An imp is a small Demon that is kept inside a bottle or Ring. An imp is like a Familiar and is evoked for Spells, Divination, and Charms. Imps are both good and evil. As a familiar, imps can take the shape of animals, insects, and birds that are sent out on tasks at the command of a witch or magician. Witch hunters during the Inquisition accused witches of rewarding their imps for evil deeds by suckling them with their own blood, which imp 143 the imps sucked from fingers, warts, breasts, or any protuberance on the skin.

SEE ALSO:

• Peter of Abano
• Grimoires

SOURCE:

The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy Written byRosemary Ellen Guiley Copyright © 2006 by Visionary Living, Inc.