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# '''[[Balam (demon)|Balam]]''' (also Balaam, Balan) is a great and powerful king of Hell who commands over forty legions of demons. He gives perfect answers on things past, present, and to come, and can also make men invisible and witty. Balam is depicted as being three-headed. One head is the head of a [[bull]], the second of a man, and the third of a [[Sheep|ram]]. He has flaming eyes and the tail of a [[Serpent (symbolism)|serpent]]. He carries a [[hawk]] on his fist and rides a strong [[bear]]. At other times, he is represented as a naked man riding a [[bear]]. His name seems to have been taken from [[Balaam]], the [[Biblical]] [[Magic (illusion)|magician]].
# '''(KING\PRESIDENT) Zagan'''<ref name="Mathers">{{citation|last=Mathers|first=S. L. MacGregor|title=[[The Goetia|The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King]]|year=1995|last2=Crowley|first2=A.|origyear=1893|isbn=0-87728-847-X|oclc=9032192}} ([https://books.google.com/books?id=pXqeXi6T1D0C Full text])</ref> (also Zagam) is a Great King and President of Hell, commanding over thirty-three legions of demons. He makes men witty; he can also turn [[wine]] into water, water into wine, and blood into wine (according to ''Pseudomonarchia Daemonum'' blood into [[oil]], oil into blood, and a fool into a wise man). Other of his powers is that of turning metals into [[coin]]s that are made with that metal (i.e., gold into a gold coin, copper into a copper coin, etc.). Zagan is depicted as a [[griffin]]-winged [[bull]] that turns into a man after a while.
# [[File:Belial.jpg|thumb|300x300px|A woodcarving of Belial and some of his followers from [[Jacobus de Teramo]]'s book ''Buche Belial'' (1473).]]'''[[Belial]]''' is listed as the sixty-eighth spirit of ''[[The Lesser Key of Solomon]].'' He is a King of Hell with 80 legions of demons, and 50 legions of spirits, under his command. He was created as the first, after Lucifer.<ref name="LKS">Mathers, S.L. MacGregor, Crowley, Aleister (Editors - 1904), ''The Lesser Key of Solomon'', "[http://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/lks/lks05.htm Goetia: Shemhamphorash]", p. 23, at [http://www.sacred-texts.com sacred-texts.com]</ref> He has the power to distribute senatorships and gives excellent familiars. He must be presented with offerings, sacrifices and gifts, or else he will not give true answers to demands.<ref name="LKS" />{{Clear}}
=== Dukes ===
# [[File:Amduscias.jpg|thumb|right|220px|<center>Amduscias</center>]]'''Amdusias'''<ref name="Mathers" /> (also Amduscias, Amdukias or Ambduscias) has 29 legions of demons and spirits under his command. He is depicted as a human with claws instead of hands and feet, the head of a [[unicorn]], and a [[trumpet]] to symbolize his powerful voice. Amdusias is associated with [[thunder]] and it has been said that his voice is heard during [[storm]]s. In other sources, he is accompanied by the sound of trumpets when he comes and will give [[concert]]s if commanded, but while all his types of musical instruments can be heard they cannot be seen. He is regarded as being the demon in charge of the [[cacophony|cacophonous]] [[music]] that is played in [[Hell]]. He can make trees bend at will.{{Clear}}
# [[File:Agares.jpg|thumb|Agares from ''[[Collin de Plancy]]'' «[[Dictionnaire Infernal]]», Paris, 1863.]]'''[[Agares]]''' (or ''Agreas''<ref name="Mathers" />), ruling the eastern zone of Hell, and being served by 31 legions of [[demons]]. He can make runaways come back and those who stand still<ref>Goetia, Mathers/Crowley</ref> run, finding pleasure in teaching immoral expressions. He also has the power to destroy dignities, both temporal and supernatural.<ref name="Mathers" /><ref name="pseudo" /> He is depicted as a pale old man riding a [[crocodile]].<ref name="pseudo" /><ref name="lemegeton" />{{Clear}}
# '''[[Valefar]]''' (or Malaphar, Malephar, Valafar, Valefor) 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: [http://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/bcm/bcm54.htm#fn_183 Demons: I. (Baal) to IX. (Paimon)], p. 197 at [http://www.sacred-texts.com 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 spirit|familiar]] by his associates "till they are caught in the trap."<ref>''ibid''., [http://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/bcm/bcm54.htm#fn_183 footnote #7]</ref> He commands ten legions of demons.<ref name="LKS" /> 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" />
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