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{{Short description|Demon}}
{{distinguish|Malphas}}

In [[demonology]], '''Halphas''' (listed in Skinner & Rankine's edition as ''Malthas'',{{sfn|Peterson|2001|page=24}}{{sfn | Skinner | Rankine | 2010 | p=140}} and in the [[Aleister Crowley|Crowley]]/[[Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers|Mathers]] edition as ''Halphas'', ''Malthus'', or ''Malphas''){{sfn|Peterson|2001|page=24}} is the thirty-eighth [[demon]] in the ''Ars [[Goetia]]'' in the ''[[Lesser Key of Solomon]]''{{sfn|Peterson|2001|page=24}}{{sfn | Skinner | Rankine | 2010 | p=140}} (forty-third in [[Johann Weyer]]'s [[Pseudomonarchia Daemonum]]),{{sfn|Weyer|1563|loc=par. 42}} 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 -->{{sfn|Peterson|2001|page=24}}{{sfn | Skinner | Rankine | 2010 | p=140}} (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 -->),{{sfn|Weyer|1563|loc=par. 42}}{{sfn|de Plancy|1853|pages=252}} who supplies weapons and ammunition{{sfn|Peterson|2001|page=24}}{{sfn | Skinner | Rankine | 2010 | p=140}}{{sfn|Weyer|1563|loc=par. 42}}{{sfn|de Plancy|1853|pages=252}} for towers{{sfn|Peterson|2001|page=24}}{{sfn | Skinner | Rankine | 2010 | p=140}} (Weyer and de Plancy have "towns" or "villes" instead),{{sfn|Weyer|1563|loc=par. 42}}{{sfn|de Plancy|1853|pages=252}} sends men to war, and commands 26 legions of spirits.{{sfn|Peterson|2001|page=24}}{{sfn | Skinner | Rankine | 2010 | p=140}}{{sfn|Weyer|1563|loc=par. 42}}{{sfn|de Plancy|1853|pages=252}}

According to Skinner & Rankine, Halphas is opposed by the [[Shemhamphorasch]] angel Haamiah.{{sfn | Skinner | Rankine | 2010 | pp=366–376}}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Religion}}
*[[Goetia]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
*{{cite book 
|editor-last=Peterson |editor-first=Joseph H. 
|title=Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis: The Lesser Key of Solomon, Detailing the Ceremonial Art of Commanding Spirits Both Good and Evil; |date=May 2001 
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfIrE3QtmFEC 
|language=English 
|location=Maine |publisher=[[Weiser Books]] |publication-date=2001 
|isbn=1-57863-220-X 
}}
*{{cite book 
|last=de Plancy |first=Jacques Collin |author-link=Jacques Collin de Plancy 
|title=Dictionnaire infernal |year=1853 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ng8JAAAAQAAJ
|language=French 
|location=Paris |publisher=Sagnier et Bray |publication-date=1853 
}}
* {{cite book | last=Skinner | first=Stephen | last2=Rankine | first2=David | title=The Goetia of Dr Rudd : the angels & demons of Liber malorum spirituum seu Goetia Lemegeton clavicula Salomonis : with a study of the techniques of evocation in the context of the angel magic tradition of the seventeenth century | publisher=Golden Hoard, distributed by Llewellyn Worldwide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ws6CRAAACAAJ| publication-place=Singapore | date=2010 | isbn=978-0-9547639-2-3 | oclc=665072905}}
*{{cite book 
|year=1563 
|last=Weyer |first=Johann |author-link=Johann Weyer 
|editor-last=Peterson |editor-first=Joseph H. 
|title=Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum) |url=http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/weyer.htm 
|language=English 
|publisher=Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives |publication-date=2000 
}}

{{Demons in the Ars Goetia}}
{{Demons in Pseudomonarchia Daemonum}}

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