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Armaros
Chief of tens1 Enoch 8
Chief of the resolving of enchantments
Eleventh chief of tens. 1 Enoch 8:3 gives him the resolving of enchantments — the necessary twin of Shemihazah’s bindings. Once both are public, a people can be kept swinging between curse and fee. Some recensions place Hermani here, tying the office to the mountain of the oath.
Also named Armers, Armoni, Hermani, Pharmaros.
- Etymology
- Often “cursed one” or “unbinder”; some recensions read Hermani, “of Hermon.”
- Cited
- 1 Enoch 6:7; 8:3
Powers
- Unbinding a spell
- Teaching the inverse of a charm
- Diagnosing whose knot is on a body
- Selling both the illness and the cure
What was taught
Armaros taught the resolving of enchantments: how to pick a knot, reverse a name, and make magic into a two-sided trade.
The resolving of enchantmentsHost of Armaros
Whole decadWhatever Shemihazah binds, someone must be able to sell the unbinding.