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In demonology Barbas is a Great President of Hell and governs thirty-six legions of demons. He answers truly on hidden or secret things, causes and heals diseases, teaches mechanical arts, and changes men into other shapes.


He is depicted as a great lion that under the conjurer's request changes shape into a man.


The name Barbas seems to come from Latin 'barba', beard, hellebore (a plant used in witchcraft, especially to invoke demons), and also a male name.


Other spelling: Marbas.


See also The Lesser Key of Solomon, Ars Goetia.




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Barbas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (121 words)
In demonology Barbas is a Great President of Hell and governs thirty-six legions of demons.
He is depicted as a great lion that under the conjurer's request changes shape into a man.
The name Barbas seems to come from Latin 'barba', beard, hellebore (a plant used in witchcraft, especially to invoke demons), and also a male name.
Northoftampa: Sworn to be wild (1211 words)
Barbas privately hoped to follow the example of Fred Graham, a lawyer/correspondent for CBS News at the time, covering the great Supreme Court confrontations of the Richard Nixon era.
Barbas received 53 percent of the vote, winning a six-year term and a salary of $130,000, a drastic pay cut, he said.
Barbas, a father of three with an adopted daughter, would hold the adoptive children for photos while he signed their papers.
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