Tephros
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| The Ashmaker and Fever Curer | |
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| Gender | Male ♂ |
Tephros is one of several demons who aided Solomon in the construction of the Temple. He brings darkness to people, sets fire to fields, and destroys homes. He creeps in corners of the wall by night and day and is most active in Summer. According to him, he is "offspring of the great one, and nothing less".
His title "fever curer" comes from him having the power to treat hemi-tertian fever (possibly a type of medieval disease) when people pray to the fever with the names: Bultala, Thallal, Melchal.
When asked under what star he lies, he said "in the very tip of the moon's horn, when it is found in the south. There is my star".[1]