Yankee is a name or nickname that appears once in the records of the Paris plot of 1648, cited in connection with Andromalius: Andromalius de Yankee ya lo hizo (“Yankee’s Andromalius already did it”). The phrase implies that someone called Yankee invoked this demonic Earl before the others who entered the same pact.
The nickname sounds foreign, perhaps American or invented, and matches no French name of the period. It stands as an indication that Andromalius had already been summoned in that Paris before the events narrated.
Open questions
- Whether Yankee was an earlier summoner, a rival, or only a name remembered by hearsay is not resolved.
See also
- Wally: another unconfirmed name in the same corpus.
- Marsilio Fountaine: a figure of the circle in which the name circulates.