![]() His role as a demon was to sow discord among men and seduce them to evil through the apportionment of wealth.īelphegor (Lord of the Opening) was pictured in two different fashions: as a beautiful young woman or as a monstrous, bearded demon with horns and sharply pointed nails the former form, according to most sources, was his earthly disguise when invoked by mortals. When summoned, he can grant riches, the power of discovery and ingenious invention. ![]() As a demon, he is described in Kabbalistic writings as the "disputer", an enemy of the sixth Sephiroth "beauty". It was worshipped in the form of a phallus. 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.īelphegor originated as the Assyrian Baal-Peor, the Moabitish god to whom the Israelites became attached in Shittim (Numbers 25:3), which was associated with licentiousness and orgies. Bishop and witch-hunter Peter Binsfeld believed that Belphegor tempts by means of laziness. According to some 16th-century demonologists, his power is stronger in April. He seduces people by suggesting to them ingenious inventions that will make them rich. In demonology, Belphegor (or Beelphegor, Hebrew: בַּעַל-פְּעוֹר baʿal-pəʿōr) is a demon, and one of the seven princes of Hell, who helps people make discoveries. Belphegor illustration from the Dictionnaire Infernal ![]()
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