Moloch
Moloch is a demon who is nourished by the life force sucked out of victims by a succubus in the Sleepy Hollow episode "Heartless".
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- First attested
- 900 BCE
- Attested period
- -900 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Referenced in 11th-century CE rabbinical exegesis by Rashi, who connected the deity to drum-beating rituals during sacrifice.
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Source passages
“2014 November In the Sleepy Hollow episode "Heartless", Henry Parrish summons a succubus to suck the life force out of victims to then be used as nourishment for the demon Moloch.”
#5395 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The priests sacrifice little children to the terrible god and, together with the people, implore his help. Enter Salammbô; she joins the prayers and announces her resolve to go to the barbarian camp to reclaim the veil.”
#20383 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Tradition identifies the god to whom the sacrifices were offered as Moloch, supposedly an underworld god whose name means "king". The Bible connects the tophet with Moloch in two later texts, 2 Kings 23:10 and Jeremiah 32:35.”
#20419 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The word is a composite of molk or Moloch, traditionally the Punic god Ba‘al but more probably meaning "(human) sacrifice (of a child)", and ’MR (cf. Hebrew ’immēr), "lamb". Another possible reading is "MLK’SR", meaning Moloch-Osiris, who was also worshiped by the Phoenicians.”
#41993 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The name is also similar to the potential god Moloch found in the Bible, and Moloch is once called the god of the Ammonites in the Masoretic text (1 Kings 11:6–7). The relations between these deities is uncertain; the description of Moloch as a god of the Ammonites may be a scribal error.”
#42013 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001