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In demonology, Halphas (listed in Skinner & Rankine's edition as Malthas,cite-ref-footnotepeterson200124-1-0[1]cite-ref-footnoteskinnerrankine2010140-2-0[2] and in the Crowley/Mathers edition as Halphas, Malthus, or Malphas)cite-ref-footnotepeterson200124-1-1[1] is the thirty-eighth demon in the Ars Goetia in the Lesser Key of Solomoncite-ref-footnotepeterson200124-1-2[1]cite-ref-footnoteskinnerrankine2010140-2-1[2] (forty-third in Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum),cite-ref-footnoteweyer1563par-42-3-0[3] ranked as an earl.

Most manuscripts describe Halphas as a hoarse-voiced stock dovecite-ref-footnotepeterson200124-1-3[1]cite-ref-footnoteskinnerrankine2010140-2-2[2] (though Weyer and Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal describe him as a stork),cite-ref-footnoteweyer1563par-42-3-1[3]cite-ref-footnotede-plancy1853252-4-0[4] who supplies weapons and ammunitioncite-ref-footnotepeterson200124-1-4[1]cite-ref-footnoteskinnerrankine2010140-2-3[2]cite-ref-footnoteweyer1563par-42-3-2[3]cite-ref-footnotede-plancy1853252-4-1[4] for towerscite-ref-footnotepeterson200124-1-5[1]cite-ref-footnoteskinnerrankine2010140-2-4[2] (Weyer and de Plancy have "towns" or "villes" instead),cite-ref-footnoteweyer1563par-42-3-3[3]cite-ref-footnotede-plancy1853252-4-2[4] sends men to war, and commands 26 legions of spirits.cite-ref-footnotepeterson200124-1-6[1]cite-ref-footnoteskinnerrankine2010140-2-5[2]cite-ref-footnoteweyer1563par-42-3-4[3]cite-ref-footnotede-plancy1853252-4-3[4]

According to Skinner & Rankine, Halphas is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Haamiah.cite-ref-footnoteskinnerrankine2010366-376-5-0[5]

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cite-note-footnotepeterson200124-11. ↑ Peterson 2001, p. 24.

cite-note-footnoteskinnerrankine2010140-22. ↑ Skinner & Rankine 2010, p. 140.

cite-note-footnoteweyer1563par-42-33. ↑ Weyer 1563, par. 42.

cite-note-footnotede-plancy1853252-44. ↑ de Plancy 1853, pp. 252.

cite-note-footnoteskinnerrankine2010366-376-55. ↑ Skinner & Rankine 2010, pp. 366–376.

• citerefpeterson2001Peterson, Joseph H., ed. (May 2001). Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis: The Lesser Key of Solomon, Detailing the Ceremonial Art of Commanding Spirits Both Good and Evil;. Maine: Weiser Books (published 2001). ISBN 1-57863-220-X.

• citerefde-plancy1853de Plancy, Jacques Collin (1853). Dictionnaire infernal (in French). Paris: Sagnier et Bray.

• citerefskinnerrankine2010Skinner, Stephen; Rankine, David (2010). 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. Singapore: Golden Hoard, distributed by Llewellyn Worldwide. ISBN 978-0-9547639-2-3. OCLC 665072905.

• citerefweyer1563Weyer, Johann (1563). Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.). Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum). Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives (published 2000).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)