King Bael or Baal

Bael or Baell has the distinction of being placed first of the seventy-two demons described in the Goetia. Collin de Plancy has identified this demon with the biblical god Baal by changing the spelling of the demon's name to match that of the god, but as I have indicated elsewhere, a similarity in names does not always indicate identity.
The word ba'al means Lord. Baal was worshipped by the Israelites on high places in the form of a phallic stone called a massebah, probably with rituals involving sexual union. He was a god of fertility. He also appears to have inspired the name of the demon Belphegor -- one of the forms of Baal was Baal-Peor (Numbers 25:3).

Concerning the demon Bael, the Goetia states: "The First Principal Spirit is a King ruling in the East, called Bael. He maketh thee to go Invisible. He ruleth over 66 Legions of Infernal Spirits. He appeareth in divers shapes, sometimes like a Cat, sometimes like a Toad, and sometimes like a Man, and sometimes all these forms at once. He speaketh hoarsely. This is the character which is to be worn as a Lamen before him who calleth him forth, or else he will not do thee homage."