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In demonology, '''Halphas''' (listed in [[Rudd]]'s edition as '''Malthas''' and in the [[Aleister Crowley|Crowley]]/Mathers edition as '''Halphas''', '''Malthus''', or '''Malphas''') is the thirty-eighth demon in the ''[[Ars Goetia]]'' in the [[Lesser Key of Solomon]] (forty-third in [[Johann Weyer]]'s ''[[Pseudomonarchia Daemonum)]]'', ranked as an earl, and commands 26 legions of spirits.
[[File:38 Halphas.png|300px|thumb|Halphas as depicted in the [[Occult Tarot]]]]
'''Halphas''' (listed in [[Rudd]]'s edition as '''Malthas''' and in the [[Aleister Crowley|Crowley]]/Mathers edition as '''Halphas''', '''Malthus''', or '''Malphas''') is the thirty-eighth [[demon]] in the ''[[Ars Goetia]]'' in the [[Lesser Key of Solomon]] (forty-third in [[Johann Weyer]]'s ''[[Pseudomonarchia Daemonum)]]'', ranked as an earl, and commands 26 legions of spirits.


==General appearance==
==General appearance==
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Halphas supplies weapons and ammunition for towers (Weyer and de Plancy have "towns" or "villes" instead), sends men to war.
Halphas supplies weapons and ammunition for towers (Weyer and de Plancy have "towns" or "villes" instead), sends men to war.


According to Rudd, Halphas is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel [[Haamiah]].
Halphas is opposed by the [[Kabbalistic angel]] [[Haamiah]].
 
 
 


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Revision as of 23:59, 26 December 2021

Halphas as depicted in the Occult Tarot

Halphas (listed in Rudd's edition as Malthas and in the Crowley/Mathers edition as Halphas, Malthus, or Malphas) is the thirty-eighth demon in the Ars Goetia in the Lesser Key of Solomon (forty-third in Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum), ranked as an earl, and commands 26 legions of spirits.

General appearance

Most manuscripts describe Halphas as a hoarse-voiced stock dove (though Weyer and Colin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal describe him as a stork).

Abilities

Halphas supplies weapons and ammunition for towers (Weyer and de Plancy have "towns" or "villes" instead), sends men to war.

Halphas is opposed by the Kabbalistic angel Haamiah.



Goetic demons of the Lesser Key of Solomon
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