Art Comparison from Tome of Magic

[Mouseferatu]

Goetic, eh? Sounds like a candidate for the "words you learned from D&D" thread. What's it mean?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goetia

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Goetic, eh? Sounds like a candidate for the "words you learned from D&D" thread. What's it mean?

Goetry is the proper term for what is commonly called demonology. Demonology is simply the study of Demons, while Goetry is the art of working with them. Goethe is indeed the root source of the term, at leat if I recall correctly, Faustus being the essential demon worker.

The Auld Grump

 

[Nightfall]

Gee and here I thought Goethe's Faust had a reasonable place in that word.

Grump,

Well glad I was right!

 

[TheAuldGrump]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goetia

I stand corrected.

The Auld Grump

 

[frankthedm]

Interesting no?

Slightly. I noticed the likeness when I cracked open the ToM.

Much more recognizable than the Dragon magazine homage to The Birth of Venus with the succubus.

 

[Nightfall]

I stand corrected.

The Auld Grump

Darn it! I was hoping I was right. Guess not. Darn you Grump and your incorrect thinking!

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Darn it! I was hoping I was right. Guess not. Darn you Grump and your incorrect thinking!

Well, it was a logical mistake, and I am fairly certain that I was informed that Goethe was the source - sometimes a mistake can go through several generations. (I can even remember the name of the person who so informed me... been a long time since I have seen her.)

The Auld Grump

 

[Jdvn1]

(nope, I was wrong too)

 

[Mouseferatu]

Well, it was a logical mistake...

Indeed. I, too, wondered if they were associated when I was first introduced to the term.

 

[Nightfall]

Well glad to know we all make mistakes...or something.