The Horror at Red Hook - Anybody know what the Latin means?
Avid Fan
an ex tali congressu proles nasci queat?'
ram...@ramsey-campbell.com
> question of old Delrio: 'An sint unquam daemones incubi et succubae, et
> an ex tali congressu proles nasci queat?'
"Have there ever been demons, incubi and succubae, and from such a
union can offspring be born?"
Avid Fan
<Shudder>
Thank you for that Ramsey.
Do you happen to know anything more about where that quote comes from
essentialsaltes
I haven't verified it, but presumably it is from Martin Delrio's
Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Delrio
--Mike
essentialsaltes
Because I can't just let something like this go....
That is question 15 in book 2 of Delrio:
--Mike
Avid Fan
I am not worthy!
Thank you for that.
OK one last question for the group.
I found a reference from S.T. Joshi that said that HPL translated this
invocation from I think from the Encyclopaedia Britannica *BUT* he made
a mistake. I was unable to get any further.
'O friend and companion of night, thou who rejoicest in the baying of
dogs and spilt blood, who wanderest in the midst of shades among the
tombs, who longest for blood and bringest terror to mortals, Gorgo,
Mormo, thousand-faced moon, look favourably on our sacrifices!'
Does anybody know what the invocation should have been?
essentialsaltes
> essentialsaltes wrote:
> > On Nov 10, 6:58 am, essentialsaltes <essentialsal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Nov 10, 6:40 am, Avid Fan <avid_...@notvalidexample.net> wrote:
>
> >>> ram...@ramsey-campbell.com wrote:
> >>>> On Nov 10, 9:59?am, Avid Fan <avid_...@notvalidexample.net> wrote:
> >>>>> question of old Delrio: 'An sint unquam daemones incubi et succubae, et
> >>>>> an ex tali congressu proles nasci queat?'
> >>>> "Have there ever been demons, incubi and succubae, and from such a
> >>>> union can offspring be born?"
> >>> <Shudder>
> >>> Thank you for that Ramsey.
> >>> Do you happen to know anything more about where that quote comes from
> >> I haven't verified it, but presumably it is from Martin Delrio's
> >> Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex
>
> >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Delrio
>
> >> --Mike
>
> > Because I can't just let something like this go....
>
> > That is question 15 in book 2 of Delrio:
>
>
> > --Mike
>
> I am not worthy!
>
> Thank you for that.
>
> OK one last question for the group.
>
> I found a reference from S.T. Joshi that said that HPL translated this
> invocation from I think from the Encyclopaedia Britannica *BUT* he made
> a mistake. I was unable to get any further.
>
> 'O friend and companion of night, thou who rejoicest in the baying of
> dogs and spilt blood, who wanderest in the midst of shades among the
> tombs, who longest for blood and bringest terror to mortals, Gorgo,
> Mormo, thousand-faced moon, look favourably on our sacrifices!'
>
> Does anybody know what the invocation should have been?
The invocation, I think, is the one to Hecate from Hippolytus'
Philosophumena. Here are other English translations of the passage:
Hater of the light, lover and companion of the night,
Who rejoicest in the baying of hounds and in purple blood ;
Who dost stalk among corpses and the tombs of the dead
Thirsty for blood, who bringest fear to mortals
Gorgo and Mormo and Mene and many-formed one.
Come thou propitious to our libations
Come infernal, terrestrial, and heavenly Bombo (Hecate), goddess of
the broad roadways, of the crossroad, thou who goest to and fro at
night, torch in hand, enemy of the day. Friend and lover of darkness,
thou who doest rejoice when the bitches are howling and warm blood is
spilled, thou who art walking amid the phantom and the in place of the
tombs, thou whose thirst is blood, thou who doest strike chill and
fear in mortal hearts, Gorgo, Mormo, Moon of a thousand forms, cast a
propitious eye on our sacrifice.
Infernal, and earthy, and supernal Bombo, come!
Saint of streets, and brilliant one, that strays by night;
Foe of radiance, but friend and mate of gloom;
In howl of dogs rejoicing, and in crimson gore,
Wading 'mid corpses through tombs of lifeless dust,
Panting for blood; with fear convulsing men.
Gorgo, and Mormo, and Luna, and of many shapes,
Come, propitious, to our sacrificial rites!
Oh, looking deeper, it may be the other inscription, the "HEL · HELOYM
· SOTHER · EMMANVEL · SABAOTH · AGLA · TETRAGRAMMATON · AGYROS ·
OTHEOS · ISCHYROS · ATHANATOS · IEHOVA · VA · ADONAI · SADAY ·
HOMOVSION · MESSIAS · ESCHEREHEYE" that HPL copied from Britannica.
Or so saith this website:
http://www.cthulhucoffee.com/summaries/redhook.html
"The long Greek incantation translates (according to Lovecraft) to
something like, "O Lord God Deliverer; Lord-Messenger of Hosts: Thou-
art-a-mighty god-forever; Magically fourfold assemblage; And annointed
one, together and in succession!" Lovecraft wrote a lengthy
explanation of the origins of the translation in an undated letter. He
had little knowledge of Greek and it is believed that he merely copied
the whole incantation out of an article on magic in the Encyclopedia
Britannica (9th edition)."
--Mike
Avid Fan
A very creepy.
Sounds like Encyclopaedia Britannica has all the the information you
need start your own Satanic coven
When I first read this story I just thought It was all fiction. I never
thought that there were so many elements that be real. Yezides for
example or the incantations.