Moloch

Summary

Moloch is a god^[1]. He ranks in the top 1% of god entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,179 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Moloch's image is recorded as Foster Bible Pictures 0074-1 Offering to Molech.jpg^[3].
• Moloch is recorded as male^[4].
• Moloch's instance of is recorded as god^[5].
• Moloch's instance of is recorded as biblical concept^[6].
• Moloch's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh89000506^[7].
• Moloch's IdRef ID is recorded as 030225884^[8].
• Moloch's Commons category is recorded as Moloch^[9].
• Moloch's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0043280^[10].
• Moloch's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• Moloch's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• Moloch's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[13].
• Moloch's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[14].
• Moloch's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• Moloch's described by source is recorded as Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia^[16].
• Moloch's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[17].
• Moloch's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[18].
• Moloch's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[19].
• Moloch's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Moloch-ancient-god^[20].
• Moloch's Jewish Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 12823^[21].
• Moloch's present in work is recorded as Paradise Lost^[22].
• Moloch's present in work is recorded as War with the Newts^[23].
• Moloch's present in work is recorded as Howl^[24].
• Moloch's present in work is recorded as Salammbô^[25].
• Moloch's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'מלך'}^[26].
• Moloch's different from is recorded as Q12796990^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Moloch include thorny devil^[28], a taxon^[29].

Why It Matters

Moloch ranks in the top 1% of god entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,179 views/month).^[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] He is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for him include thorny devil^[28], a taxon^[29].