DEMONS - BELPHEGOR A demon said to be originally the Assyrian Baal-Poer, a god that was demoted by Christianity to demon status. According to legend, Belphegor was sent to earth by the other demons to find out if there was really such a thing on earth as married hapapiness. His experiences soon taught him that the rumour w as groundless. This legend was developed by John Wilson, Belphegor, or the Marriage of the Devil, 1691. This image is derived from the 1863 edition of Collin de Plancy, Dictionnaire Infernal.

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