Valefar

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The sigil of Valefor as it appears in the Lesser Key of Solomon

In demonology, Valefar (also Valefor, Malaphar, Malephar, Valafar<ref name="Bane 2012">Template:Cite book</ref>) is a Duke of Hell.<ref>Waite, Arthur Edward (1913), The Book of Ceremonial Magic, Chapter IV: "The Mysteries of Goëtic Theurgy according to the Lesser Key of Solomon the King: Demons: I. (Baal) to IX. (Paimon)", p. 197 at sacred-texts.com</ref> He tempts people to steal and is in charge of a good relationship among thieves. Valefar is considered a good familiar by his associates "till they are caught in the trap".<ref>Waite (1913), The Book of Ceremonial Magic, footnote #7</ref> He commands ten legions of demons.<ref name="LKS">Mathers, S. L. MacGregor; Crowley, Aleister (Editors - 1904), The Lesser Key of Solomon, "Goetia: Shemhamphorash", p. 23, at sacred-texts.com</ref>

He is represented as a lion with the head of a man, or as a lion with the head of a donkey.<ref name="LKS" />

Popular Culture

Valefar is portrayed as a first-year student with a beastly appearance in the anime and manga series Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun.

In the 2001 video game Final Fantasy X, Valefar (spelled Valefor) is portrayed as a winged, gentle beast, and is the first familiar the player acquires.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• The Lesser Key of Solomon

References

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Sources

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