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>ASMODAY
>The first and choicest King under Amaymon is Asmoday, who is also called Sydonay, Aēšma, Asmodeus, and Ashmedai. He takes the form of a strong, powerful, three-headed king riding an infernal dragon and bearing a lance and flag in his hands. The first of his heads is like that of a bull, the second is like that of a man, and the third is like that of a ram. He belches forth fire, has the tail of a serpent, and has feet that are webbed like those of a goose. He answers all demands truly, gives a ring of Great Virtue, reveals secrets and the location of hidden treasures, teaches astronomy, arithmetic, music, the mechanical arts, and geometry, and can cause one to become invisible. He also has the ability to produce food, especially in vast amounts for banquets, can cause the transmutation of metals and the shape of people and animals, can cause of all kinds of discords, and can drive the hearts of women and men to wrath, desire, and lust
>Asmoday is one of the foremost entities of daemonic lore, having his first traceable origin as Aēšma, a storm demon who later became identified as one of the ten major dīvs of ancient Persia. As the Zoroastrian Demon of Wrath, he was the messenger of Angra Mainyu known as “the fiend of the murderous spear” and was the wielder of the bloody club, the assailer of the unjudged dead, the sower of discord among demons and men, and the agent of every kind of worldly sin. It is from the name Aēšma alongside the appendage daēuua denoting a god or daemon that the name Ashmedai or Asmodeus of Haggadic legend, the Book of Tobit, and the Testament of Solomon comes. In these texts, his role as an agent of misfortune continues with his appearance in Tobit as the demon responsible for the death of each of Sarah's seven husbands
