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moloch
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Moloch \Mo"loch\, prop. n. [Heb. molek king.]
(Script.) The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively.
(Zo["o]l.) A spiny Australian lizard ( Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Canaanite god said to have been propitiated by sacrificing children (Lev. xviii:21), from Latin Moloch, from Greek Molokh, from Hebrew molekh, from melekh "king," altered by the Jews with the vowel points from basheth "shame" to express their horror of the worship.
Wiktionary
n. (taxlink Moloch horridus species noshow=1), an Australian lizard thought to be the sole member of the genus ''Moloch''.
Wikipedia
Moloch ( Masoretic , Greek Μολώχ) is the Biblical name of a Canaanite god.
The name Moloch results from a dysphemic vocalisation in the Second Temple period of a theonym based on the root mlk "king" and lmlk to the king. There are a number of Canaanite gods with names based on this root, which became summarily associated with Moloch, including Biblical "great king" ( KJV Milcom) rendered 'mlkm', which appears to refer to a god of the Ammonites, as well as Tyrian Melqart and others. The 'sacrifice' theory is supported by thousands of clay seals stamped with lmlk from the time of King Hezekiah which indicate the term refers to a religious tithe, and the lack of any reference to a specific god named Moloch beyond the extrapolation that the biblical text is using lmlk as a name which is traditional but not supported by other materials (see below under 'Name').
Rabbinical tradition depicted Moloch as a bronze statue heated with fire into which the victims were thrown. This has been associated with reports by Greco-Roman authors on the child sacrifices in Carthage to Baal Hammon, especially since archaeological excavations since the 1920s have produced evidence for child sacrifice in Carthage as well as inscriptions including the term MLK, either a theonym or a technical term associated with sacrifice. In interpretatio graeca, the Phoenician god was identified with Cronus, due to the parallel mytheme of Cronus devouring his children.
Moloch has been used figuratively in English literature from John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667) to Allen Ginsberg's " Howl" (1955), to refer to a person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice.
Moloch is the name of a god associated with child sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible and with Phoenician religion.
Moloch may also mean:
- Moloch horridus, also known as the Australian thorny devil, the sole lizard species of the genus Moloch
- Moloch (film), a 1999 biographical film by Alexander Sokurov about Adolf Hitler
- Moloch (Dungeons & Dragons), an archdevil in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
- Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6, a 2006 album by pianist Uri Caine composed by John Zorn
- Moloch: or, This Gentile World, the first novel written by Henry Miller, unpublished until 1992
- Moloch (Mortal Kombat), a character in the Mortal Kombat video game series
- Moloch (Buffyverse), a demon on the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Moloc (Stargate), a Goa'uld from Stargate SG-1
- redirect I, Robot... You, Jane
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Moloch is a 1999 Russian biographical drama film directed by Alexander Sokurov. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Yuri Arabov and Marina Koreneva. It portrays Adolf Hitler as a humanized figure, living life in an unassuming manner during an abrupt journey to the Bavarian Alps. The film stars actors Leonid Mozgovoy, Yelena Rufanova, Vladimir Bogdanov, and Leonid Sokol in principal roles. Moloch explores companionship, intimacy and dictatorship.
A joint collective effort to commit to the film's production was made by a number of studios including; Arte, Fabrica, Fusion Product, Goskino and Lenfilm Studio. It was commercially distributed by Koch Lorber Films. Following its release, the film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and won other awards selections, including those from the Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards. The film was generally met with mixed critical reviews before its initial screening in 1999.
Moloch is a short novel by Alexander Kuprin, first published in Russkoye Bogatstvos December 1896 issue. A sharp critique of the rapidly growing Russian capitalism and a reflection of the growing industrial unrest in the country, it is considered Kuprin's first major work.
Usage examples of "moloch".
The Moloch was revered as the God of Fire to whom innocent children were sacrificed.
At the beginning of the time of King Josiah, within the framework of his reign activities, the shrines to the Moloch in ancient Israel were destroyed.
She constantly talked of the fierce retribution of the fierce sacrificial pit of the fire god, the Moloch that would result from his sinning actions.
She tormented herself in the orgy of her sin and she feared the blare of the horn and the beat of the drum that signalled the coming of the Moloch and his fearful punishment for the damned.
Otherwise the virtuous ones feared that the fornicators would go, like the all sinners, to the fiery sacrificial pit of the Moloch, and their souls will rot in the foulness of hell.
It was coupled with the constant mindless threats of the hell-fires of the Moloch repeated by his mother to him by not going in the path of righteousness.
With the pulsating fear of the coming of the Moloch beating in the depth of his thoughts, he quickened his pace and ran from the room.
Yah Yah Yahu, Moloch, Moloch - the Moloch is the sun by day and the god of eternal heat of all kinds.
They cried out to the Moloch to accept their rich concecrated gifts of three of their first-born of their loins as an antonement for their moral offences committed in the past.
The idols were dedicated to assist the fiery and vengeful god Moloch in his reign as the god of fire and storm in the nether world.
On one side of the altar was a massive bronze calf-headed idol depicting the image of the vengeful god, the Moloch, ever-waiting with ready open arms.
Then, with a slight shuffling movement to the rhythm of the primitive orchestra, the servants of the fire-god formed a half-circle around the image of the Moloch and the wide fiery pit.
Following the ceremonial rites, the holy attendants lifted their sacred staves high and turned to the bronze calf-headed image of the Moloch, calling to the idol of fire to hear and to accept their pleas and petitions.
To the great lord Moloch, the king of eternal fire, a great and noble sacrifice offered, breath for breath, blood for blood, life for life.
He footfalls quavered to the very core of his being as he carefully climbed the stone steps to the presence of the terrifying calf-headed image of the Moloch, the fire god of the nether world.