

Astaroth enjoys talking at length about the creation of the world, the Fall, and the faults of the jinn, taking great care to point out how he is being punished unjustly. He willingly answers all questions regarding the past, present, and future and will give up easily any secrets that he knows. Once this demon appears his summoner should not stand too close, as Astaroth gives off a deadly stench. As a demon, he is a former prince of the Order of Thrones.Īstaroth is summoned for his ability to grant friendships to great lords a nocturnal demon, he is most powerful on Fridays between the tenth and the eleventh hour of the night. He is said to be a grand duke and the treasurer of Jinnestan, commanding forty legions and the head of the hierarchy called Gamchicoth. The re-imagination gender-bend occurred during the medieval era and she was now described as looking like an ugly man riding upon a dragon while holding a snake in his left hand. He is known as the chaos god of time and space.Īstaroth was originally an ancient demonic goddess. The modern illustration of the demon AstarothĪstaroth illustration from the Dictionnaire InfernalĪstaroth (also Ashtaroth, Astarot and Asteroth), in demonology, is a Crowned "Prince" of Jinnestan.
