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Belphegor

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Divinity Atlas. "Belphegor." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/vice/belphegor.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Belphegor. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/vice/belphegor

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-belphegor,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Belphegor},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/vice/belphegor},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Belphegor represents sloth in this pairing, continuing a demon whose origin lies in Baal Peor, a Moabite god condemned in the Hebrew Bible, reinterpreted across the medieval period as a spirit of laziness and, in some later folklore, of false invention rather than simple inactivity. The pairing with acedia, the deadening of spiritual effort rather than mere physical rest, reflects a specifically monastic understanding of the sin.

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