| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Angel name "Baracata" | Hebrew | An angel from the ancient, very arcane rites of magic of king Solomon. |
| King name "Barbatos" | Greek | A great count and duke, who appears when the Sun is in Sagittarius with four noble kings and three companies of troops; he gives instructions in all the sciences, reveals treasures concealed by enchantment, knows the past and future, reconciles friends and those in power, and is of the Order of the Virtues. He also understands the songs of birds and the language of other animals. Unk |
| Angel name "Barbeliots" | Greek | A sect of Gnostics. Their first immortal son they called Barbeloth, omniscient, eternal, and incorruptible. He engendered light by the instrumentality of Christ, author of Wisdom. From Wisdom sprang Autogenes, and from Autogenes, Adam (male and female), and from Adam, matter. The first angel created was the Holy ghost, from whom sprang the first prince, named Protarchontes, who married Arrogance, whose offspring was Sin. Burnt by the Christians |
"Bargylus" | Greek | A friend of Bellerophon, who was killed by Pegasus. Greek |
| God name "Basamum" | Arabia | The god of healing in pre-Islamic South Arabia. His name may be derived from the proto-Arabic basam, or balsam, a plant that was used in ancient Medicines. |
| Goddess name "Baubo" | Western Semitic / Syrian | Mother goddess. Known locally from Priene and largely became syncretized with ATARGATIS, KYBELE, etc.... |
| God name "Beelzebub" | Semitic | A deity worshipped in the Philistine city of Ekron. In ancient contexts, there appears to have been little, if any, meaningful distinction between Beelzebub and the polytheistic Semitic god named Baal. |
| Hero name "Bensozia" | Greek | chief deviless of a certain Sabbatic meeting held in France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The Diana of the Ancient Gauls, and was also called Nocticula, Herodias, and "The moon." |
| Goddess name "Bera Pennu" | Northern Indian | vegetation goddess. Worshiped by the Khonds in Bengal. She was the recipient of human sacrifice to ensure good harvest, particularly of the spice turmeric, and as a protection against disease and infirmity. The sacrificial victim or meriab was youthful, often kept for years as a holy person before death and was always either the offspring of a previous sacrificial victim, or purchased from impoverished families for the purpose. He or she was generally strangled, sometimes in the fork of a tree, after days of festivities. In other instances the victim was cut up alive.... |
| Deity name "Bethel" | Canaanite | An ancient Canaanite deity which can be found in Jeremiah |
| Planet name "Bifrons" | Unk | demon of astronomy, geometry, and other such sciences, planetary influences. He often takes the form of a man. He is acquainted with the virtues of herbs, precious stones and plants. He can transport corpses from one place to another. It is he who lights the strange corpse lights above the tombs of the dead. Unk |
| Demon name "Botis" | Hebrew | A horrid viper, but when commanded, åśśumes a human shape, with large teeth and horns. He bears a sharp sword in his hand, discerns past, present and future, and reconciles friends and foes. One of the three demons in the service of Agaliarept. Hebrew |
"Brownie" | Scotland | A domestic fairy; the servants friend if well treated. Scotland |
"Bucca" | Cornwall | A goblin of the wind, supposed by the ancient inhabitants of cornwall to foretell shipwrecks. |
| Goddess name "Budhi Pallien" | India | A fearsome goddess of Forests and jungles, who roams northern India in the form of a tiger. India |
| Goddess name "Budhi Pallien" | Indian | Assamese Forest Goddess, appears as a tiger prowling through the jungle. Indian |
| God name "Bumba" | Boshongo / Bantu / southern Africa | Creator god. The progenitor of the world out of chaos. When he experienced stomachache he vomited the earth, Sun, moon and, finally, all living things, including mankind.... |
| Demon name "Buyasta" | Persian | An ancient Persian demon of laziness who tries to prevent people from working. He is one of the Daevas. |
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