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			''For the character in the Shinrabansho anime series, see: [[Astaroth (Shinrabansho)]]''


	'''Astaroth''' (also '''Ashtaroth''', '''Astarot''' and '''Asteroth'''), in [[demonology]], is a Crowned Prince of Hell. He is a male figure named after the Canaanite goddess Ashtoreth.		'''Astaroth''' (also '''Ashtaroth''', '''Astarot''' and '''Asteroth'''), in [[demonology]], is a Crowned Prince of Hell. He is a male figure named after the Canaanite goddess Ashtoreth.

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			'''Astaroth''' (also '''Ashtaroth''', '''Astarot''' and '''Asteroth'''), in [[demonology]], is a Crowned Prince of Hell. He is a male figure named after the Canaanite goddess Ashtoreth.

	~~In [[demonology]] Astaroth (also Ashtaroth, Astarot, and Asteroth) is a Prince of Hell.~~

	== Background ==		==Background==
	~~In [[demonology]]~~ Astaroth is a ~~prince of Hell~~		The name ''Astaroth'' was ultimately derived from that of 2nd millennium BC Phoenician goddess Astarte,<ref>Lon Milo DuQuette and Christopher S. Hyatt. ''Aleister Crowley's Illustrated Goetia'' (1992). New Falcon: Temple, AZ, USA, p. 52.</ref> an equivalent of the Babylonian Ishtar, and the earlier Sumerian Inanna. She is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in the forms ''Ashtoreth'' (singular) and ''Ashtaroth'' (plural, in reference to multiple statues of her). This latter form was directly transliterated in the early Greek and Latin versions of the Bible, where it was less apparent that it had been a plural feminine in Hebrew.

	~~He is referred to in~~ The ~~Lesser Key~~ of Solomon ~~as a very powerful deity. His main assistants are four demons called Aamon~~, ~~Pruslas~~, ~~Barbatos and Rashaverak. In art~~, in ~~the Dictionnaire Infernal, Astaroth is depicted~~ as a nude man with dragon-like wings, hands and feet, a second pair of feathered wings after the main, wearing a crown, holding a serpent in one hand, and riding a wolf or dog. According to Sebastian Michaelis he is a demon of the First Hierarchy, who ~~seduces by means of laziness and vanity, and his adversary~~ is St. Bartholomew, who can protect against him for he has resisted Astaroth's temptations. To others, he teaches mathematical sciences and handicrafts, can make men invisible and lead them to hidden treasures, and answers every question formulated to ~~him. He was also said to give to mortal beings~~ the power ~~over serpents~~.		The pseudepigraphal work ''Testament of Solomon'', attributed to King Solomon of Israel, but thought to date to the early centuries AD, mentions "Asteraoth" (in Greek) as an angel, who is opposed to the demon of power. (cf. ''1 Kings'' 11:4-5)

	According to Francis Barrett (occultist), Astaroth is the prince of accusers and inquisitors. According to some demonologists of the 16th century, August is the month during which this demon's attacks against man are stronger. He also goes by the name ‘Ashtart/Astarte which was rendered in the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible as Astharthe (singular) and Astharoth (plural), that last form rendered in the King James Version of the Bible as Ashtaroth. It seems this plural form was taken either from the Latin or from some translation or other by those who did not know it was a plural form.

	~~According to Lon Milo DuQuette and Christopher S. Hyatt, PhD,~~ Astaroth is "a ~~thinly disguised version of the goddess Astarte...."[1]~~		==Appearances in Literature==
	~~Jeff Rovin~~'s The ~~Fantasy Encyclopedia (1979) depicted Astaroth with a likeness fitting the description~~ of ~~Baal~~, ~~including a newly-created illustration~~, and ~~this error has been repeated~~ in ~~other places, such~~ as with ~~Monster in My Pocket, in which a spidery, 3-headed Astaroth is #102~~.		The name "Astaroth" as a male demon is first known from ''The Book of Abramelin'', purportedly written in Hebrew ca. 1458, and recurred in most occult grimoires of the following centuries. Astaroth also features as an arch-demon associated with the ''qliphoth'' (adverse forces) according to later Kabbalistic texts.

			Dutch demonologist Johann Weyer also described Astaroth in his ''Pseudomonarchia Daemonum'' (1577) thus: ''Astaroth is a great and a strong duke, coming forth in the shape of a foul angel, sitting upon an infernal dragon, and carrying on his right hand a viper'', who also claimed to rule 40 legions, and had to be approached by the conjuror with a magical ring on account of his stinking breath.<ref>[http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/weyer.htm#par28 Astaroth in Weyer]</ref> He is similarly referred to in the 17th-century work ''The Lesser Key of Solomon''.

	== References ==		According to some [[demonology\|demonologists]] of the 16th century, August is the month during which this demon's attacks against man are stronger. According to Sebastien Michaelis, he is a demon of the First Hierarchy, who seduces by means of laziness, vanity, and rationalized philosophies. His adversary is St. Bartholomew, who can protect against him for he has resisted Astaroth's temptations. To others, he teaches mathematical sciences and handicrafts, can make men invisible and lead them to hidden treasures, and answers every question formulated to him. He was also said to give to mortal beings the power over serpents.
	~~1 Lon Milo DuQuette and Christopher~~ S. ~~Hyatt~~. ~~Aleister~~ Crowley'~~s Illustrated~~ Goetia . ~~New Falcon~~: ~~Temple, AZ, USA, p~~. 52.
			According to Francis Barrett (c. 1801), Astaroth is the prince of accusers and inquisitors. In art, in the ''Dictionnaire Infernal'' (1818), Astaroth is depicted as a nude man with feathered wings, wearing a crown, holding a serpent in one hand, and riding a beast with dragon-like wings and a serpent-like tail.


			==References==
			{{Reflist}}


			==Sources==
			*S. L. MacGregor Mathers, A. Crowley, ''The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King'' (1904). 1995 reprint: ISBN 0-87728-847-X.


			==External Links==
			*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astaroth The original source of this article at Wikipedia]

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	In demonology Astaroth (also Ashtaroth, Astarot, and Asteroth) is a Prince of Hell.		In [[demonology]] Astaroth (also Ashtaroth, Astarot, and Asteroth) is a Prince of Hell.

	== Background ==		== Background ==
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	He is referred to in The Lesser Key of Solomon as a very powerful deity. His main assistants are four demons called Aamon, Pruslas, Barbatos and Rashaverak. In art, in the Dictionnaire Infernal, Astaroth is depicted as a nude man with dragon-like wings, hands and feet, a second pair of feathered wings after the main, wearing a crown, holding a serpent in one hand, and riding a wolf or dog. According to Sebastian Michaelis he is a demon of the First Hierarchy, who seduces by means of laziness and vanity, and his adversary is St. Bartholomew, who can protect against him for he has resisted Astaroth's temptations. To others, he teaches mathematical sciences and handicrafts, can make men invisible and lead them to hidden treasures, and answers every question formulated to him. He was also said to give to mortal beings the power over serpents.		He is referred to in The Lesser Key of Solomon as a very powerful deity. His main assistants are four demons called Aamon, Pruslas, Barbatos and Rashaverak. In art, in the Dictionnaire Infernal, Astaroth is depicted as a nude man with dragon-like wings, hands and feet, a second pair of feathered wings after the main, wearing a crown, holding a serpent in one hand, and riding a wolf or dog. According to Sebastian Michaelis he is a demon of the First Hierarchy, who seduces by means of laziness and vanity, and his adversary is St. Bartholomew, who can protect against him for he has resisted Astaroth's temptations. To others, he teaches mathematical sciences and handicrafts, can make men invisible and lead them to hidden treasures, and answers every question formulated to him. He was also said to give to mortal beings the power over serpents.

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In demonology Astaroth (also Ashtaroth, Astarot, and Asteroth) is a Prince of Hell.

== Background ==
In demonology Astaroth is a prince of Hell

He is referred to in The Lesser Key of Solomon as a very powerful deity. His main assistants are four demons called Aamon, Pruslas, Barbatos and Rashaverak. In art, in the Dictionnaire Infernal, Astaroth is depicted as a nude man with dragon-like wings, hands and feet, a second pair of feathered wings after the main, wearing a crown, holding a serpent in one hand, and riding a wolf or dog. According to Sebastian Michaelis he is a demon of the First Hierarchy, who seduces by means of laziness and vanity, and his adversary is St. Bartholomew, who can protect against him for he has resisted Astaroth's temptations. To others, he teaches mathematical sciences and handicrafts, can make men invisible and lead them to hidden treasures, and answers every question formulated to him. He was also said to give to mortal beings the power over serpents.

According to Francis Barrett (occultist), Astaroth is the prince of accusers and inquisitors. According to some demonologists of the 16th century, August is the month during which this demon's attacks against man are stronger. He also goes by the name ‘Ashtart/Astarte which was rendered in the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible as Astharthe (singular) and Astharoth (plural), that last form rendered in the King James Version of the Bible as Ashtaroth. It seems this plural form was taken either from the Latin or from some translation or other by those who did not know it was a plural form.

According to Lon Milo DuQuette and Christopher S. Hyatt, PhD, Astaroth is "a thinly disguised version of the goddess Astarte...."[1]
Jeff Rovin's The Fantasy Encyclopedia (1979) depicted Astaroth with a likeness fitting the description of Baal, including a newly-created illustration, and this error has been repeated in other places, such as with Monster in My Pocket, in which a spidery, 3-headed Astaroth is #102.

== References ==
1 Lon Milo DuQuette and Christopher S. Hyatt. Aleister Crowley's Illustrated Goetia . New Falcon: Temple, AZ, USA, p. 52.