Andras (Demon in Goetia, Dictionnaire Infernal & Other Grimoires)

Andras in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum

Weir (1583) describes Andras as a Great Marquis who rules 30 legions. He appears in the form of an angel with a head like a raven. He rides a black wolf and carries a sword. He will slay anyone – master, servant, and assistants.

Andras is a great marquesse, and is seene in an angels shape with a head like a blacke night raven, riding upon a blacke and a verie strong woolfe, flourishing with a sharpe sword in his hand, he can kill the maister, the servant, and all assistants, he is author of discords, and ruleth thirtie legions.¹Weyer, Johann. “Andras.” Pseudomonarchia Daemonum. 1583. Esoteric Archives. Web.

Andras in the Dictionaire Infernal

According to Collin de Plancy (1863), Andras, who commands thirty legions, has the body of an angel and the head of a cat-owl. He rides a black wolf and carries a pointed saber. He can kill enemies, masters and servants. He can also escalate quarrels and discord.²Collin De Plancy, Jacques Auguste Simon. “Andras.” Dictionaire Infernal. Paris: Henri Plon, Imprimeur-Editeur, 1863. 32. Internet Archive.

Andras in the Goetia

S. L. MacGregor Mathers (1904) offers a similar description of Andras. He is a Great Marquis, who appears in the form of an angel with a raven’s head. He rides a black wolf and carries a sharp sword. His specialty is to sow discord. Interestingly, Mathers offers up a warning that Andras is particularly dangerous and could slay his exorcist.

The Sixty-third Spirit is Andras. He is a Great Marquis, appearing in the Form of an Angel with a Head like a Black Night Raven, riding upon a strong Black Wolf, and having a Sharp and Bright Sword flourished aloft in his hand. His Office is to sow Discords. If the Exorcist have not a care, he will slay both him and his fellows. He governeth 30 Legions of Spirits, and this is his Seal, etc.³Mathers, S. L. MacGregor, Aleister Crowley, and Hymenaeus Beta. The Goetia: the lesser key of Solomon the King: Lemegeton, Book I–Clavicula Salomonis Regis. York Beach, Me.: Samuel Weiser, 1997. Print.

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↑1	Weyer, Johann. “Andras.” Pseudomonarchia Daemonum. 1583. Esoteric Archives. Web.
↑2	Collin De Plancy, Jacques Auguste Simon. “Andras.” Dictionaire Infernal. Paris: Henri Plon, Imprimeur-Editeur, 1863. 32. Internet Archive.
↑3	Mathers, S. L. MacGregor, Aleister Crowley, and Hymenaeus Beta. The Goetia: the lesser key of Solomon the King: Lemegeton, Book I–Clavicula Salomonis Regis. York Beach, Me.: Samuel Weiser, 1997. Print.