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ADRAM[M]ELECH[K] (”King of fire”)- one of 2 throne angels, usually linked with Asmadai. In demonography, Adramelech is 8th of the 10 archdemons; a great minister and chancellor of the Order of the Fly ( Grand Cross), an order said to have been founded by Beelzebub. According to the rabbis, Adramelech manifests, when conjured up, in the form of a mule or peacock.
In Seligmann, History of Magic, he is pictured in the shape of a horse.
In II Kings 17:31, Adramelech is a god of the Sepharvite colony in Samaria to whom children were sacrificed:

'the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire as sacrifices to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.' - 2 Kings 17:31

He has been equated with the Ammonite Moloch.
In Paradise Lost, Milton refers to Adramelech as an “ idol of the Assyrians” (the name here deriving from Assyrian mythology), and in the same work- Paradise Lost VI, 365, Adramelech is a fallen angel overthrown by Uriel
and Raphael in combat.
In Klopstock, The Messiah , Adramelech is “ the enemy of God, greater in guile, malice, ambition, and mischief than Satan, a fiend more curst, a deeper hypocrite.” See picturization in Schaff, A Dictionary of the Bible,p.26,
where Adramelech is shown bearded and winged, with the body of a lion.
De Plancy, Dictionaire Infernal (1863 ed.), shows him in the form of a mule with peacock feathers.

Adrammelech

AGARES ( Agreas)- once of the order of virtues, Agares is now a duke in hell served by 31 legions of infernal spirits. He manifests in the form of an old man astride a crocodile and carrying a goshawk. He teaches languages and can cause earthquakes. His sigil is shown in Waite, The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts, p.166.
According to legend, Agares was one of the 72 spirits Solomon is reputed to have shut up in a brass vessel and cast into a deep lake ( or banished to “lower Egypt”).
The 2nd spirit of the Goetia, demon by day of the second decante of Aries (according to the Aurum Solis, demon of the third quinance of Leo)
Also spelled “Agreas.” The hebrew spelling assumes that “Agares” is the Latinized form of the original “Agar,” but, in view of the goshawk (see below), the name may be derived from the Greek Agreus, “hunter,” the value of which by isopsephos is 709
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AGARES/AGUARES
Zodiac position: 5-9 Degrees of Aries *(10-20 Aries)
March 25th-29th *(Mar 31-Apr 10)
Tarot Card: 2 of Rods *(3 Rods)
Candle color: Red
Plant: Carnation
Planet: Mars *(Venus)
Metal: Iron *(Copper)
Element of Fire
Rank: GRAND DUKE OF THE EASTERN REGIONS OF HELL
He governs 31 legions of spirits
Agares is a Day Demon and was of the order of the Virtues.

He teaches all languages,
brings back runaways and can stop one from running. He can also incite one to run.
He chases off enemies,
destroys spirits of the enemy,
can bring about the downfall of important men, causing them to lose their position, public honor and respect of others,
can cause an earthquake,
incites dancing.

Duke commanding 31 legions
Under the power of the East

Formerly of the Angelic Order of Virtues
Appears as an old, fair man riding on a crocodile and carrying a goshawk on his fist, yet “ mild in appearance”

Powers: Makes those run who stand still; brings back runaways; teaches
languages; destroys dignities, causes earthquakes
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Photo of the mighty demon Agares astride his crocodile

Pseudomonarchia daemonum - Johann Wier (1583):

"Agares - The first duke under the power of the east, is named Agares, he commeth up mildile [i.e. he appears willingly] in the likenes of a faire old man, riding upon a crocodile, and carrieng a hawke on his fist; hee teacheth presentlie all maner of toongs, he fetcheth backe all such as runne awaie, and maketh them runne that stand still; he overthroweth all dignities hee maketh earthquakes, [lit. "and makes spirits of the earth dance"] and is of the order of vertues, having under his regiment thirtie one legions...."