Kuroshitsuji Faustian Contract Meaning

Kuroshitsuji Faustian Contract Meaning

Ever wondered what the words inside of the contract between Ciel Phantomhive and Sebastian Michaelis mean?

It is actually a lot more complex than you would think. First, the larger letters that are placed between the points of the inverted pentagram’s star:

TE TRA GRAM MA TON

Tetragrammaton is one word. It came from a Greek word that means “(a word) having four letters”. These four letters are usually transliterated from Hebrew as IHVH in Latin, JHWH in German, French and Dutch, and JHVH/YHWH in English. This has been variously rendered as “Yahweh” or even occasionally as “Jehovah”, based on the Latin form of the term, while the Hebrew text does not clearly indicate the omitted vowels.

But what is extremely interesting to ME are the six words INSIDE of the star.

* Abdia - I conjure thee in secret, O Spirit! * Ballaton - Come forth from thy abode and speak clearly in my speech. * Bellony - Put forth thy might and discover unto me the knowledge and power in thy keep. * Halliy - Answer in the inward silence all of my questions without fail. * Halliza - Assume and show forth unto me thy form of divine perfection. * Soluzen - Open unto me thy secret door and fulfill me of my purpose!

It just goes to show the depth of the contract between the two. I know for one I was extremely curious about the symbol so I finally decided to look it up. You can only imagine the amount of time and work Toboso put into this story

All of the information above is not my own, if you wish to read more in-depth about the symbol itself, aneir(Reina) has written a beautiful page on it, please visit the site here.