Bifrons (demon)

Bifrons is a demon described in the demonological grimoires the Lesser Key of Solomon (as the forty-sixth spirit) and the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (as the forty-seventh spirit), as well as being mentioned in the Dictionnaire Infernal.

These works describe Bifrons as an earl who initially appears as a monster before adopting a more human form.

His duties include teaching arts and sciences, including astrology, geometry, and the properties of different plants and stones.

The word "bifrons" literally means "two-faced" in Latin, and is also a prominent epithet of the ancient Roman god Janus, which suggests that Bifrons may be a corrupted and demonized form of Janus.

[1][2][3] According to Rudd, Bifrons is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Ariel.

Bifrons. An illustration from the “ Dictionnaire Infernal ” (1863).