Popular Culture
- Belphegor is the name of a blackened death metal band from Salzburg, Austria. The band also has an eponymous song: Belphegor - Hell's Ambassador, which describes the role of the demon Belphegor as a bringer of ingenious inventions.
- Belfagor arcidiavolo aka Il demonio che prese moglie is a short story written in 16th century by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- Belphégor is a 1927 horror novel by Arthur Bernède.
- In the webcomic Megatokyo, Belphegor is a cat who works for the main character's "anti-conscience".
- Belphegor appears as a recurring demon in the Shin Megami Tensei series of occult-themed RPGs. The demon is depicted as a purple skinned demon sitting on a toilet.
- In Dominions 3: The Awakening, he is a demon lord associated with seducing people to evil.
- In the game Heroes of Newerth, Balphagore is a playable hero.
- In RF Online, Belphegor is a boss monster living inside a volcano at Volcano Cauldron.
- Belphégor, a film made in 1927 and directed by Henri Desfontaines.
- Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre in 2001.
- Belphegor is the name of a character from the 2004 manga series Katekyo Hitman Reborn!.
- Belphemon is a character in the Digimon franchise based on Belphegor
- Ottorino Respighi's opera of 1923 is called Belfagor.
- Belphegor is one of the Seven Sisters of Purgatory in the murder mystery visual novel Umineko no Naku Koro Ni.
- Belphegor is one of the Seven Powerful Flames from Hell in the sci-fi visual novel Code:Breaker.
- The official English title to the Vocaloid song Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep, featuring Hatsune Miku, is called "Belphegor's Gift". The song is part of a series inspired by the seven sins.
- In the final episode of season 2 of Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?, the cast venture into the mind of Ayumu Aikawa, the main character. There they combat his personified emotions, which have demonic names corresponding to the sinful emotion they represent. Belphegor is the final and most powerful of these personifications, as Ayumu yearned for a simple, safe, slothful existence before the supporting cast introduced such chaos and activity into his life.
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