Editing Valac

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[[File:Volac.png|thumb|Valak as depicted in the ''[[Dictionnaire Infernal]]'']]
'''Valac''' is a [[demon]] described in the [[Goetia|goetic]] [[grimoire]]s ''[[The Lesser Key of Solomon]]'' (in some versions as '''Ualac''' or '''Valak'''{{sfn|Peterson|2001|page=35}} and in [[Thomas Rudd]]'s variant as '''Valu'''),{{sfn|Rudd|2010|page=164}} [[Johann Weyer]]'s ''[[Pseudomonarchia Daemonum]]'' (as '''Volac'''),{{sfn|Weyer|1563|loc=par. 50}} the ''[[Liber Officiorum Spirituum]]'' (as '''Coolor''' or '''Doolas'''),{{sfn|Porter|2011|pages=14-15}}{{sfn|Porter|2015|page=198}} and in the ''[[Munich Manual of Demonic Magic]]'' (as '''Volach'''){{sfn|Kieckhefer|1997|pages=166, 292}}{{sfn|Rudd|2010|page=34}}{{sfn|Weyer|1563|loc=Introduction by Peterson}} as an [[angel]]ically winged boy riding a two-headed dragon, attributed with [[dowsing|the power of finding treasures]].{{sfn|Kieckhefer|1997|pages=166, 292}}{{sfn|Peterson|2001|page=35}}{{sfn|Porter|2011|pages=14-15}}{{sfn|Porter|2015|page=198}}{{sfn|Weyer|1563|loc=par. 50}}{{sfn|Rudd|2010}}

== Variations ==
The ''Lesser Key'', the ''Munich Manual'', Rudd, and Weyer further agree in ranking Valac as a president and attributing him with the power to locate, summon, and control Oten.{{sfn|Peterson|2001|page=35}}{{sfn|Rudd|2010|page=164}}{{sfn|Weyer|1563|loc=par. 50}} The ''Officium Spirituum'' similarly attributes Doolas with the power to give the summoner command of serpents as well as "household spirits," but it ranks Coolor and Doolas as princes instead of presidents.{{sfn|Porter|2011|pages=14-15}}{{sfn|Porter|2015|page=198}}

Valac is listed 62nd in the ''Lesser Key'' (even by Rudd) and the 50th by Weyer, with either version claiming he leads 30 legions of demons (though some manuscripts say 38).{{sfn|Peterson|2001|page=35}}{{sfn|Rudd|2010|page=164}}{{sfn|Weyer|1563|loc=par. 50}} The ''Munich Manual'' describes Volach as controlling 27 legions of spirits.{{sfn|Kieckhefer|1997|pages=166, 292}}{{sfn|Rudd|2010|page=34}}{{sfn|Weyer|1563|loc=Introduction by Peterson}} The ''Officium Spirituum'' (depending on the manuscript) ranks Coolor as either 22nd (with no note of how many spirits he commands){{sfn|Porter|2011|page=14}} or (in the copy found in the Folger Shakespeare Library) 22nd and commanding 13 legions of spirits.{{sfn|Porter|2015|page=198}} All extant and complete versions of the ''Officium Spirituum'' list Doolas as 25th demon, commanding 20 legions of spirits.{{sfn|Porter|2011|page=15}}{{sfn|Porter|2015|page=198}}

Rudd's version uniquely has Valac opposed by the [[Shemhamphorasch]] angel <!--Note that the following name:-->Iahhel<!--correctly starts with a capital "I", not a grammatically incorrect lowercase "L".-->.{{sfn|Rudd|2010|pages=376}}

A manuscript titled ''Fasciculus Rerum Geomanticarum'' lists him as Volach.{{sfn|Boudet|2003|loc=par. 25}}

== In popular culture == 
* The 1998 film [[Vampires (1998 film)|''Vampires'']] features a character named "Valek" as the first vampire.
* Volac appears in the ''[[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina]]'' comic book series. In issue #7, a young Edward Spellman, father of [[Sabrina Spellman]], summons the demon at the request of [[Éliphas Lévi|Alphonse Louis Constant]].
* Ualac appears in the ''[[Hellboy: Box Full of Evil]]'' as a major antagonist.
* ''[[The Conjuring 2]]'', ''[[The Nun (2018 film)|The Nun]]'', and ''[[The Nun II]]'' has Valak as the main antagonist, taking on the form of a demonic [[nun]] and The Crooked Man from the rhyme "[[There Was a Crooked Man]]". ''The Nun'' revealed that it took the form of a nun to hide amongst the Sisters. In ''The Nun'' and ''The Nun II'', its main weakness is the [[Blood of Christ]]. Its ability to block [[Lorraine Warren|Lorraine]]'s visions makes it the most dangerous entity in [[The Conjuring Universe|''The Conjuring'' Universe]].
* Valac appears as the fourth boss in the video game ''[[Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon]]''. He is depicted as a two-headed dragon that can fuse to make an even bigger dragon. He appears again in ''[[Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night]]''.
* Valak appears also in the first season of ''[[Shadowhunters]]'' where it is summoned to retrieve Clary's memories back from it.
* The manga series ''[[Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun]]'' has a main character named Clara Valac, a hyperactive demon girl who can make copies of anything she sees.

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
*{{cite journal
|last=Boudet |first=Jean-Patrice 
|title=Les who's who démonologiques de la Renaissance et leurs ancêtres médiévaux |journal=Médiévales. Langues, Textes, Histoire 
|url=http://medievales.revues.org/1019 
|series=Médiévales |year=2003 
|language=fr |issue=44 
|pages=117–140 
|publisher=[[Revues.org]] |doi=10.4000/medievales.1019 
|publication-date=2003 
|doi-access=free 
}}
*{{cite book 
|last=Kieckhefer |first=Richard 
|title=Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century |year=1998 
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXvRNI1S55EC 
|language=en 
|location=University Park, Pennsylvania |publisher=[[Pennsylvania State University Press]] |publication-date=1997 
|isbn=0-271-01750-3 
|page=161
}}
*{{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=en 
|location=Maine |publisher=[[Weiser Books]] |publication-date=2001 
|isbn=1-57863-220-X 
}}
*{{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 |year=2011 
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wN9MXwAACAAJ
|language=en
|publisher=Teitan Press |publication-date=2011
|isbn=978-0933429253
}}
*{{cite book |last1=Porter |first1=John |last2=Weston |first2=John |editor1-last=Harms |editor1-first=Daniel |editor1-link= |editor2-last=Clark |editor2-first=James R. |editor3-last=Peterson |editor3-first=Joseph H. |title=The Book of Oberon: A Sourcebook for Elizabethan Magic |year=2015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfDFoAEACAAJ |language=en |edition=first |publisher=[[Llewellyn Publications]] |publication-date=2015 |isbn=978-0-7387-4334-9}}
*{{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 |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ws6CRAAACAAJ 
|language=en 
|publisher=Golden Hoard Press |publication-date=2007 
|isbn=978-0738723556 
}}
*{{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 
}}

== External links ==
{{Portal|Religion}}
*[http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/goetia.htm#valac Valac's entry in the Lesser Key of Solomon], hosted at Twilit Grotto
*[http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/weyer.htm#par50 Valac's entry in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum], hosted at Twilit Grotto

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