Apollyon

Apollyon

Other Names / Variants:	Apollion, Appolyon
Hebrew Name:	Abaddon, Abbadon, Abadon

Apollion - This angel is also described as both good and evil. Apollion is the Greek form Abaddon, a Hebrew word meaning "destroyer." Appollion is considered the angel of the bottomless pit in Revelation 9:11. He "laid hold of the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years," according to Revelation 20:1. Appollion is considered, in the Bible, to be a good angel, servant and messenger of God. In the occult, however, (generally speaking) he is evil. Appollion is also a term that is applied to the abode of evil spirits (Hell). In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, he is the Devil. Volter identifies Apollion with the Persian devil Ahriman. [Rf. Charles, Critical Commentary of the Revelation of St. John, p. 247.] In Barrett, The Magus, Appollion is distinct from Abaddon. Some consider Appollion to be the fallen Greek God Apollo, who is said to be living in Hell as a serpent angel. (a)

Apollyon: Apollyon, the destroyer, is the Greek name for the biblical angel who rules in hell. He is mentioned in REVELATION: "And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the sky were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.....And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit....whose name in the Greek tongue is Apollyon" (Rev. 9:2, 11)

Apollyon is portrayed as the fierce DEMON in THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS who does battle with the book's hero, Christian. Auther JOhn Bunyan describes the GHOUL as a monstrous mixture of lion's mouth, dragon wings, and fish scales. He calls Apollyon "hideous to behold," a despicable servant of evil and master of darkness.

Robert Browning's haunting poem "CHILDE ROLAND TO THE DARK TOWER CAME" also includes mention of Apollyon, a fierce and vile fiend. (o)