CHAPTER 126 - Of the dragon of the outer darkness.

Of the dragon of the outer darkness.

AND Mary continued again and said unto Iesus: 

"In what type is the outer darkness; or rather how many regions (of chastisement) are there in it?"

And Iesus answered and said unto Mary: 

"The outer darkness is a great dragon (whose tail is in his mouth) outside the whole world and surrounding the whole world. And there are many regions (of chastisement) within it. There are twelve mighty chastisement-dungeons and a ruler is in every dungeon and the face (of the rulers) is different one from another.

2. Of the rulers of the twelve dungeons and their names.

"And the first ruler (who is in the first dungeon) hath a crocodile's face (whose tail is in his mouth). And out of the jaws (of the dragon) cometh all ice and all dust and all cold and all different diseases. This {is} he who is called with his authentic name in his region 'Enchthonin.'

"And the ruler (who is in the second dungeon)--

a cat's face is his authentic face. 

This {is} he who is called in his region 'Charachar.'

"And the ruler (who is in the third dungeon)--

a dog's face is his authentic face. 

This {is} he who is called in his region 'Archarōch.'

"And the ruler (who is in the fourth dungeon)--

a serpent's face is his authentic face. 

This {is} he who is called in his region 'Achrōchar.'

"And the ruler (who is in the fifth dungeon)--

a black bull's face is his authentic face. 

This {is}] he who is called in his region 'Marchūr.'

"And the ruler (who is in the sixth dungeon)--

a wild boar's face is his authentic face. 

This {is} he who is called in his region 'Lamchamōr.'

"And the ruler (who is in the seventh dungeon)--

a bear's face is his authentic face. 

This {is} he who is called in his region (with his authentic name) 'Luchar.'

"And the ruler (of the eighth dungeon)--

a vulture's face is his authentic face (whose name in his region) is called 'Laraōch.'

"And the ruler (of the ninth dungeon)--

a basilisk's face[1] is his authentic face (whose name in his region) is called 'Archeōch.'

"And in the tenth dungeon is a multitude of rulers, and every one of them hath seven dragon's heads in his authentic face. And he who is over them all is in his region with his name called Xarmarōch.'

"And in the eleventh dungeon is a multitude of rulers,--and every one of them hath seven cat-faced heads in his authentic face. And the great one over them is called in his region Rōchar.'

"And in the twelfth dungeon is an exceedingly great multitude of rulers, and every one of them hath seven dog-faced heads in his authentic face. And the great one over them is called in his region 'Chrēmaōr.'

3. Of the doors of the dungeons 

"These rulers then of these twelve dungeons are inside the dragon (of the outer darkness) each and every one of them hath a name every hour, and every one of them changeth his face every hour. And moreover every one of these dungeons hath a door opening upwards, so that the dragon (of the outer darkness) hath twelve dark dungeons, and every dungeon hath a door opening upwards. 

4. The angels who watch the doors.

And an angel (of the height) watcheth each of the doors of the dungeons,--whom Yew (the First Man, the overseer of the Light, the envoy of the First Commandment) hath established as watchers of the dragon, so that the dragon and the rulers (of his dungeons which are in him) may not mutiny[2]."

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1. Definition:  a mythical lizardlike monster with supposedly fatal breath and glance, fabled to have been hatched by a serpent from a cock's egg 

2. Definition:  open rebellion against constituted authority,