{{short description|Minor demon}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2018}} '''Surgat''' ({{langx|la|Surgat|translation=Rise}}) is a minor demon mentioned in ''The Grimoire of Pope Honorius'',<ref>{{Internet Archive|grimoireofhonorius|The Grimoire of Honorius|27}}</ref> ''The Secrets of Solomon'' and the ''Grimorium Verum''. He is listed as "Surgat who opens all locks." His angel opposite is ''Aquiel''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grimoire.org/demon/surgat/|title=Surgat|work=www.grimoire.org|accessdate=3 February 2018|archive-date=6 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306202454/https://www.grimoire.org/demon/surgat/|url-status=dead}}</ref> <!--thumb|Woodcut of Surgat commenting out image with no source/bad FairUse claim-->
== In fiction ==
In Harlan Ellison's 1981 short story "Grail", Surgat is an important character, unlocking some of the barriers in the protagonist's path but at a terrible price.<ref name="Ellison1982">{{cite book|author=Harlan Ellison|title=Stalking the nightmare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ybRZAAAAMAAJ&q=Surgat|accessdate=3 February 2018|date=1 September 1982|publisher=Phantasia Press|isbn=978-0-932096-16-6|pages=27–|chapter=Grail}}</ref>
He is also a character or mentioned in:
*''I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream'' (1995) (video game) *''Death from a Top Hat'' (1938) - Clayton Rawson<ref name="Rawson2012">{{cite book|author=Clayton Rawson|title=Death from a Top Hat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-6EX6-AX4wcC&dq=Surgat&pg=PT105|date=22 May 2012|publisher=MysteriousPress.com/Open Road|isbn=978-1-4532-5686-2|pages=105–}}</ref>
*''Doomed Lensmen'' (1967) - Sybly White (Lee Gold)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://efanzines.com/Planetary/PS02/doomedlensmen.htm|title=Planetary Stories: 2005 - Vol 1 No 2|work=efanzines.com|accessdate=3 February 2018}}</ref>
*''Bird Box'' (film) - (2018)
* ''Insidious: The Last Key'' (film) - (2018) * ''Anything for Jackson'' (film) - (2020)
==See also== * Christian demons in popular culture
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/bcm/bcm70.htm#fr_269 Conjuration] in The Book of Ceremonial Magic at Internet Sacred Text Archive
Category:Goetic demons
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