Baphomet

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin Baphometh, deriving from Occitan Bafometz. Ostensibly a corruption of Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (“Maḥummad”), ultimately deriving from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) (compare Old Catalan Mafumet and Old Galician-Portuguese Mafomat), which would make it a doublet of mammet and Muhammad. But other sources have been suggested.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæfəmɛt/

Proper noun

Baphomet

1. A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that the Knights Templar worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.

Derived terms

• Baphometic
• Baphomet moth

Translations

pagan deity

Arabic: بَاهُومَت (bāhūmat) Bulgarian: Бафомет m (Bafomet) Chinese: Mandarin: 巴風特 / 巴风特 (Bāfēngtè), 巴弗滅 / 巴弗灭 (Bāfúmiè) French: Baphomet (fr) m Georgian: ბაფომეტი (bapomeṭi) German: Baphomet (de) m Indonesian: Bafomet Italian: Baphomet (it) m or f Japanese: バフォメット (Bafometto) Korean: 바포메트 (bapometeu) Persian: بافومه Portuguese: Baphomet m, Bafomete m, Bafomé m Russian: Бафоме́т (ru) m (Bafomét) Spanish: Baphomet m Thai: บาโฟเมต Turkish: Baphomet, Bafomet

Further reading

• The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca - Baphomet
• The “Baphomet” of Eliphas Lévi