Difference between revisions of "Bael"

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He is described as a hoarsely-voiced king with the power to make men invisible and ruling over sixty-six legions of demons. The ''Lesser Key of Solomon'' describes him as appearing in the form of a cat, toad, man, some combination thereof, or other "divers [sic] shapes", while the ''Pseudomonarchia Daemonum'' and the ''[[Dictionnaire Infernal]]'' state that he appears with the heads of a cat, toad, and human simultaneously.
He is described as a hoarsely-voiced king with the power to make men invisible and ruling over sixty-six legions of demons. The ''Lesser Key of Solomon'' describes him as appearing in the form of a cat, toad, man, some combination thereof, or other "divers [sic] shapes", while the ''Pseudomonarchia Daemonum'' and the ''[[Dictionnaire Infernal]]'' state that he appears with the heads of a cat, toad, and human simultaneously.


[[Jacques Collin de Plancy]] speculated that Bael is the same as the Canaanite deity Baal, a reasonable conclusion.
[[Jacques Collin de Plancy]] speculated that Bael is the same as the Canaanite deity Baal.


==Abilities==
==Abilities==