Belphegor - 05-05-2005 - Updated Tue/Thu/Sat

Sweet Jumping Jehosaphatty

Phatty Boom Baddy

SO. Here I am. First post! I'm so awesome.

A little background on our dubious protagonist. My first encounter with Belphegor came from a cursory study of demonology, a by-product of reading Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (which I still haven't finished, being sidetracked by what you see here... already the demon begins his nefarious works). I saw the picture of this pretty little filly, and thought, "Is that a toilet?" And so, a legend was born.

Here he is, in all his boudoir glory. Delerium's Realm, a handy little site for occult trivia, says of Belphy: He was worshipped by the Moabites as Baalphegor on Mount Phegor. Some rabbis claim that he must be worshipped on a toilet, with offerings being the residue of ones' digestion. The next part is even better: This has led some to conclude that Belphegor is the god Pet (Fart) or "Crepitus"... Yup. Fart. Even I'm not gonna go there.

For those who doubt the veracity of this claim, let it be known that this is paraphrased from the Dictionnaire Infernal by Collin de Plancy (1863).

Though the comic doesn't say it, I think the summoner is Cagliostro, an alchemist from the late 18th century who claimed to have the secret to the elixer of longevity/immortality. Some say he learned this from the Comte du Saint Germaine. This stuff doesn't even come up in Trivia Night at the pub.

Where is this comic going? How the hell should I know? With any luck I can keep it funny. I can always fall back on poop jokes (see above).

Picture courtesy of Delerium's Realm sans permission. I'm too small to sue.