Editing Asmodeus (section)

==Later depictions==
=== In Christian thought ===
Asmodeus was named in the [[Christian angelology|Order of Thrones]] by [[Gregory the Great]].{{sfn|Rudwin|1970|p=20}}

Asmodeus was cited by the nuns of Loudun in the [[Loudun possessions]] of 1634.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Dumas
| first = Alexandre
| author-link = Alexandre Dumas
| year = 1634
| title = Urbain Grandier
| series = Celebrated Crimes
| chapter = Urbain Grandier: Chapter V
| chapter-url = http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Urbain_Grandier,_Celebrated_Crimes#CHAPTER_V
| url = http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Urbain_Grandier,_Celebrated_Crimes}}</ref>

Asmodeus' reputation as the personification of lust continued into later writings, as he was known as the "Prince of Lechery" in the 16th-century romance ''Friar Rush''.{{sfn|Rudwin|1970|p=87}} The French Benedictine [[Antoine Augustin Calmet|Augustin Calmet]] equated his name with a fine dress.{{sfn|Rudwin|1970|p=87}} 
The 1409 [[Lollard]] manuscript titled ''[[Great Architect of the Universe#Lanterne of Light classificati in of demons|Lanterne of Light]]'' associated Asmodeus with the [[Seven deadly sins|deadly sin]] of [[Lust#Catholicism|lust]]. The 16th-century Dutch demonologist [[Johann Weyer]] described him as the banker at the [[baccarat (card game)|baccarat]] table in hell, and overseer of earthly gambling houses.{{sfn|Rudwin|1970|p=92}}

In 1641, the Spanish playwright and novelist [[Luis Velez de Guevara]] published the satirical novel ''El diablo cojuelo'', where Asmodeus is represented as a mischievous demon endowed with a playful and satirical genius. The plot presents a rascal student that hides in an astrologer's mansard. He frees a [[devil]] from a bottle. As an acknowledgement the devil shows him the apartments of Madrid and the tricks, miseries and mischiefs of their inhabitants.<ref>[[Luis Vélez de Guevara]]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/624832/Luis-Velez-de-Guevara|title = Luis Vélez de Guevara &#124; Spanish author}}</ref> The French novelist [[Alain-René Lesage]] adapted the Spanish source in his 1707 novel ''le Diable boiteux'',{{sfn|Rudwin|1970|p=87}} where he likened him to [[Cupid]]. In the book, he is rescued from an enchanted glass bottle by a Spanish student Don Cleophas Leandro Zambullo. Grateful, he joins with the young man on a series of adventures before being recaptured. Asmodeus is portrayed in a sympathetic light as good-natured, and a canny satirist and critic of human society.{{sfn|Rudwin|1970|p=87}} In another episode Asmodeus takes Don Cleophas for a night flight, and removes the roofs from the houses of a village to show him the secrets of what passes in private lives. Following Lesage's work, he was depicted in a number of novels and periodicals, mainly in France but also London and New York.{{sfn|Rudwin|1970|p=88}}

Asmodeus was widely depicted as having a handsome visage, good manners and an engaging nature; however, he was portrayed as walking with a limp and one leg was either clawed or that of a [[rooster]]. He walks aided by two walking sticks in Lesage's work, and this gave rise to the English title ''The Devil on Two Sticks''{{sfn|Rudwin|1970|p=93}} (also later translated ''The Limping Devil'' and ''The Lame Devil''). Lesage attributes his lameness to falling from the sky after fighting with another devil.{{sfn|Rudwin|1970|p=50}}

On 18 February 1865, author [[Evert A. Duyckinck]] sent President [[Abraham Lincoln]] a letter, apparently mailed from Quincy. Duyckinck signed the letter "Asmodeus", with his initials below his pseudonym. His letter enclosed a newspaper clipping about an inappropriate joke allegedly told by Lincoln at the [[Hampton Roads Peace Conference]]. The purpose of Duyckinck's letter was to advise Lincoln of "an important omission" about the history of the conference. He advised that the newspaper clipping be added to the "Archives of the Nation".<ref>{{cite book|last=Duyckinck|first=Evert A.|title=Evert A. Duyckinck to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, February 18, 1865 (Sends clipping with story Lincoln allegedly told at Hampton Roads conference) – The Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/malquery.html|access-date=February 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222013514/http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/malquery.html|archive-date=February 22, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===In the Kabbalah===
According to the [[Kabbalah]] and the school of [[Shlomo ibn Aderet]], Asmodeus is born as the result of a union between [[Agrat bat Mahlat]] and King [[David]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Scholem  |first=G. |author-link=Gershom Scholem |title=New Chapters in the Story of Ashmedai and Lilith / פרקים חדשים מענייני אשמדאי ולילית|journal=[[Tarbiẕ]] |year=1948|volume=19 |issue=3–4 |pages=160–175|publisher=Mandel Institute for Jewish Studies |jstor=23585831}}</ref>

In the ''Treatise on the Left Emanation'', which describes ''sitra achra'' (Aramaic: סטרא אחרא), meaning the "other side" or the "side of evil", Asmodeus is described as a figure living in the third ether of Heaven. He is [[Samael|Samael's]] subordinate, and married to a younger or alternative form of Lilith (Samael is married to the older Lilith). Asmodeus is still able to inflict pain and destruction, but only on Mondays.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/sharpejft/asmodeus/0 | title=ASMODEUS &#124; Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions - Credo Reference }}</ref>