Demonic Translation is the power to read and understand demonic languages as well as translate it into English and other recognized languages.
Overview[]
In "Source Material", Alastor used this power to summon the Origin Dagger.
In "Ambush", when Macy Vaughn and Harry Greenwood were looking for a spell that could take one's immortality — hoping to use it against Fiona Callahan, Harry was shocked when Macy came to him with a book as he realized that she was reading Illevaihcam (also known as "The Devil's Tongue").
In "No Hablo Brujeria", Harry asked Abigael Jameson-Caine to translate the inscriptions about the Tomb of Chaos, but Abby couldn't help him because she doesn't speak the ancient demonic language. They had to go to Fenric the Vile because he was the only demon in modern times who could understand this language.
In "Perfecti Is the Enemy of Good", Maggie Vera tricked Fenric into translating an ancient inscription for her that helped Macy and Celeste control a golem.
Known Users[]
- Demons
- Demon-Witches
- Macy Vaughn (possible limited)
- Abigael Jameson-Caine (limited; unable to translate the ancient dialect)
Trivia[]
- "Illevaihcam" is "Machiavelli" spelled backwards.[1]
- Despite the fact that this power allows all demons to understand Illevaihcam, it seems that only very old demons are able to speak an ancient language that has already fallen out of use in the modern world.[2]
- It is unknown whether Macy could read in the ancient language, since she did not have her own demonic powers at that time.
- Also still unknown if Alastor's spell was spoken in Illevaihcam or some other demonic language.
- It was shown that it is not necessary to have this power to speak demonic languages. Like any other language, they can be learned and made to work in spells, as Celeste and Macy did in Perfecti Is the Enemy of Good.
- The ancient demonic language was used to activate the Stone Tablet[3] and a golems.[4]
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