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Demonology, Fallen Angels, and the Philosophy of Good and Evil
This section explores the various names for the Christian devil and others in the hierarchy of hell. The extensive classification of Christian demonology we now have started with Jewish folklore about the fall of the angels along with demons like Satan, Belial, Asmodai, and Samael. In Judeo-Christian traditions between the second century BCE to the second century CE, the apocalyptic traditions we know from the Book of Enoch, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Baruch, and Ezra began and developed. There was also a huge amount of literature circulating which we now call the New Testament Apocrypha as well as Gnostic writings such as those found in the Nag Hammadi Library. Many of these demons come from those non-canonical scriptures.
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Abaddon, the "place of destruction" is synonymous with Sheol in Proverbs and Job. In later writings, Abaddon is personified as the king of the abyss who can command an army of locusts to torment men.
The name Abraxas was taken from abra-cadabra. He is presented on amulets with the head of a cock, dragon's feet and a whip in his hand.
According to Collin de Plancy, Adramelech is a high chancellor of hell who tends to Satan's wardrobe. He was also the god in 2 Kings 19:36-38 to whom the Sepharvites worshiped through human sacrifice.
Learn about Asmodeus, a demon of wrath, lust, and deception, who appears in various religious and literary sources, such as Zoroastrianism, the book of Tobit, Paradise Lost, and The Magus. Discover his origins, features, functions, and influence on art and culture.
Azazel is the chief of the Se'irim, or goat-demons, who haunted the desert and to whom most primitive Semitic tribes offered sacrifices.
Ba'al-zebub, also called Beelzebub or Beelzebul is known as the lord of the flies. The name derives from the Canaanite "'Baal" meaning "lord."
Behemoth, a spirit of the desert, possibly derives from the Egyptian for "water buffalo."
Belial (or Beliaal) is Hebrew for "without value." He is known as Beliar in Greek.
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