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person’s life by seven hundred years, create medicines that have miraculous healing properties,
give FAMILIARs, help move people into noteworthy positions, and move precious stones.

Sources: Drury, Dictionary of the Esoteric, 239;
González-Wippler, Complete Book of Spells, 120; Greer,
New Encyclopedia of the Occult, 344.

Betryal
According to the Book of Enoch, Betryal is one
of the FALLEN ANGELS. Soon after taking his
human wife, his NEPHILIM son, Aristaqis, a wellknown GRIGORI, was born. For reasons unexplained, Betryal lost interest in all things, left his
family, and hid even from God.
Source: Guiley, Encyclopedia of Angels, 366.

Beyreva
Variations: Bhairava
In Indian demonology Beyreva is the demon
of the souls that roam through space once they
have been transformed into AERIAL DEVILs. He
is described as having long crooked nails, which
he once used to cut off one of Brahma’s heads.
Sources: Collin de Plancy, Dictionary of Witchcraft,
25–6; Mahadevan, Hymns of Sankara, 98; Von Stietencron, Hindu Myth, Hindu History, Religion, Art, and
Politics, 105–10.

Bhainsasura

In the Hindu folklore of India there is a demonic creature named Bhainsasura that lives in
Lake Barewa in Mirzapur, India. He appears, accompanied by nagas, at the time of the rice harvest; if not given an offering of a pig and shown
respect, he will destroy crops and fertile fields and
terrorize the village. Bhainsasura is said to look
like an enormous elephantine creature with the
head of a water buffalo.
Fishermen will often make offerings of eggs,
fowl, and goats so that they may have permission
to fish in Lake Barewa without fear of reprisal
from Bhainsasura. There is a story of how many
water buffalos were once drowned in the lake. It
is said that while a herdsman was watering his
buffalos, a great flood swept through and
drowned them all. Because Bhainsasura’s evilness
had permeated the water, all the buffalos returned
as demonic creatures.
It should be noted that the demonic creature
Bhainsasura is a derivative of another creature in
Hindu mythology that is known as MAHISHA; it
was slain by the goddess DURGA.

Sources: Crooke, Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of
Northern India, 44; Hastings, Encyclopedia of Religion
and Ethics, Part 24, 716; Rose, Giants, Monsters, and
Dragons, 47.

Bhairava
Variations: BEYREVA, “Lord of Time-Death”
From Indian demonology comes the demon
Bhairava. Created by the god Shiva, Bhairava

looks like a human with long, crooked fingernails.
His left hand has the skull of one of the Brahman’s heads attached to it; he uses the skull as a
begging bowl. Bhairava watches over the souls
that wander through the space that is occupied
by AERIAL DEVILs.
In one story Bhairava had insulted a god superior to himself. Brahma punished him by cutting off one of his five heads with the nail of his
left thumb. This humiliated Bhairava, who
quickly begged for forgiveness. Eswara forgave
him and promised that even with four heads,
Bhairava would still be respected.
Sources: Dwyer, Divine and the Demonic, 17; O’Flaherty, Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology, 281, 301;
Wijesekera, Deities and Demons, 163, 217.

Bhutadamara
Variations: Bhutadarma
In Buddhist demonology Bhutadamara (“Turmoil of the Spirits”) is titled as the lord of the
demons and keeps the other demons in check. A
demonic god, he is described as having four arms
and three eyes. Oftentimes he is depicted in art
in the alidha pose, where his left knee is bent and
his right held taut. He holds the thunderbolt
scepter in his upper right hand and a noose in his
left.

Sources: Chandra, Encyclopedia of Hindu Gods and
Goddesses, 39; Jordan, Encyclopedia of Gods and
Goddesses, 51; Lurker, Routledge Dictionary of Gods and
Goddesses, 34.

Bhutamata

In Hindu demonology Bhutamata is a demonic
goddess. She is a form of the goddess Parvati.

Sources: Bunce, Hindu Deities, 544; Chandra, Encyclopedia of Hindu Gods and Goddesses, 39; Jordan, Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, 52.

Bialot
In the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage,
Bialot is listed as one of the fifty-three
SERVITORS OF ASHTAROTH AND ASMODEUS (see
ASHTAROTH and ASMODEUS).
Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 71; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 115;
Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 247.

Bianakith
Bianakith is the demon of decomposition and
disease; he causes flesh to decay and destroys
houses. He hates the human body. To prevent
this demon from attacking you, write on the front

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