Belphegor
Belphegor | |
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Sloth | |
Day | March 11 |
Personal information | |
Siblings | Lucifer, Mammon, Leviathan, Satan, Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Lilith |
In demonology, Belphegor (or Beelphegor, Hebrew: בַּעַל-פְּעוֹר Báʿal-pəʿór - Lord of the Gap) is a demon, and one of the seven princes of Hell, who helps people make discoveries. He seduces people by suggesting to them ingenious inventions that will make them rich.
Bishop and witch-hunter Peter Binsfeld believed that Belphegor tempts by means of laziness.[1] Also, according to Peter Binsfeld's Binsfeld's Classification of Demons, Belphegor is the chief demon of the deadly sin known as Sloth in Christian tradition.[2]
History[]
According to Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal, Belphegor was Hell's ambassador to France. Consequently, his adversary is Mary Magdalene, one of the patron saints of France.[citation needed]
Belphegor also figures in John Milton's Paradise Lost and in Victor Hugo's Toilers of the Sea.[citation needed] Belfagor arcidiavolo by the Italian diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli was first published in 1549 and regales how the demon comes to earth to find a mate. This story became the initial source material for Ottorino Respighi's opera Belfagor which premiered at La Scala in Milan in 1923.
In popular culture[]
- The PZL M-15 Belphegor, a 1970s Polish utility airplane, was named after the demon, due to its strange look and the noise of its jet engine
- Belphegor appears as a young human male in the final season of the TV show Supernatural played by Alexander Calvert.
- Belphegor is a recurring demon/persona in the Megami Tensei and video game series
- Belphegor is the youngest demon brother in the otome game Obey Me. He appears as the avatar of sloth and the twin brother of Beelzebub.
- Belphegor is a blackened death metal band.
- Belphegor is the Storm Officer of the Varia in the Anime and Manga series, Hatekyo Hitman Reborn. He is also known as 'Prince the Ripper'. [3]
References[]
- ^ Wendy Doniger (1999). Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions. Merriam-Webster. p. 287. ISBN 0-87779-044-2.
Belphegor Demon.
- ^ Rosemary Guiley (2009). Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology. Facts on File. pp. 28–29.
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Reborn!_antagonists#The_Varia
- Baal
- Demons in Christianity