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[nickysfacts]

Vassago: the honest demonic treasure hunting prince detective!

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[tenkain]

[encyclopediagoetia]

The 3rd spirit is Vassago

A good-natured old man with angel wings.

Name: Vassago

Common aliases: Usagoo

Sign and placement: 20-30 ARIES (day)

Direction: Unstated

Rank: Prince

Metal and planet: Tin, Jupiter

Legions: 26 (20)

The third spirit is Vassago, a Prince. He is good-natured, like Agares. His office is to declare all things past, present, and future, as well as to find things that have been hidden or lost. He presides over twenty-six legions of spirits. - Campbell's Of the Arte Goetia

The Third spirit is a mighty prince, being of ye same nature as Agares, he is called Vassago, This spirit is of a good nature, & his office is to declare things past and to come, and to discover all things hidden or lost &c: he governeth 26 Legions of spirits. - Goetia

Usagoo, magnus petis [likely magnus princeps], he appeareth like an angel, and is just and true in all his doings, he giveth the love of women and telleth of hid treasures and hath under him 20 legions. - The Offices of Spirits

Notes:

There will be an additional "3rd" spirit after this as Vassago does not appear in Weir's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum. There is an entry for "Usagoo" in The Offices of Spirits which is comparable but lists an alternate number of legions.

The 'V' in Vassago may thus be pronounced like 'W,' in the Latin style, as the Latin V was basically an easily-carveable form of 'U.' (A similar pronunciation relationship exists between the English 'J' and the Latin 'I.') You would end up with "ooahsahgoh."

"Of a good nature" means friendly in interactions, it's not a reference to spiritual alignment.

[lpbestiary]

Vassago is a demon listed in the Ars Goetia as a prince who commands twenty-six legions. He is said to be possessed of good nature, can see past and future, and locate lost objects.

Murderer Rod Ferrell used the name Vassago as a vampire name, and burned the letter "V" into his victims.

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[eyes-ore]

Vassago (also Vasago, Usagoo) is the third Goetic demon described in the Lesser Key of Solomon (including Thomas Rudd's variant) as a prince "of a good nature" and of the "same nature as Agares". He rules twenty-six legions of spirits, and is summoned to tell magicians of past and future events, and locate lost objects. He is one of the few spirits found in the Lesser Key of Solomon but not in Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum.[1][2]Vassago is mentioned in the Book of the Office of Spirits as Usagoo, appearing as an angel, "just and true in all his doings," with the powers of inciting the love of women and revealing hidden treasures, in addition to ruling twenty spirits.[3] Sloane MS 3824 mentions Vassago in invocations to summon spirits that guard treasure,[4] and in the "Experiment of Vassago"[5] and the "Experiment of Agares," both intended to capture the named spirits in crystals.[6] According to Rudd, Vassago is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Sitael.[7]

Murderer and vampire-themed cult leader Rod Ferrell used "Vassago" as a "vampire name" and burned a V representing this alias onto his victims.[8]