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In demonology, '''Halphas''' (listed in [[Rudd]]'s edition as '''Malthas''' and in the [[Alister Crowley|Crowley]] | In demonology, '''Halphas''' (listed in [[Rudd]]'s edition as '''Malthas''' and in the [[Alister 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. | ||
Most manuscripts describe Halphas as a hoarse-voiced stock dove (though Weyer and [[Colin de Plancy]]'s ''[[Dictionnaire Infernal]]'' describe him as a stork), who supplies weapons and ammunition for towers (Weyer and de Plancy have "towns" or "villes" instead), sends men to war, and commands 26 legions of spirits. | Most manuscripts describe Halphas as a hoarse-voiced stock dove (though Weyer and [[Colin de Plancy]]'s ''[[Dictionnaire Infernal]]'' describe him as a stork), who supplies weapons and ammunition for towers (Weyer and de Plancy have "towns" or "villes" instead), sends men to war, and commands 26 legions of spirits. | ||
According to Rudd, Halphas is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel [[Haamiah]]. | According to Rudd, Halphas is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel [[Haamiah]]. | ||