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>AMON
>The second Marquis under the King of the East is Amon or Aamon. He is most stern and comes in the form of a mighty wolf with the tail of a serpent and vomits flames of fire, though when he takes human form he has the head of a raven with the teeth of a dog. He has the power to make wild beasts tame, uncover all secrets, procure feuds and the favor and love of friends and enemies, and knows all things past, present, and to come
>Although it can be tempting to correlate Amon to gods such as the Egyptian Amun or the Carthaginian Ba'al Hamon, there are too few connections between them to give such correspondences any real credence. There is, however, a linguistic connection between the names Amon and Hamon that is worth considering. This connection can be seen when comparing Amon to one of his purported alternative names, Nahum. Although this alias appears to be a modern construct with no traditional basis in the grimoires, it successfully provides a link to one possible origin of Amon's name due to its connection with the minor Old Testament prophet Nahum, who spoke out against “whoredom and witchcraft” during the reign of the apostate Judean king Amon, who “burnt the Torah and allowed spider webs to cover the altar”. Although this alias provides a biblical connection, it cannot be postulated as a genuine alias for Amon in these circumstances, as king and prophet are too diametrically opposed to be equated with each other in the form of a specific daemonic entity
>Despite this, the name Nahum has another biblical appearance that may be of significance, due to it being the term from which that of the settlement of Capernaum—where Christ exorcised unclean spirits from a demoniac—was taken. While this demonic association again seems too precarious to confirm the validity of Nahum as an alternative name for Amon, another renowned case of biblical exorcism was that in which the name Legion was uttered by the demoniac of Garasa
