Flauros

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In demonology, Flauros is a strong Great Duke of Hell, having thirty-six (twenty according to Pseudomonarchia Daemonum) legions of demons under his rule.

He gives true answers of all things past, present and future, but he must be first commanded to enter a magic triangle for if not he will lie, deceive the conjurer, and beguile him in other business. But if he enters the triangle he will answer truly, and gladly speak about divinity, the creation of the world, himself, and other fallen angels. He can also destroy all the conjurer's enemies by burning them up. If the magician requests it, he will not suffer temptations from any spirit or in any form. Commonly people represent him as a humanoid Leopard with big claws. Flauros is depicted as a terrible and strong leopard that under request of the conjurer changes into a man with fiery eyes and an awful expression.

Other spellings: Flavros, Hauras, Haures, Havres. The last three spellings probably came from copyists mistaking the first two letters of "Flauros", when written too closely together, for an "H".

See also The Lesser Key of Solomon, Ars Goetia.

[edit] In Modern Culture

In the survival horror video game Silent Hill, the Flauros is a mystical pyramid-shaped object. It is about two inches on each side, and has a square base with four sides slanting up to pyramid formation. Each side is made up of four smaller triangles inside the larger one. The Flauros is used by the protagonist in the course of stopping the antagonist's daughter.

In Golden Sun: The Lost Age, Haures is a Summoned Spirit.

In the PS2 RPG Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, Flauros is featured as a playable character.