum]</ref>

[[Collin de Plancy]] in his ''[[Dictionnaire Infernal]]'' (1818) draws on both sources for his description of Marchosias in his catalogue of demons.

The name Marchosias comes from Late Latin ''marchio'', "marquis".

== See also ==
* [[Alloces]] - sigil is similar, appears as a lion and a soldier

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[[Category:Goetic demons]]
[[Category:Spirits in the Standard Set]]