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Tuphon |
Typhon -
The Hebrew Sephon, meaning
"dark" or "northern"; in Aramaic he is Tuphon, identified by the
Greeks with Set, god of darkness. In Cornelius Agrippa,
Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Typhon of classic mythology
is identified with the cabalistic angel Sammael (q.v.).
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