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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 [[Thomas Rudd]]'s edition as '''Malthas''' and in the [[Aleister Crowley|Crowley]]/[[Samuel L. MacGregor Mathers|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==
Most manuscripts describe Halphas as a hoarse-voiced stock dove (though Weyer and [[Colin de Plancy]]'s ''[[Dictionnaire Infernal]]'' describe him as a stork).
Most manuscripts describe Halphas as a hoarse-voiced stock dove (though Weyer and [[Collin de Plancy]]'s ''[[Dictionnaire Infernal]]'' describe him as a stork).


==Abilities==
==Abilities==
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]].
 
This spirit is a servant demon to those born September 21 - 25.
 
 
 


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