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Belphegor: the Demon God of Gluttony


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Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today’s video we’re going to discuss Belphegor, a demonic diplomat, one source presenting him as the ambassador to France; a demon to whom disciples paid homage to with their excrement; a demon dispatched to Italy, there marrying a woman to discover why marriage ruined the hearts of men; a demon called the god of gluttons, this an epithet that harkens back to him being one of the seven deadly demons of the seven deadly sins, either presiding over gluttony or sloth, depending on the source; and a demon derived from an ancient pantheon, walking that well-worn path that leads from god to false god to demon lord. 


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