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>BIFRONS
>Bifrons is an Earl who comes in the form of a monster and is also called Bifrous. He grants knowledge of astrology and is able to declare the exact positions of the planets and also teaches mensurative arts such as geometry and other arts and sciences. He has knowledge of herbs, precious stones, and woods, changes the locations of dead bodies, and lights candles on the graves of the dead
>While the name Bifrons, a word which superficially denotes “two faces”, initially appears to refer to one of the epithets of Janus, the Roman god of doorways, a direct equation with this spirit to that god cannot be confirmed. While Bifrons is a legitimate title of the double-faced god, the meaning of frons does not relate specifically to “faces”, but to “a front”, “the forehead”, “an exterior or cover”, and “foliage”. In this context, the name Bifrons may relate to a duality of exterior images that this spirit presents itself with, as is seen by it and many others taking a monstrous or demonic form in the first instance followed by a human shape when prompted to do so by the conjurer
>A theoretical consideration that does bring Bifrons a functional resemblance to Janus lies in that god's role as a keeper of doorways, which can be seen as a characteristic of a sentinel of the underworld. In the case of Bifrons potentially being a monstrous, “two-faced” daemon, the sentinel referred to may be Cerberus, the multiheaded offspring of Typhon and Echidna, who were the epitomes of monstrousness. While the exact monstrous form of Bifrons is not specified, a canine connection can be found in his link to the spirit Busin, who is the only other spirit allocated the mysterious function of moving dead bodies from place to place and whose multiple heads include that of a dog
