Editing Alloces

{{Short description|Demon in grimoire books}}
[[File:Alocer 01.png|thumb|Alloces]]
'''Alloces''' is a [[demon]] that appears in [[demonology|demonological]] [[grimoire]]s such as the ''[[Liber Officiorum Spirituum]]'', ''[[Pseudomonarchia Daemonum]]'', and the ''[[Lesser Key of Solomon]]''. He is described in the ''Lesser Key of Solomon'' (as the fifty-second spirit) and (as Allocer or Alocer) in the ''Pseudomonarchia Daemonum'' (as the sixty-third spirit) as a duke, taking the form of a fire-breathing, lion-headed soldier riding a horse. His purported duties include teaching astronomy, and liberal sciences, and granting familiars.  He is claimed to have 36 legions of demons under his command.<ref>{{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; |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfIrE3QtmFEC |language=en |location=Maine |publisher=[[Weiser Books]] |publication-date=2001 |isbn=1-57863-220-X |pages=30-32}}</ref><ref>{{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=en |publisher=Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives |publication-date=2000 |at=par. 60-69}}</ref> In the ''[[Liber Officiorum Spirituum]]'', Alloces appears as Allogor or Algor,<ref name="S3853" group=note>In Sloane MS 3853, a variant of the Office of spirits</ref> again a duke, but otherwise with a completely different appearance and abilities -- a spear-toting knight who answers questions, provides advice for plans, and commands only 30 legions of demons.<ref>{{cite book |last=Porter |first=John |translator-last=Hockley |translator-first=Frederick |translator-link= Frederick Hockley |editor-last=Campbell |editor-first=Colin D. |title=A Book of the Office of Spirits |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wN9MXwAACAAJ|language=en|publisher=Teitan Press |publication-date=2011|isbn=0933429258|pages=10-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Porter |first1=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfDFoAEACAAJ |title=The Book of Oberon: A Sourcebook for Elizabethan Magic |last2=Weston |first2=John |publisher=[[Llewellyn Publications]] |isbn=978-0-7387-4334-9 |editor1-last=Harms |editor1-first=Daniel |editor1-link= |edition=first |publication-date=2015 |pages=73-77 |language=en |editor2-last=Clark |editor2-first=James R. |editor3-last=Peterson |editor3-first=Joseph H.}}</ref> In the duplicate entry, Alloces appears as Algor, ruled by the spirit "Orience" (Oriens), again as a knight who explains secrets, but with the additional power of garnering the favor of nobles.{{sfn|Porter|2011|pages=20-29}}  According to Rudd, Alloces is opposed by the [[Shemhamphorasch]] angel Imamiah.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rudd |first=Thomas |author-link1=Thomas Rudd |editor1-last=Skinner |editor1-first=Stephen |editor1-link=Stephen Skinner (author) |editor2-last=Rankine |editor2-first=David |title=The Goetia of Dr Rudd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ws6CRAAACAAJ |language=en |publisher=Golden Hoard Press |publication-date=2007 |isbn=073872355X |pages=366-376}}</ref>

== Popular Culture ==
Alloces is portrayed in the Japanese anime and manga series [[Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun]] as a lion-headed boy named Allocer Schneider.

Alloces in Romancing SaGa 3 is one of the Four Sinistrals who rule the Abyss, with him being the lord of Earth.

== Footnotes ==
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== References ==
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{{Demons in the Ars Goetia}}
{{Demons in Pseudomonarchia Daemonum}}

[[Category:Goetic demons]]