Moloch

E227153

ancient Near Eastern deity deity figure in Abrahamic religions

Moloch is an ancient Near Eastern deity often associated with child sacrifice and later demonized in Jewish, Christian, and modern cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Moloch canonical	5
Molech	3
worship of Molech	2
"Moloch"	1
Mammon	1
Molekh	1
Moloch (symbolic figure)	1
Moloch the Mystic	1
Old Testament Moloch	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Near Eastern deity ⓘ deity ⓘ figure in Abrahamic religions ⓘ
appearsIn	Allen Ginsberg's Howl ⓘ Paradise Lost ⓘ surface form: John Milton's Paradise Lost modern fantasy literature ⓘ role-playing game mythologies ⓘ various modern occult writings ⓘ
associatedRitualLocation	Valley of Hinnom ⓘ
associatedWith	child sacrifice ⓘ fire rituals ⓘ idolatry ⓘ
category	Biblical figures ⓘ Demons in Christianity ⓘ Demons in Judaism ⓘ Near Eastern mythology ⓘ
condemnedBy	biblical prophets ⓘ
condemnedIn	Christian tradition ⓘ Jewish tradition ⓘ
culture	Ancient Near East ⓘ surface form: ancient Near East
depictedAs	symbol of industrial-capitalist society in Howl ⓘ war-like demon in Paradise Lost ⓘ
influenced	contemporary political and social criticism ⓘ modern metaphor of "sacrificing children" to ideology ⓘ
interpretedAs	title rather than personal name by some scholars ⓘ
laterCharacterizedAs	demon ⓘ false god ⓘ
linkedTo	Valley of Hinnom ⓘ surface form: Tophet in the Valley of Hinnom
mentionedIn	Book of Jeremiah ⓘ Books of Kings ⓘ surface form: Book of Kings Book of Leviticus ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
nameVariant	Moloch self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Molech Molek ⓘ Moloch self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Molekh
religion	Canaanite religion ⓘ Phoenician religion ⓘ ancient Israelite religion ⓘ
roleIn	Christian demonology ⓘ Jewish demonology ⓘ
subjectOf	scholarly debate on historicity of child sacrifice ⓘ
symbolizes	cruelty ⓘ destructive social systems ⓘ human sacrifice ⓘ sacrifice of children to power or greed ⓘ
worshipPracticedBy	Canaanites ⓘ Phoenician civilization ⓘ surface form: Phoenicians some ancient Israelites ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malik → hasCognate → Moloch ⓘ

Howl → containsCharacter → Moloch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moloch (symbolic figure)

Valley of Hinnom → associatedWith → Moloch ⓘ

this entity surface form: worship of Molech

גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם → associatedWith → Moloch ⓘ

this entity surface form: worship of Molech

Mount of Offence → associatedWithDeity → Moloch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Molech

Kingdom of Ammon → mainDeity → Moloch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Molech

Alexander Sokurov → notableWork → Moloch ⓘ

Matt Frewer → portrayed → Moloch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moloch the Mystic

Moloch → nameVariant → Moloch self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Molech

Moloch → nameVariant → Moloch self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Molekh

George Frederic Watts → notableWork → Moloch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mammon

Part II → addressedTo → Moloch ⓘ

subject surface form: Part II (section of "Howl")

Part II → centralSymbol → Moloch ⓘ

subject surface form: Part II (section of "Howl")

Part II → refrain → Moloch ⓘ

subject surface form: Part II (section of "Howl")

this entity surface form: "Moloch"

Part II → symbolicReference → Moloch ⓘ

subject surface form: Part II (section of "Howl")

this entity surface form: Old Testament Moloch

Henry Parrish → affiliation → Moloch ⓘ