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Thamuz

Thamuz is referenced in demonological literature as a demon of the second order, credited with inventing artillery and associated with flames, grills, and pyres. The origins of Thamuz are linked to Tammuz (Dumuzid), a Sumerian and later Babylonian deity associated with vegetation and rebirth, but in Christian demonology Thamuz assumes a role connected to punishment … Read more