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Asmodeus (ăs'mōdē`əs), demon demon, supernatural being, generally malevolent in character. In general, the more civilized pagan societies came to consider demons as powerful, supernatural beings who lacked the dignity of gods and who, depending on the circumstance, might be either benevolent or ..... Click the link for more information. of Hebrew story. He plays an important role in the Book of Tobit. Asmodeus clever, hell-born hero. [Fr. Lit.: Le Diable Boiîteux, Walsh Modern, 31] See : Cunning Asmodeus king of the devils. [Talmudic Legend: Benét, 58] See : Demon Asmodeus female spirit of lust. [Jew. Myth.: Jobes, 141] See : Lust |
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The charm it exercised over this Parisian Asmodeus can be explained by a comparison. So entertaind those odorous sweets the Fiend Who came thir bane, though with them better pleas'd Then ASMODEUS with the fishie fume, That drove him, though enamourd, from the Spouse Of TOBITS Son, and with a vengeance sent From MEDIA post to AEGYPT, there fast bound. But go a little way from France -- go either to Aleppo or Cairo, or only to Naples or Rome, and you will see people passing by you in the streets -- people erect, smiling, and fresh-colored, of whom Asmodeus, if you were holding on by the skirt of his mantle, would say, `That man was poisoned three weeks ago; he will be a dead man in a month. |
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Asmodeus
