v_public_adversarial_beings: 79

Demons, adversarial figures, and hostile entities across traditions.

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rowid	entity_id	canonical_name	tradition	category	primary_domains	short_note
79	ENT_LAT_ASMODEUS	Asmodeus	Late Antique Ritual	Demon	desire; wrath; obstruction; demonic king	Demonic figure who kills the seven husbands of Sarah (Tobit 3:8); bound in Egypt by the angel Raphael using fish-liver smoke (Tobit 8:3). Name derives from Avestan Aeshma Daeva. Key evidence for Zoroastrian demonological influence on Jewish Second Temple literature.