Asmodeus

**Asmodeus**, formerly known as **Asmodel**, also known as **Asmodee**, **Chammadai**, **Sydonai**, **Sakhr, Ashmadia**, or **Asmodai**, is a king of demons and earthly spirits mostly known from the deuterocanonical *Book of Tobit*.

## Asmodeus

### Aliases

Asmodel, Ashmedai, Asmodai, Asmodevs, Ashema Deva, Amias, Asmodee, Osmodeus, Osmodai, Hashmedai, Hammadai, Shamdon, Shidonai, King of Lust, Lord of Perversion, Chaser of the Flesh, Provider of Pleasure, Prince of Demons, The Fallen Cherub, Lord of the Gambling Houses, Son of David

### Affiliations

Hell, Order of the Fly, Seven Princes of Hell, Ars Goetia

## Overview

Asmodeus also is referred to as one of the Seven Princes of Hell. He also represents one of the Seven Deadly Sins being Lust. Asmodeus is the demon of lust and is therefore responsible for twisting people's sexual desires. It is said that people who fall to Asmodeus' ways will be sentenced to an eternity in the second level of hell. He is also a demon of lechery, jealousy, anger, and revenge. Asmodeus is either a ruthless brutal monster or a mischievous demon endowed with a playful and satirical genius. He also admits to hating water and birds because both remind him of God.

He has hundreds of legions of demons under his command. He is one of the Kings of Hell under emperor Lucifer and Satan. He incites gambling, and is the overseer of all the gambling houses in the court of Hell along with being the Prince of Wrath and revenge. Some theologians compared him with Abaddon.

His form as an Angel is Asmodel, the Angel of April and Patience who rules the Zodiacal sign of Taurus. Asmodeus also has a child or clone also called Asmodeus though is usually called Asmoday. It is said that for people who fall under Asmodeus' ways will be sentenced to an eternity in the second level of Hell.

## Appearance

In Hell, Asmodeus looks like a human, however, he has stark black eyes and two rows of shark teeth sticking out of his mouth and with a lion’s head on his left shoulder while on his right shoulder there is a goat’s head . In this form, Asmodeus has no hair on his head, but has a muscular appearance from the waist up and two bat wings protruding from his back. From the waist down, he has what looks like kangaroo legs and a long dragon's tail. His horrible appearance is capable of causing fear and repudiation in humans who fall into Hell, and that is the demon's intention.

## Personality

Before his fall, Asmodeus was a fair and benevolent angel like most celestials, which he did until he had a relationship with the archangel Raphael. However, after his fall, he became an evil, lustful and evil entity. Due to Raphael ripping off the lion part of his body he harbors a great amount of hatred towards the archangel.

## History

### Fall from Heaven

Asmodeus was originally an angel known as Asmodel, and was in the order of the Cherubim. Right before the War in Heaven, he joined Lucifer's rebellion against the Lord only to be personally defeated by the archangel Raphael, but not before Raphael brutally tore out the lion-part of his body and cast him out of Heaven with the rebel angels in tow.

Asmodel barely survived the fall due to the injuries inflicted on him by Raphael but managed to recover. The lion that was originally part of him, now torn, became something of a pet and steed. He also became one of the Seven Kings of Hell, embodying the sin of lust, and was renamed Asmodeus. Being the demon of lust he is responsible for twisting people's sexual desires. It is said that people who fall to Asmodeus' ways will be sentenced to an eternity in the second level of hell.

He has hundreds of legions of demons under his command, he incites gambling, and is the overseer of all the gambling houses in the court of Hell. He is also a demon of lechery, jealousy, anger, and revenge. Asmodeus also became the husband of Lilith though she does not exactly find his presence to be welcoming or tolerable at all. Nevertheless, upon mating with Asmodeus, Lilith produced a second batch of demons but were lesser compared to the Lilim known as Asmodai; a first generation of Incubi but lesser Succubi.

### Encounter with Solomon

When creating his temple, King Solomon invokes Asmodeus to aid in the construction of the Temple. The demon appears and predicts Solomon's kingdom will one day be divided. When Solomon interrogates Asmodeus further, the king learns that Asmodeus is thwarted by the angel Raphael, as well as by sheefish found in the rivers of Assyria. He also admits to hating water and birds because both remind him of God.

Another legend depicts Asmodeus throwing King Solomon over 400 leagues away from the capital by putting one wing on the ground and the other stretched skyward. He then changed places for some years with King Solomon. When King Solomon returned, Asmodeus fled from his wrath. Befitting his status as the demon king of lust, Asmodeus turns his desires upon Bathsheba and later Solomon's wives which eventually leads to Solomon's downfall and his disconnection with God.

### Desiring Sarah

In the *Book of Tobit*, Asmodeus who fell in love with Sarah, Raguel's daughter and slays seven successive husbands on their wedding nights, impeding the sexual consummation of the marriages. He is described as 'the worst of demons'. When the young Tobias is about to marry her, Asmodeus proposes the same fate for him, but Tobias is enabled, through the counsels of his attendant angel Raphael, to render him innocuous. By placing a fish's heart and liver on red-hot cinders, Tobias produces a smoky vapor that causes the demon to flee to Egypt, where Raphael binds him though according to some translations Asmodeus is strangled. Perhaps Asmodeus punishes the suitors for their carnal desire, since Tobias prays to be free from such desire and is kept safe.