Astaroth, a male demon named after the Canaanite goddess Ashtoreth
The player controls a wisecracking human demon hunter named Bryce, who was cursed with immortality five hundred years ago by the demon king Astaroth.
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A wisecracking demon hunter who was cursed with immortality five centuries ago by Astaroth after he witnessed the brutal murder of his wife at the hands of the aforementioned demon king.
Satanachia is described in the Grand Grimoire as a commander-in-chief of Satan's army, who controls either forty-five or fifty-four legions of demons, including Pruflas, Aamon, Barbatos, and Astaroth.
Aaron, a wealthy amateur scholar, hires sexagenarian private investigator Howard, whom he meets at a chess club in Chicago to which they both belong, to investigate the gods Baal, Ashtoroth and Moloch, that were worshipped for centuries in Israel during a period of antiquity when the God of Abraham had fallen into disfavor.
Verney learns that the order really harbours a group of practicing Satanists who have prepared Catherine to become an avatar of Astaroth upon her eighteenth birthday.
and Astaroth, together with others, have today accepted the covenant pact
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In the 1965 horror film Dark Intruder Nyogtha is mentioned towards the end, along with Sumerian Goetic demons such as Astaroth and Asmodeus.
She most notably portrayed the role of Astaroth in the world premiere of Karl Goldmark's Die Königin von Saba in 1875.