Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Asmodeus
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
===In the Talmud=== The figure of Ashmedai in the [[Talmud]] is less malign in character than the Asmodeus of Tobit. In the former, he appears repeatedly in the light of a good-natured and humorous fellow. But besides that, there is one feature in which he parallels Asmodeus, in as much as his desires turn upon [[Bathsheba]] and later [[Solomon]]'s wives. Another Talmudic legend has King Solomon tricking Asmodeus into collaborating in the construction of [[Solomon's Temple]]<ref>Raphael Patai ''Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions'' Routledge 2015 {{ISBN|978-1-317-47170-7}} page 39</ref> (see: [[s:Translation:The Story of King Solomon and Ashmedai|The Story of King Solomon and Ashmedai]]). 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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Talmud|title=Gittin|pages=68b}}</ref> Similar legends can be found in [[Islam]]ic lore. Asmodeus is referred to as '''Sakhr''' ({{langx|ar|ุตุฎุฑ}} ''the Rock'' or ''the Stony One''), because Solomon banished him into a rock, after he takes his kingdom back from him. He is considered to be a king of the ''[[Div (mythology)|divs]]'' or ''[[Ifrit|ifrits]]''.<ref>Robert Lebling ''Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar'' I.B.Tauris 2010 {{ISBN|978-0-857-73063-3}} p. 39</ref> Another passage describes him as marrying [[Lilith]], who became his queen.<ref>{{cite book | last = Schwartz | first = Howard | author-link = Howard Schwartz | year = 1988 | title = Lilith's cave: Jewish tales of the supernatural | publisher = [[Harper & Row]] | location = San Francisco, CA | page = [https://archive.org/details/lilithscavejewis00schw/page/8 8] | isbn = 978-0-06-250779-2 | oclc = 62241318 | lccn = 87045196 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/lilithscavejewis00schw/page/8 }}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)