Pockols
demonic Prussian single tradition · 1
Pockols is described as an airborne spirit or devil. The church decrees of 1530 identified Pocols with the Greek deities of anger, the Furies.
When
- First attested
- 1520 CE
- Attested period
- 1520 – 1530
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Sudovian Book (1520s) and church decrees of 1530.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- the Furies
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The Sudovian Book (1520s), mentioned two beings – Peckols, the god of hell and darkness, and Pockols, the airborne spirit or devil. The same pair is also found in the church decrees of 1530 (Constitutiones Synodales). There, Pecols was identified with the Roman god of the underworld, Pluto and Pocols with the Greek deities of anger, the Furies”
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