Asmodeus

Titles:

Lord of Lust, King of the Earthly Spirits, Prince of Demons

Culture:

Jewish / Christian / Islamic

Kin:

King David (mortal father), Agrat bat Mahlat (demoness mother)

Appearance:

Asmodeus is generally depicted as a humanoid whose handsome physiognomy gives him a certain charm or allure. He is portrayed with a noticeable limp, possibly from injury, club-footedness or having the leg of a fowl.

Purpose/Role:

• Shows a particular fondness for tormenting newlyweds and sabotaging burgeoning romantic relationships
• Destroys the beauty of virgins and instills coldness and revulsion in their hearts
  • E.g. in the Book of Tobit, each time Sarah is married, Asmodeus kills her husband before they have a chance to copulate, amounting to a total of seven dead husbands
• Some sources claim that it is Asmodeus in the form of a serpent who seduces Eve in the Garden of Eden
• Flees in the presence of fish offal, repulsed by its stench, allegedly
• A cambion, the offspring of a mortal and a demon

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