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The Magical Treatise of Solomon, sometimes known as Hygromanteia (Greek: Ὑγρομαντεία) or Hygromancy of Solomon, the Solomonikê (Σολομωνική), or even Little Key of the Whole Art of Hygromancy, Found by Several Craftsmen and by the Holy Prophet Solomon, refers to a group of similar late Byzantine-era grimoires purporting to contain Solomon's instructions to his son ...
The Seal of Belial according to the Ars Goetia. According to the Grand Grimoire, Baal (or Bael) is the head of the infernal powers. He is also the first demon listed in Wierus' Pseudomonarchia daemonum. According to Wierus, Bael is a King with estates in the east. He has three heads: a toad, a man, and a cat.
Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple ( Hebrew: בֵּית-הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן, Bēṯ hamMīqdāš hāRīʾšōn, transl. 'First House of the Sanctum' ), was a biblical Temple in Jerusalem believed to have existed between the 10th and 6th centuries BCE. Its description is largely based on narratives in ...
Throne of Solomon. Depiction of Solomon's throne (lower half), from a Speculum Humanae Salvationis, around 1360. King Solomon in front of his throne, receiving the Queen of Sheba (painting by Edward Poynter, 1890) The Throne of Solomon is the throne of King Solomon in the Hebrew Bible, and is a motif in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Solomon ( / ˈsɒləmən / ), [a] also called Jedidiah, [b] was a Jewish monarch of ancient Israel and the son and successor of King David, according to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. [4] [5] He is described as having been the penultimate ruler of an amalgamated Israel and Judah.
Boaz and Jachin are the detached black pillars shown on either side of the entrance steps. According to the Bible, Boaz ( Hebrew: בֹּעַז Bōʿaz) and Jachin ( יָכִין Yāḵīn) were two copper, brass or bronze pillars which stood on the porch of Solomon's Temple, the first Temple in Jerusalem. [1] They are used as symbols in ...
Abyzou. In the myth and folklore of the Near East and Europe, Abyzou is the name of a female demon. Abyzou was blamed for miscarriages and infant mortality and was said to be motivated by envy, as she herself was infertile. In the Coptic Egypt she is identified with Alabasandria, and in Byzantine culture with Gylou, but in various texts ...
It stands at the corner of the Doge's Palace in Venice (Italy), next to Porta della Carta. The Judgement of Solomon is a story from the Hebrew Bible in which Solomon ruled between two women who both claimed to be the mother of a child. Solomon ordered the baby be cut in half, with each woman to receive one half.