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Asmodeus - ("spirit of evil") - the name comes from Iran. Aeshma deva (dev Aeshma, aeshma - anger, shawl, deva - demon, dev). Aeshma (Kharsh) is an Iranian demon of hatred, the adversary of Sorus (Sraosha). Asmodeus himself is more of a Persian than a Jewish devil. Nevertheless, he has been incorporated into Jewish tradition, where he is considered a spirit of evil. According to Forlong, Asmodeus is the "Talmudic Ashmedai, a demon adopted from Zend Ashmadeva" and a "furious devil." According to Forlong, it was Asmodeus who got Noah drunk. In the Book of Tobit (3:8; 3:17; 8:3-2), Asmodeus is an evil spirit who fell in love with Sarah, daughter of Raguel, and killed her seven newlyweds one after another. On the advice of the angel Raphael (Raphael), Tobias exorcised Asmodeus with the smoke from the heart and liver of a fish burned on hot coals and married Sarah. The demon fled "to Upper Egypt," where he was bound by Raphael. According to the Chaldean version of the Book of Tobit, asmodi means "king of demons." In demonology, Asmodeus is the ruler of the infernal gaming houses. According to the demonologist Wierus, when summoning Asmodeus, one must remove one's headgear; otherwise, the demon will deceive the summoner. Barrett portrays Asmodeus as one of the "vessels of God's wrath." Asmodeus is the main character of Lesag's novel The Lame Devil. In Cabbel's The Devil's Own Dear Son, Asmodeus is the son of Adam's first wife, Lilith, and the demon Samael. In the Book of Sacred Magic, Abra-Melina, we read that "some rabbis believed Asmodeus was a mortal, the fruit of the incestuous union of Tubal-Cain with his sister Naamah; others believed he was a demon of impurity." According to yet another legend, Asmodeus was born from the union of Adam and Lilith. In Jewish tradition, Asmodeus is the father-in-law of the demon Bar Shalmon. In traditions about Solomon, he also appears under the names Saturn, Markolf, and Morolf. Legend has it that Asmodeus was captured by Solomon and forced to help build the Temple. However, he managed to deceive the king, then banished him from the kingdom and took the throne himself. "After a long wandering as a beggar, Solomon returned and drove Asmodeus out." According to the Zohar, Asmodeus taught Solomon the science of sorcery. This demon is considered the inventor of all entertainment, music, dance, dramatic art, and the "new French fashions." In the Talmud, Asmodeus, the king of demons, is "ruler over all matters concerning even numbers." According to occult tradition, "Asmodeus was one of the seraphim before his fall," and now he is a demon who "fills men with lust, leading to perfidy." Furthermore, "he bestows magic rings; shows how to become invisible; teaches geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, and the science of motion. He also knows the whereabouts of treasures." When summoned, he appears as a prince "with three heads: a bull's, a human's, and a ram's. He also has a serpent's tail,goose legs and breathes fire." He rides a dragon and holds a banner and a spear in his hands.

Tob 3:8: that she was married to seven husbands, whom the evil spirit Asmodeus killed before she was with them, as is proper for wives.

Tob 3:17: And Raphael was sent to heal both of them: Tobias, to remove the white patch from his eyes, that he might see the light of God with his eyes; and Sarah, the daughter of Raguel, to give her to Tobias, Tobias' son, as his wife, and to cast out from her the evil spirit of Asmodeus; for it was Tobias's right to inherit her before all who desired to marry her.

Tob 8:2-4: Then Tobit remembered the words of Raphael, and he took the liver and heart of the fish from the bag where he had kept them, and put them on the burning coals of incense. The smell of the fish stopped the demon, and he fled to Upper Egypt. Raphael followed him, bound him there in the twinkling of an eye, and put him to death.

Aspandarus - assistant of Apache.

Astowidad - demon of illness and fatigue, his shadow brings fever.

Asha - personification of justice, ritual purity.

Ashi - the keyholder of the heavenly treasury.

Ashtat - genius of the regularity of heavenly revolutions, angel helping Mordad.

Az - the demon of lust and gluttony.

Azhi Dahaka - three-headed dragon, enemy of life.

Bahman - spirit of intelligence and reason. Beelzebub, Beelzebub, Bee(l)zebul - probably a corruption of the name Baal Zebul - Semitic "lord of the underworld," associated with Baal-Alijan as the god of springs; he was the lord of hell and the prince of darkness. The name of the deity of Ekron. Protector of the Philistine city of Akkron. In the New Testament - chief of evil spirits and ruler of the underworld.

Buszasp - a demon, encourages long sleep and lying in bed in the morning.

Chordad and Mordad – in Persian mythology, good spirits who rule the natural world of Earth and the cosmos. They watch over the deaths of good people and guide them to eternal happiness.

Chinwat - a bridge connecting the world of the living with the afterlife.

Devas, Divas, Daevas - evil spirits, malicious demons created by the god of darkness Ahriman to fight the light god Ormuzd.

Drudza - in Persian mythology, a terrible, cruel witch who seeks to destroy the world.

Drudz, Drauga, Azhi Dahaka - a female demon personifying falsehood.

Farwardin - in Persian mythology, a good spirit created by Ahura Mazda, the superior of the spirits of the dead, the righteous and the unborn.

Gandarw, Gandarwa - a huge monster whose sea reached up to his knees, a man-eater.