Sigil of Amdusias
At a glance
- Entry
- 67 of 72
- Rank
- Duke
- Legions
- 29 in the text
- Also written
- Amdukias
Description in the text
Amdusias is associated with the sound of trumpets and other instruments. The text also says he can bend trees and provide excellent familiars.
Read entry 67 on page 43 of the 1916 edition
Appearance
A unicorn that can take human shape; instruments are heard around his arrival.
Topics attributed to this entry
- Music
- Trees
- Familiars
Reading this entry
Amdusias, or Amdukias, first appears as a unicorn and then stands in human form. The duke is associated with the sound of trumpets and other instruments, but the passage says the music is not heard immediately. This timing nuance matters when distinguishing the entry from kings whose musical attendants precede their arrival. Amdusias is also credited with bending trees and providing excellent familiars.
The source does not describe an orchestra, a melody, or a species of tree. Those details would be later artistic choices. He governs 29 legions and has a seal. The unicorn-to-human transition, delayed instruments, and moving trees make a specific combination that should not be reduced to a generic “music demon.” The claimed effects remain part of the historical text.
Read entry 67 on page 43 of the 1916 edition or compare the 1904 transcription.
A closer reading of entry 67
What the numbered text says
Amdusias first appears as a unicorn and later as a human figure. The entry describes instruments being heard, but explicitly says the sound is not immediate. This small delay is easy to lose in a summary that simply lists music as an office. It also attributes bending trees and giving familiars, without linking the tree movement to the instruments. The source does not present Amdusias as a music teacher or composer; it describes an audible arrival effect and two other claims.
About the printed seal
The fourth frontispiece carries seal 67. No instrument, tree, or unicorn is labeled in its printed strokes. The seal is useful for tracing how this edition accompanies the name, while the passage supplies the specific timing detail about sound.
Compare another entry
Compare entry 54: Murmur. Murmur also has audible trumpets, carried by attendants in a formal procession. Amdusias is associated with heard instruments that arrive after a delay and has no named band. Similar sound imagery belongs to different scenes and offices.