Belphegor

In demonology, Belphegor (or Beelphegor, Hebrew: ‫פעוֹר‬-‫ל‬ ְ ּ ַ‫ַּבע‬

baʿal-pə[ġ]ʿōr - Lord of the Gap) is a demon, and one of the seven
princes of Hell, who helps people make discoveries. He seduces
people by suggesting to them ingenious inventions that will make
them rich.

Bishop and witch-hunter Peter Binsfeld believed that Belphegor

tempts by means of laziness.[1] Also, according to Peter Binsfeld's
Binsfeld's Classification of Demons, Belphegor is the chief demon of
the deadly sin known as Sloth in Christian tradition.[2]

History
Belphegor originated as Baal-Peor, the Moabite, the father of God to
Belphegor illustration from the
whom the Israelites became attached in Shittim (Numbers 25:3), Dictionnaire Infernal
which was associated with licentiousness and orgies. It was
worshipped in the form of a phallus. As a demon, he is described in
Kabbalistic writings as the "disputer", the counterpart of the sixth
Sephiroth "beauty". When summoned, he can grant riches, the power
of discovery and ingenious invention. His role as a demon was to sow
discord among men and seduce them to evil through the
apportionment of wealth.

The palindromic prime number

1000000000000066600000000000001 is known as Belphegor's
prime, due to the significance of containing the number 666, on both
sides enclosed by thirteen zeroes and a one. An entire sequence of
"palindromic Belphegor numbers" is formed from computing
(10^(n+3)+666)*10^(n+1)+1 for different values of n: 16661,
1066601, 100666001, 10006660001, 1000066600001,
100000666000001, 10000006660000001, 1000000066600000001,
100000000666000000001, 10000000006660000000001,
1000000000066600000000001, 100000000000666000000000001,
10000000000006660000000000001,
1000000000000066600000000000001.[3] All of these numbers are Belphegor by Jean Jacques Flipart
palindromic and contain "666", but only the first and last are prime.

According to Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal, Belphegor was Hell's ambassador to France.
Consequently, his adversary is Mary Magdalene, one of the patron saints of France.

Belphegor also figures in John Milton's Paradise Lost and in Victor Hugo's Toilers of the Sea. Belfagor
arcidiavolo by the Italian diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli was first published in 1549 and regales how the
demon comes to earth to find a mate. This story became the initial source material for Ottorino Respighi's
opera Belfagor which premiered at La Scala in Milan in 1923. Belphegor also appears a character in the final
season of the TV show Supernatural.[4]
References
1. Wendy Doniger (1999). Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions (https://archive.or
g/details/isbn_9780877790440). Merriam-Webster. p. 287 (https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780
877790440/page/287). ISBN 0-87779-044-2. "Belphegor Demon."
2. Rosemary Guiley (2009). Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology. Facts on File. pp. 28–29.
3. Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A232449 (The palindromic Belphegor numbers)" (https://oeis.
org/A232449). The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
4. Bridget LaMonica (October 18, 2019). "Supernatural Season 15 Episode 2 Review: Raising
Hell" (https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/supernatural-season-15-episode-2-review-raising-hell/).
Den of Geek. Retrieved August 23, 2020.

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