Ukobach

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The demon Ukobach is said to be the inventor fireworks and usually depicted with a flaming body — Ukobach.

Artist

Name:: Breton, Louis
Dates:: 18??-18??
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: People
Technique:: Wood engraving
Engraver:: Jarrault, A.
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Library of Congress, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Dictionnaire infernal
Author(s):: Collin de Plancy, Jacques-Albin-Simon
Publisher:: Paris: Henri Plon, 1863
Open Library:: View record

Description

Ukobach is a demon of a lower order usually depicted with a flaming body. He is said to be the inventor of fried food and fireworks. He is charged by Beelzebub to look after the oil in hell’s boilers.

Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, black & white, devil, monster, reference book