Belial

"Belial is a term occurring in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament which later became personified as the devil in Christian texts of the New Testament. Alternate spellings include Baalial, Balial, Belhor, Beliall, Beliar, Berial, Bylyl and Beliya'al. In the Secret Book of John, an early Gnostic text, the ruler of the underworld is referred to as Belias." [Belial, Wikipedia]

At Dunwich Village in 1747, the Rev. Abijah Hoadley preached that the cursed voices of Belial and other demons had been heard from underground. [HPL Dunwich (online text); AWD Watchers]

The Hound narrator thought the Hound was coming for him from night-black ruins of buried temples of Belial. [HPL Hound (online text)]

Zadok Allen mentioned Belial among the idols worshipped by the Esoteric Order of Dagon. [HPL Innsmouth (online text)]

Letters to Septimus Bishop hailed him in the name of Belial and other entities. [AWD Middle]

The Peabody Heritage narrator dreamed of the Black Man and heard someone mention Belial. [AWD Peabody]

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