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Bifrons
Bifrons is a demon listed in the Ars Goetia, the first section of the early modern grimoire known as the Lesser Key of Solomon. He is described as a great earl who teaches astrology, geometry and other branches of knowle…
Berith
Berith is a demonological figure best known from early modern European grimoires, especially the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum and the Ars Goetia. In those texts he is described as a powerful duke of Hell who appears as a sol…
Belphegor
Belphegor is a demon of Christian demonology whose name ultimately derives from Baal-Peor, a deity or cult title mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The figure known in later European demonology is not simply identical with t…
Belial
Belial is a name associated with wickedness, lawlessness and opposition to divine order in Jewish and Christian religious traditions. In the oldest Hebrew texts, however, Belial is usually not the name of an independent …
Beleth
Beleth, also spelled Bileth, Byleth or Belet in different texts, is a king of demons in the early modern European grimoire tradition. He is best known from the Ars Goetia, the first part of the Lesser Key of Solomon, whe…
Behemoth
Behemoth is a colossal creature described in the Hebrew Bible, chiefly in the divine speeches of the Book of Job. Its name and nature have been debated for centuries. In the biblical passage, Behemoth is not presented as…
Beelzebub
Beelzebub is a name associated with both an ancient deity of the Philistine city of Ekron and, in later Jewish and Christian tradition, a powerful demon. The figure’s identity changed substantially over time. In the Hebr…
Bathin
Bathin is a demon of early modern European grimoire tradition, best known from the Ars Goetia, the first part of the Lesser Key of Solomon. He is usually listed as the eighteenth spirit and classified as a Duke. His stan…
Barbatos
Barbatos is a demon of European ceremonial demonology, best known as the eighth spirit in the Ars Goetia, the first section of the seventeenth-century grimoire commonly called The Lesser Key of Solomon. In that tradition…
Balberith
Balberith is a name associated with demonological literature, but its background reaches back to the ancient Levantine deity called Baal-berith or Ba‘al Berith. The ancient name appears in the Hebrew Bible in connection …
Balam
Balam is a demon in early modern European ceremonial demonology, best known from the Ars Goetia, the first section of the Lesser Key of Solomon. In that tradition, Balam is presented as a powerful king who appears as a c…