Moloch
deity figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Saturn
in the texts
Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England
Ancient deity to whom child sacrifice was attributed, invoked by Southey as less cruel than factory conditions.
Was I not right in saying that Moloch is a more merciful friend than Mammon?
The Rights of War and Peace
Deity identified with Saturn to whom child sacrifice was offered.
Those too who offered their children to Moloch, that is, to Saturn, were punished with death.