Difference between revisions of "Beelzebub"

==Christian tradition==

==Christian tradition==

Beelzebub is commonly described as placed high in [[hierarchy of Hell|Hell's hierarchy]]. According to the stories of the 16th-century [[occultist]] [[Johann Weyer]], Beelzebub led a successful revolt against [[the Devil]], is the chief lieutenant of [[Lucifer]], the Emperor of Hell, and presides over the Order of the Fly. Similarly, the 17th-century [[exorcist]] Sébastien Michaëlis, in his Admirable History (1612), placed Beelzebub among the three most prominent [[fallen angel]]s, the other two being Lucifer and [[Leviathan]]. John Milton, in his epic poem ''Paradise Lost'', first published in 1667, identified an unholy trinity consisting of Beelzebub, Lucifer, and [[Astaroth]], with Beelzebub as the second-ranking of the many fallen angels. Milton wrote of Beelzebub "than whom, [[Satan]] except, none higher sat." Beelzebub is also a character in John Bunyan's ''The Pilgrim's Progress'', first published in 1678.

Beelzebub is commonly described as placed high in [[hierarchy of Hell|Hell's hierarchy]]. According to the stories of the 16th-century [[occultist]] [[Johann Weyer]], Beelzebub led a successful revolt against [[the Devil]], is the chief lieutenant of [[Lucifer]], the Emperor of Hell, and presides over the Order of the Fly. Similarly, the 17th-century [[exorcist]] Sébastien Michaëlis, in his Admirable History (1612), placed Beelzebub among the three most prominent [[fallen angel]]s, the other two being Lucifer and [[Leviathan]]. John Milton, in his epic poem ''Paradise Lost'', first published in 1667, identified an unholy trinity consisting of Beelzebub, Lucifer, and [[Astaroth]], with Beelzebub as the second-ranking of the many fallen angels. Milton wrote of Beelzebub "than whom, [[Satan]] except, none higher sat." Beelzebub is also a character in John Bunyan's ''The Pilgrim's Progress'', first published in 1678.