Devil's trap (symbol)
Contents
- 1 Origin
- 2 Appearances
- 2.1 1.22 Devil's Trap
- 2.2 2.08 Crossroad Blues
- 2.3 2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign
- 2.4 2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two
- 2.5 Season 3 Title Card
- 2.6 3.01 The Magnificent Seven
- 2.7 3.03 Bad Day at Black Rock
- 2.8 3.04 Sin City
- 2.9 3.12 Jus in Bello
- 2.10 3.14 Long-Distance Call
- 2.11 3.15 Time Is On My Side
- 2.12 3.16 No Rest For The Wicked
- 2.13 4.02 Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester
- 2.14 4.04 Metamorphosis
- 2.15 4.09 I Know What You Did Last Summer
- 2.16 4.16 On The Head Of A Pin
- 2.17 4.18 The Monster At The End Of This Book
- 2.18 4.21 When The Levee Breaks
- 2.19 5.01 Sympathy For The Devil
- 2.20 5.02 Good God Y'All
- 2.21 5.10 Abandon All Hope
- 2.22 5.13 The Song Remains The Same
- 2.23 5.17 99 Problems
- 2.24 5.20 The Devil You Know
- 2.25 5.22 Swan Song
- 2.26 6.01 Exile On Main St.
- 2.27 6.02 Two And A Half Men
- 2.28 6.04 Weekend At Bobby's
- 2.29 6.10 Caged Heat
- 2.30 6.20 The Man Who Would Be King
- 2.31 6.21 Let It Bleed
- 2.32 7.01 Meet The New Boss
- 2.33 7.08 Season Seven, Time for a Wedding!
- 2.34 7.15 Repo Man
- 2.35 7.21 Reading Is Fundamental
- 2.36 7.22 There Will Be Blood
- 2.37 7.23 Survival Of The Fittest
Origin
The devil’s trap is a mystical symbol used to immobilize and control demons. It is similar to a circle of salt but more powerful and persistent as it is usually etched or painted in place, and can't simply be brushed or blown away. If a demon walks inside the outer circle of a devil's trap, it cannot physically leave it, and is trapped. Devil's traps also inhibit the use of some demonic powers. Devil's traps have been used not only to detain a demon, but are also drawn at entrances as a deterrent to prevent access to a building, room, or container. The devil’s traps seen in Supernatural all originate from The Lesser Key of Solomon, which is a grimoire, or magical text, written in the 17th century. It contains rituals and spells for invoking and controlling both demons and angels.
There are two major variations of devil's traps in Supernatural:
1. The Heptagram.
An example of the Heptagram devil's trap can be seen painted on the ceiling at Bobby's house. It is composed of two pentacles from the Lesser Key of Solomon that form a heptagram.
2. The Pentagram. The pentagram devil's trap is seen drawn on the underside of the trunk hatch of the Impala, as well as in Bobby's Panic Room.
Appearances
1.22 Devil's Trap
Sam and Dean are initially unaware of the devil's trap concept. They learn about it during the encounter with Meg at Bobby's house. While she is trapped, they interrogate her and later exorcise her. Sam later draws a version of the symbol on the trunk of the Impala to protect the Colt from demons.
 At Bobby's house, Meg is trapped under the devil's trap. |
2.08 Crossroad Blues
Dean paints a devil's trap under the Impala in order to trap a Crossroads Demon. When that fails, he lures her under a water tower where he has painted another devil's trap. He nearly exorcises her there, but she makes a deal: her freedom in exchange for Evan Hudson being left alone. After the deal is made and a brief hesitation, Dean breaks the trap and sets her free.
2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign
When Sam is possessed by the same demon who possessed Meg Masters, he is trapped by Bobby under the same symbol that trapped her. However, the demon casts a spell and breaks the symbol after a failed exorcism attempt.
2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two
Samuel Colt built a huge devil's trap 100 miles across in southern Wyoming. There is a church at each point and the sides of the pentacle are made of iron railroad lines. At the center, in an old cowboy cemetery, is a Devil's Gate. The massive Devil's Trap is broken when the Devil's Gate is opened by Jake Talley.
File:222trap.png The giant devil's trap |
File:222gatetrap.png The gate to hell is locked with a devil's trap opened by the Colt. |
Season 3 Title Card
In the opening credits in Season Three, an image of the Devil's trap can be seen.
3.01 The Magnificent Seven
Dean traps Walter Rosen, who is possessed by Envy, in the trunk of Bobby's car. Like the Impala, this car has a devil's trap drawn on the underside of the trunk hatch.
In Isaac and Tamara's house, they trap Envy under a trap before excorsing him and Bobby later traps Gluttony under one and exorcies him, and Sam tries to trap Pride who sees the trap and breaks it.
3.03 Bad Day at Black Rock
There is a devil's trap drawn inside the entrance to John's secret lock-up.
3.04 Sin City
Dean draws a devil's trap under a rug in Casey's basement in order to trap her. She is released from it when Father Gil uses his demonic power to break it. Later, when Sam kills them both with The Colt, their bodies end up laying in the trap.
3.12 Jus in Bello
While creating a demon-proof perimeter inside the police station, Sam and Dean spray paint devil's traps under the windows and in front of the doors. When Ruby breaks in, she is temporarily caught. She is freed when part of the paint is scraped away, disabling the trap. When they decide to let the demons in to trap and exorcise them, they break all of the Devil's Traps in front of the doors.
3.14 Long-Distance Call
After being tricked into believing an innocent man is the demon holding his contract, Dean fights him into a Devil's Trap to perform an exorcisim that can supposedly kill the demon on him. However, when the man is easily able to step outside of the Devil's Trap, Dean realizes the truth and stops trying to kill the man.
3.15 Time Is On My Side
Sam and Dean trap a demon they are interogating about Lilith inside a Devil's Trap and eventually exorcise him in it.
3.16 No Rest For The Wicked
When Sam summons Ruby to help with Dean's deal, Dean steals her knife and traps her under a devil's trap. She later somehow escapes it and doesn't answer how, only saying there's a lot they don't know about her.
4.02 Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester
Bobby, Dean and Sam take refuge from vengeful spirits in Bobby's Panic Room. It is protected by three devil's traps: one outside the door, one inside covering the floor, and one made of iron secured over the ventilation fan.
File:Panic room devil's trap.jpg Devil's trap in the roof of Bobby's Panic Room |
File:Panic Room Devil's trap 2.jpg Devil's trap on the floor of Bobby's Panic Room |
4.04 Metamorphosis
Ruby and Sam use a devil's trap to restrain a possessed man while Sam uses his power to exorcise the demon.
4.09 I Know What You Did Last Summer
In a flashback, a devil's trap is used to hold the first demon that Sam attempts to exorcise with his powers.
4.16 On The Head Of A Pin
Castiel binds Alastair to a devil's trap which he describes as being old Enochian. The traitor Uriel causes a water leak which drips onto and erases part of the trap, allowing Alastair to escape the trap and attack Dean.
4.18 The Monster At The End Of This Book
Sam sets a devil's trap for Lilith under a rug, but she realizes it is there and breaks it with her powers.
4.21 When The Levee Breaks
Sam is held in Bobby's Panic Room, which has a devil's trap on the floor. When Castiel releases him, he breaks the traps to make it look as though Sam was freed by demons.
5.01 Sympathy For The Devil
Zachariah lures Dean and Sam to John's Lock-up, where the devil's trap is again seen.
5.02 Good God Y'All
There is a devil's trap inside the door of the church which Ellen steps over.
5.10 Abandon All Hope
Dean and Sam try and imprison Crowley with a devil's trap under a rug. He avoids the trap, and berates them for damaging the carpet.
5.13 The Song Remains The Same
In 1978, Mary takes her family to a safe house used by the Campbells that has iron fixtures and a devil's trap under the rug.
5.17 99 Problems
Fearing demon attacks, the people of Blue Earth have taken precautions.
5.20 The Devil You Know
To transport Brady, Crowley puts a bag with a devil's trap drawn on it over his head. Brady is later tied to a chair placed over a devil's trap. Crowley also carves a binding link into his chest so he cannot vacate the body. When later fleeing a Hellhound attack, Sam and Dean break the trap so they can take Brady with them.
5.22 Swan Song
Sam, Dean and Castiel harvest Demon Blood in preparation for Sam being possessed by Lucifer. The people possessed by demons are seen hanging upside-down over devil's traps.
6.01 Exile On Main St.
While staying with Lisa Braeden, Dean paints a devil's trap under a rug just inside the front door. He checks periodically to make sure it is intact.
6.02 Two And A Half Men
In the panic room at the Campbells' compound, a devil's trap is visible on the floor.
6.04 Weekend At Bobby's
Bobby makes a devil's trap with black light paint on the floor of his study to trap Crowley. He has to let Crowley go or be attacked by Crowley's Hellhound. Later in the same episode, Bobby traps Crowley in another devil's trap. This one is painted in red on the ceiling of his basement. Bobby also traps and interogates a Crossroads Demon in a trap drawn in chalk on the basement floor.
6.10 Caged Heat
Sam paints a Devil's Trap on the ceiling with his blood to capture two demon minions and escape. Another ceiling trap is used to capture Crowley. He eventually breaks this one with Ruby's Knife and escapes.
6.20 The Man Who Would Be King
Bobby, Sam, and Dean hold a demon captive under the devil's trap on Bobby's living room ceiling so that they can torture him for information.
6.21 Let It Bleed
At Bobby's place Dean uses a devil's trap to restrain demons while he tortures them for information on Lisa and Ben's location. When he inadvertently breaks the trap by scraping it with his foot, the demon escapes, attacks and nearly kills him before Castiel shows up and kills the demon.
7.01 Meet The New Boss
The Winchesters and Bobby summon Crowley and hold him with a devil's trap while they ask for help in binding Death.
7.08 Season Seven, Time for a Wedding!
Becky captures Guy the Crossroads Demon in a devil's trap made of flaming vodka. However, his minion Jackson eventually breaks the trap and frees him.
7.15 Repo Man
Three devil's traps appear in this episodes. The first is in a flashback, where Sam and Dean have a demon possessing a man named Jeffrey trapped in order to interrogate and exorcise it. In the present a woman named Nora Havelock, a woman that helped them on their earlier investigation, has just painted one in red on her shop floor. When Sam and Dean confront the demon at the end of the episode, a devil's trap on the ceiling catches it, allowing them to exorcise it.
7.21 Reading Is Fundamental
After Meg leaves to meet with and kill two demons, she comes back and walks right into a Devil's Trap painted by Sam and Dean as they feared a betrayal. After Meg convinces them that she is still on their side, Sam breaks the trap by scraping away part of the paint with a knife.
7.22 There Will Be Blood
Dick Roman summons Crowley and traps him, to make a deal and prevent him from giving the Winchesters his blood for the leviathan-killing bone. This Devil's Trap is actually a light fixture that displays a trap.
7.23 Survival Of The Fittest
While under the trap at SucroCorp, Crowley makes a deal with Dick Roman and is let go once the deal is settled.
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