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(Sallos, from Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal, 1863)


The demon is also known as Saleos. About him is written in the Lemegeton: "he is a great and Mighty Duke; and appeareth in forme of a Gallant Soldier Riding on a Crocadile with Dukes Crowne on his head Peacibly; He causeth the Love of women to men; and men to women; and Governeth 30 Legions of Spirits;" (Sloane 2731). Mathers reproduced this text for his edition of the Goetia, but the description in Scot is oddly truncated. It reads only "Saleos is a great earle, he appeareth as a gallant soldier, riding on a crocodile, and weareth a dukes crowne, peaceable, etc." (Scot, Discoverie of Witchcraft, page 225)

Collin de Plancy has given Sallos a somewhat Teutonic look with his full beard, short spear and horned helmet. When a demon appears riding a specific animal, he may be assumed to have some symbolic link with the beast. The crocodile is a southern predator, and is connected with elemental Water. This would lend Sallos a mingled fiery and watery quality, and in the absence of any other indicators to the contrary, would place him in the south.


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