Asmodeus
Asmodeus is a king of demons in the legends of Solomon and the constructing of Solomon's Temple. He is featured variously in Talmudic stories where he is the king of the shedim. In Christianity, Asmodeus is mostly known from the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit, where he is the primary antagonist and disrupts the marriages of Sarah.
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When
- First attested
- 200 BCE
- Attested period
- -200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Book of Tobit from the early 2nd century BC.
Relationships
- served by
- shedim
- co occurs with
- Ashmedai, Andrealphus, Azazel, malʾāk̠, Satan
- allied with
- Adrammelech
- manifested by
- Sakhr
- child of
- Shamdon
- consort of
- Lilith
- syncretized with
- Abaddon
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“In the text he acts as a physician and expels demons, using an extraordinary fish to bind the demon Asmodeus and to heal Tobit's eyes”
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“Asmodeus appears as the king 'Asmoday' in the Ars Goetia, where he is said to have a seal in gold and is listed as number thirty-two according to respective rank.”
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“he is a fallen angel who, along with Asmodeus, is vanquished by Uriel and Raphael”
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““Le Diable Boiteux”(1707) is based on a story from the Spanish writer Guevara (1641):The demon Asmodeus removes the roofs of the houses of Madrid, to show to a Castilian student the foibles and vices within the buildings.”
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