| Agrat bat Mahlat | |
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Agrat, daughter of Mahlat |
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Jewish Mythology |
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Jewish Mythology |
Origin[]
Agrat bat Mahlat is a female demon in Jewish mythology, known as “Agrat, daughter of Mahlat.”
In rabbinic literature (Yalquṭ Ḥadash), she appears as a roof-dancing demon who rides through the air on Tuesday and Friday nights with 18,000 spirits of destruction, and as the mistress of sorceresses who revealed magical secrets to the sage Amemar.
In Kabbalistic texts (the Zohar), Agrat is portrayed as a queen of demons and angel of sacred prostitution, consorting with Samael, Lilith, Naamah, and sometimes Eisheth. One legend says she and Lilith visited King Solomon disguised as prostitutes; Solomon trapped her spirits in a vessel, later found by King David, with whom Agrat bore the demon Asmodeus.
A later Kabbalistic account by Nathan Nata Spira describes her as the offspring of Mahalat, daughter of Ishmael, and the desert demon Igrathiel, linking her to biblical genealogy.
Roughly a millennium after the time of Solomon and David, Hanina ben Dosa and Rabbi Abaye were said to have subdued her powers over humankind.
Public Domain Appearances[]
All published appearances of from before January 1, 1931 are public domain in the US.
Some notable appearances are listed below:
Public Domain Literary Appearances[]
- Zohar
- Yalquṭ Ḥadash