Asmodeus
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Asmodeus is a powerful demon from Jewish and Christian tradition, often depicted as a prince of Hell associated with lust, vengeance, and the torment of humans.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asmodeus canonical | 8 |
| demon Asmodeus | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5260360 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Asmodeus Context triple: [Sarah (daughter of Raguel), antagonist, Asmodeus]
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A.
Malthael
Malthael is a major antagonist in the Diablo video game series, known as the former Archangel of Wisdom who becomes the Angel of Death and central villain of the Reaper of Souls expansion.
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B.
Shatana
Shatana is a character from the Nart sagas, the traditional epic cycle of the North Caucasus peoples.
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C.
Azzael
Azzael is a demonic entity from the Hellboy universe, known as the infernal progenitor of the character Anung Un Rama (Hellboy).
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D.
Algazel
Algazel is the Latinized name of Al-Ghazali, the influential 11th-century Persian theologian, jurist, philosopher, and Sufi whose works profoundly shaped Islamic thought and medieval European philosophy.
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E.
Vecna
Vecna is a powerful, malevolent psychic villain in Stranger Things who serves as one of Eleven’s most dangerous supernatural adversaries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Asmodeus Target entity description: Asmodeus is a powerful demon from Jewish and Christian tradition, often depicted as a prince of Hell associated with lust, vengeance, and the torment of humans.
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A.
Malthael
Malthael is a major antagonist in the Diablo video game series, known as the former Archangel of Wisdom who becomes the Angel of Death and central villain of the Reaper of Souls expansion.
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B.
Shatana
Shatana is a character from the Nart sagas, the traditional epic cycle of the North Caucasus peoples.
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C.
Azzael
Azzael is a demonic entity from the Hellboy universe, known as the infernal progenitor of the character Anung Un Rama (Hellboy).
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D.
Algazel
Algazel is the Latinized name of Al-Ghazali, the influential 11th-century Persian theologian, jurist, philosopher, and Sufi whose works profoundly shaped Islamic thought and medieval European philosophy.
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E.
Vecna
Vecna is a powerful, malevolent psychic villain in Stranger Things who serves as one of Eleven’s most dangerous supernatural adversaries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
demon
ⓘ
figure in Christian demonology ⓘ figure in Jewish demonology ⓘ prince of Hell ⓘ supernatural being ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Dictionnaire Infernal
ⓘ
Midrashic literature ⓘ
linked to:
Midrash
Talmudic literature ⓘ The Lesser Key of Solomon ⓘ medieval grimoires ⓘ |
| associatedSinInChristianDemonology | lust ⓘ |
| associatedSinInSomeSources |
debauchery
ⓘ
gambling ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
lust
ⓘ
marital discord ⓘ sexual sin ⓘ torment of humans ⓘ vengeance ⓘ wrath ⓘ |
| banishedTo | Egypt (in Book of Tobit) ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence |
appears in later occult and esoteric literature
ⓘ
inspired characters in modern fiction and popular culture ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
archangel Raphael
ⓘ
linked to:
Raphael (archangel)
|
| domainInSomeTraditions |
marriage and sexuality
ⓘ
revenge ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Tobias ⓘ |
| etymologySuggestedFrom |
Avestan Aeshma daeva
ⓘ
linked to:
Avestan language
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| governs | 72 legions of demons (in some grimoires) ⓘ |
| iconographyFeature |
often depicted riding a dragon or serpent
ⓘ
often depicted with animalistic features ⓘ often depicted with three heads ⓘ |
| knownFor |
causing jealousy between spouses
ⓘ
inflicting punishment on humans ⓘ tempting humans into sexual immorality ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Book of Tobit ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Ashmedai
ⓘ
Asmodai ⓘ Asmoday ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
archangel Raphael
ⓘ
linked to:
Raphael (archangel)
|
| rankInSomeGrimoires |
king of demons
ⓘ
one of the princes of Hell ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic folklore ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInBookOfTobit | demon who kills the husbands of Sarah ⓘ |
| symbolicNumber | three heads (in some depictions) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Asmodeus Description of subject: Asmodeus is a powerful demon from Jewish and Christian tradition, often depicted as a prince of Hell associated with lust, vengeance, and the torment of humans.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Asmodeus
subject linked to:
Sarah (in Book of Tobit)
subject linked to:
Sarah (in Book of Tobit)
subject linked to:
Sarah (in Book of Tobit)
linked to: Asmodeus