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The name Beelzebub is associated with the Canaanite god Baal. In theological sources, predominantly Christian, Beelzebub is another name for Satan. He is known in demonology as one of the seven deadly demons or seven princes of Hell, Beelzebub representing gluttony and envy.
The Testament of Solomon is a pseudepigraphical work, purportedly written by King Solomon, in which the author mostly describes particular demons who he enslaved to help build the temple, the questions he put to them about their deeds and how they could be thwarted, and their answers, which provide a kind of self-help manual against demonic activity.
Satan, [a] also known as the Devil (cf. a devil), [b] is an entity in Abrahamic religions who seduces humans into sin (or falsehood). In Judaism , Satan is seen as an agent subservient to God , typically regarded as a metaphor for the yetzer hara , or 'evil inclination'.
Satan is the name of one of the Seven Sisters of Purgatory in the series Umineko: When They Cry. In the Megami Tensei series, Lucifer, Satan, and Beelzebub appear as separate entities. Lucifer first appeared in 1987's Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei as the game's final boss. He appears throughout the series as a Chaos-aligned character.
Beelzebub is the most recognized demon in the Bible, whose name has become analogous to Satan. Occult and metaphysical author Michelle Belanger believes that Beelzebub (a mockery of the original name [42]) is the horned god Ba'al Hadad, whose cult symbol was the bull. [43]
Traditional demons of Christianity, such as Satan, Beelzebub, and Asmodeus are almost invariably assigned a male gender in religious and occultist texts. This is true also for succubi, who despite taking a female shape to copulate with men, are often thought of as male nonetheless.
Names like The Tempter, Evil One, Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub and others all refer to the devil. There's even a few verses where the devil confronted Jesus by acknowledging him in ways Jesus rejected.
A devil is the mythical personification of evil as it is conceived in ... Jesus' adversaries claim that he receives the power to cast out demons from Beelzebub, the ...