An hieroglyphic figure depicting the appearance of the dark spirit Egin (King of the North). Egin appears in the form of a crowned king riding on the back of a fierce dragon: he is usually confronted by snakes. Hand-coloured engraving from The Straggling Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century; or, Magazine of Celestial Intelligence, 1824.
Ariton sometimes also known as Egin or Egyn, is a demonic subprince with dominion over water. He commands twenty-two servitors. The physical appearance of Ariton is so frightful that if the incanatation to cause him to manifest were ever performed, the practitioner would suffer a fatal episode of apoplexy, epilepsy, or suffocation. His name is possibly taken from Hebrew and if so would translate to mean "to delay," or "to hinder."
Ariton is listed as one of eight sub-princes in an extended demonic hierarchy that includes such familiar faces as Beelzebub, Asmodeus, and Astaroth. He is also named as one of the four demons who presides over the cardinal directions. Under his alternate names of Egyn, he oversees the north. This demon is attributed with the power to discover hidden treasure. He knows the past, present, and future, and can cause people to have visions. He can make spirits appear and take any form, and he can also give familiars. In addition, Ariton is reputed to have the power to revive the dead. He reveals the identities of thieves, gifts people with the power of flight, and can make warriors manifest to protect his charges. Notably, a demon with the name Aratron appears as the spirit of Saturn in several works.