Asmodeus
Asmodeus (/ˌæzməˈdiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀσμοδαῖος, Asmodaios)[1] or Ashmedai (/ˈæʃmɪˌdaɪ/; Hebrew: אַשְמְדּאָי, romanized: ʾAšmədāy; Arabic: آشماداي; see below for other variations) is a prince of demons[2] in the legends of Solomon and the constructing of Solomon's Temple.[3]
Asmodeus Media
Asmodeus as depicted in Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal.
The figure of Asmodeus in Rennes-le-Château.
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba informed by an angel about their child, possibly an allusion to Nizami's Tale of the Princess of the Yellow-Gold Pavilion. A red demon enslaved in the garden, pressumably Asmodeus, is forced to work.
Angels fighting to hold a demonic dragon in chains. On the left side of the picture, the head of Asmodeus lurks from a crag of the demonic manifestation. The image conveys the battle between the demonic passions and the rational intellect in the form of the angels, supposedly happening inside a human's heart. Siyah Qalam (1478)
References
- ↑ "Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ↑ "ASMODEUS - JewishEncyclopedia.com". jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ↑ "Asmodai - New World Encyclopedia". www.newworldencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2024-11-29.