![]() ![]() The spellings Asmoday, Asmodai, Asmodee (also Asmodée), Osmodeus, and Osmodai have also been used. In the Zoroastrian and Middle Persian demonology, there did exist the conjuncted form khashm-dev ( خشم + دیو), where both terms are cognates. It is nonetheless likely that such a form did exist, and that the Book of Tobit's "Asmodaios" ( Ἀσμοδαῖος) and the Talmud's "Ashmedai" ( אשמדאי) reflect it. While the daēva Aēšma is thus Zoroastrianism's demon of wrath and is also well-attested as such, the compound aēšma-daēva is not attested in scripture. The name Asmodai is believed to derive from the Avestan *aēšma-daēva (□□□□□□□□□□□*, * aēṣ̌madaēuua), where aēšma means "wrath", and daēva signifies "demon". In Islam, he is identified with the "puppet" mentioned in the Quran.Įtymology The figure of Asmodeus in Rennes-le-Château ![]() The demon is also mentioned in some Talmudic legends for instance, in the story of the construction of the Temple of Solomon. In Peter Binsfeld's classification of demons, Asmodeus represents lust. Asmodeus is mostly known from the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit, in which he is the primary antagonist, or the Ars Goetia. In Judeo-Islamic lore he is the king of both daemons ( jinn/ shedim) and demons ( divs). Asmodeus as depicted in Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire InfernalĪsmodeus ( / ˌ æ z m ə ˈ d iː ə s/ Ancient Greek: Ἀσμοδαῖος, Asmodaios) or Ashmedai ( / ˈ æ ʃ m ɪ ˌ d aɪ/ Hebrew: אַשְמְדּאָי, ʾAšmədʾāy see below for other variations) is a prince of demons and hell. For the Phoenician city and its inhabitants, see Sidon. ![]()
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