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==Popular culture== | ==Popular culture== | ||
The common literary identification of the name with a god of covetousness or avarice likely stems from Spenser's ''The Faerie Queene'', where Mammon oversees a cave of worldly wealth. | The common literary identification of the name with a god of covetousness or avarice likely stems from Spenser's ''The [[Fairy|Faerie]] Queene'', where Mammon oversees a cave of worldly wealth. | ||
Milton's ''Paradise Lost'' describes a [[fallen angel]] who values earthly treasure over all other things. | Milton's ''Paradise Lost'' describes a [[fallen angel]] who values earthly treasure over all other things. | ||