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Belphegor (Hebrew: בַּעַל-פְּעוֹר Baʿal-Pəʿōr, "lord of the gap") is a demon. In later Kabbalah Belphegor is a demon who helps people make discoveries. He seduces people by suggesting to them ingenious inventions that will make them rich, stagnating that which could not be accredited to it.
Auxiliary Bishop and witch-hunter Peter Binsfeld believed that Belphegor tempts by means of laziness. Also, according to Peter Binsfeld's Classification of Demons, Belphegor is the chief demon of the deadly sin known as Sloth in Christian tradition.[
Literature
* The 1409 Lollard manuscript titled Lanterne of Light associated Belphegor with the deadly sin of the Sloth.
* The novella Belfagor arcidiavolo by Italian diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli was first published in 1549, and regales how the demon comes to earth to find a mate.
* Belphegor figures in Paradise Lost by John Milton, 1667.
Mythologie waar Belphegor bij hoort: Christelijk
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Belphegor is de demon van de luiheid.