In demonology

Demonology

Demonology is the systematic study of demons or beliefs about demons. It is the branch of theology relating to superhuman beings who are not gods. It deals both with benevolent beings that have no circle of worshippers or so limited a circle as to be below the rank of gods, and with malevolent...

, Valefar is a Duke of Hell

Hell

In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...

. He tempts people to steal and is in charge of a good relationship among thieves. Valefar is considered a good familiar

Familiar spirit

In European folklore and folk-belief of the Medieval and Early Modern periods, familiar spirits were supernatural entities believed to assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic...

 by his associates "till they are caught in the trap." He commands ten legions of demon

Demon

call - 1347 531 7769 for more infoIn Ancient Near Eastern religions as well as in the Abrahamic traditions, including ancient and medieval Christian demonology, a demon is considered an "unclean spirit" which may cause demonic possession, to be addressed with an act of exorcism...

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He is represented as a lion with the head of a man, or as a lion with the head of a donkey.

Other spellings: Malaphar, Malephar, Valafar, Valefor.

See also

• The Lesser Key of Solomon
  The Lesser Key of Solomon
  The Lesser Key of Solomon or Clavicula Salomonis , is an anonymous 17th-century grimoire, and one of the most popular books of demonology...
  
  
• Goetic demons in popular culture
  Goetic demons in popular culture
  The demons identified in The Lesser Key of Solomon have appeared many times in modern fiction.- The Lesser Key of Solomon :In addition to the individual listings, the Key and every demon within it appear in some form in the PlayStation 2 game Shadow Hearts: Covenant.- Agares :* Agares is one...
  
  

Sources

• • S. L. MacGregor Mathers, A. Crowley, The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King (1904). 1995 reprint: ISBN 0-87728-847-X.