Foras

Foras does not have a mythic origin narrative in the supplied sources. Instead, he appears within demonological/grimorial catalogues (notably in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum and The Lesser Key of Solomon traditions) as a numbered officeholder — the Thirty‑first Spirit in one list — assigned a formal title (Mighty President/Præses), a contingent of subordinate legions (29), and a personal seal. The grimoires present him as part of an ordered, hierarchical cosmos of named spirits that practitioners could invoke according to prescribed, corpus‑specific procedures; the texts catalogue his duties and capacities rather than relating a creation myth.

In the primary summaries and Latin excerpts Foras is described succinctly: 'He appeareth in the Form of a Strong Man in Human Shape' (Latin: 'visitur forma viri fortissimi, & in humana specie'). The supplied material gives no further details about dress, color, or distinctive marks; the depiction is limited to a robust human male form as recorded in the grimoire entries.

The sources ascribe a set of instructional, revelatory, and empowering functions to Foras. He 'teaches logic and ethics in all their parts' and 'gives the understanding' of the virtues of all herbs and precious stones. He is said to 'make men invisible', to render them 'ingeniosum, loquacem' (witty, eloquent), and to make them long‑lived ('vivacem' — with some editors noting variant attributions such as 'invincible' in secondary summaries). He 'discovers treasures and recovers things lost' and commands twenty‑nine legions of subordinate spirits, implying the capacity to summon or direct other spirits. The emphasis in the texts is on specialized knowledge transmission and practical benefits for human operators.