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In demonology, Halphas (listed in Skinner & Rankine'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.
Most manuscripts describe Halphas as a hoarse-voiced <!-- Crow or Raven is Malphas, do not believe Paranormal State -->stock dove<!-- Crow or Raven is Malphas, do not believe Paranormal State --> (though Weyer and Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal describe him as a <!-- Crow or Raven is Malphas, do not believe Paranormal State -->stork<!-- Crow or Raven is Malphas, do not believe Paranormal State -->), 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 Skinner & Rankine, Halphas is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Haamiah.
See also
- Goetia