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The first is Lucifer that reigns in his malice over the children of pride The second is called Beelzebub that lords over [the] envious The third is Satan and wrath is his lordship The fourth is called Abaddon, the sloth[ful] be his retinue The fifth is Mammon and has with him the avarice [avaricious]
Beelzebub is commonly described as placed high in Hell's hierarchy. According to the stories of the 16th-century occultist Johann Weyer, Beelzebub led a successful revolt against the Devil, [22] is the chief lieutenant of Lucifer, the Emperor of Hell, and presides over the Order of the Fly
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'.
Although Iblis is often compared to the devil in Christian theology, Islam rejects the idea that Satan is an opponent of God and the implied struggle between God and the devil. [ clarification needed ] Iblis might either be regarded as the most monotheistic or the greatest sinner , but remains only a creature of God.
The Fallen Angel (1847) by Alexandre Cabanel. The most common meaning for Lucifer in English is as a name for the Devil in Christian theology.He appeared in the King James Version of the Bible in Isaiah [1] and before that in the Vulgate (the late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible), [2] not as the name of a devil but as the Latin word lucifer (uncapitalized), [3] [4] meaning "the ...
The devil is generally identified with Satan, the accuser in the Book of Job. [92] Only rarely are Satan and the devil depicted as separate entities. [93] Much of the lore of the devil is not biblical. It stems from post-medieval Christian expansions on the scriptures influenced by medieval and pre-medieval popular mythology. [94]
The Sigil of Lucifer, a symbol of Lucifer, used by modern Luciferians William Blake's illustration of Lucifer as presented in John Milton's Paradise Lost. Luciferianism is a belief system that venerates the essential characteristics that are affixed to Lucifer, the name of various mythological and religious figures associated with the planet Venus.
Lucifer: Pride; Mammon: Greed; Asmodeus: Lust; Leviathan: Envy; Beelzebub: Gluttony; Satan: Wrath; Belphegor: Sloth [3] In the occult tradition, there is controversy regarding which demons should be classed as archdemons. During different ages, some demons were historically "promoted" to archdemons, others were completely forgotten, and new ...