Sigil of Marbas Stainless Steel Necklace

Marbas is the demon who holds both sides of the coin, and this stainless steel sigil pendant carries that dual power without judgment. He's the 5th spirit of the Ars Goetia, a Great President commanding thirty-six legions, appearing first as a mighty lion before shifting into human shape at the summoner's request.

His office is knowledge, healing, and transformation: he answers truly on hidden or secret things, can both cause and cure diseases, grants wisdom in mechanical arts and handicrafts, and can change a person into other shapes entirely. It's a rare demon whose power runs both directions — harm and healing held in the same hand — which makes him a natural fit for anyone working through illness, seeking hidden answers, or in the middle of their own transformation.

Wear it for healing, for uncovering secrets, for change — the kind you're choosing, not the kind that happens to you.

• Material: Stainless steel (tarnish-resistant, hypoallergenic-friendly, built for daily wear)
• Design: Marbas's sigil from the Ars Goetia, rendered as a 1" pendant
• Chain: 17" length

Who Is Marbas?

Marbas (also called Barbas) is the 5th spirit of the Ars Goetia, the first book of the Lesser Key of Solomon, ranked a Great President commanding thirty-six legions of spirits. He's described appearing first as a great lion, transforming into human form only when the summoner requests it — a shape-shifting trait that extends to his powers as well.

His domain is unusually two-sided: he answers truthfully on anything hidden or secret, and holds power over disease in both directions, able to cause illness or cure it. He also grants great wisdom and knowledge in mechanical arts and handicrafts, and can change people into other shapes entirely. This description is remarkably stable across sources, appearing with almost identical wording in Johann Weyer's 16th-century Pseudomonarchia Daemonum and the later Ars Goetia, tracing back even further to an earlier French grimoire, the Livre des Esperitz, where he's called Barthas and credited with teaching astronomy.

His name is thought to connect to the Latin barba, meaning "beard," and also to hellebore, a plant historically used in witchcraft and demon invocation — tying his identity to both his appearance and the practical tools of the craft associated with him.