Researching demons for a thing I’ve been writing, like ya do, and wikipedia told me this
During the 16th century, it was believed that each demon had more strength to accomplish his mission during a special month of the year. In this way, he and his assistants’ powers would work better during that month.
- Belial in January
- Leviathan in February
- Satan in March
- Belphegor in April
- Lucifer in May
- Berith in June
- Beelzebub in July
- Astaroth in August
- Thammuz in September
- Baal in October
- Asmodai in November
- Moloch in December
The classification of demons by month seems to have astrological implications more than religious ones.
YOU MEAN THIS WHOLE TIME INSTEAD OF BEING LIKE “WHAT SIGN ARE YOU UNDER?” WE COULD HAVE BEEN ASKING “WHAT DEMON ARE YOU UNDER?”
UM WHY AREN’T WE DOING THAT?
Wait I’m Belphegor, who the fuck is that.
“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. He seduces people by suggesting to them ingenious inventions that will make them rich.”
I’M THE SCIENCE DEMON UNDERLING? FUCKING YES. HELL YEAH SCIENCE DEMON.
THAT IS WAY FUCKING BETTER THAN A GODDAMN RAM.
“Asmodeus is the demon of lust and is therefore responsible for twisting people’s sexual desires.”
Soooo basically the same as Scorpio
So… Beelzebub. There’s honestly a lot of conflicting information, depending on who you’re reading, but this seems to be a decent overview:
According to the stories of the 16th-century occultist Johann Weyer, Beelzebub led a successful revolt against the Devil, is the chief lieutenant of Lucifer, the Emperor of Hell, and presides over the Order of the Fly. Similarly, the 17th-century exorcist Sebastien Michaelis, in his Admirable History (1612), placed Beelzebub among the three most prominent fallen angels, the other two being Lucifer and Leviathan, whereas two 18th-century works identified an unholy trinity consisting of Beelzebub, Lucifer, and Astaroth. John Milton featured Beelzebub seemingly as the second-ranking of the many fallen cherubim in the epic poem Paradise Lost,
first published in 1667. Milton wrote of Beelzebub, “than whom, Satan
except, none higher sat.” Beelzebub is also a character in John Bunyan’s
The Pilgrim’s Progress, first published in 1678. Sebastien Michaelis associated Beelzebub with the deadly sin of pride. However, according to Peter Binsfeld, Beelzebub was the demon of gluttony, one of the other seven deadly sins, whereas Francis Barrett asserted that Beelzebub was the prince of false gods.