Mammon
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- wealth regarded as an evil influence
- a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit; "ye cannot serve God and Mammon"
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See also
- Christian demons in popular culture
- In Spanish culture, where Mammon is not so well known, the image used to criticize the love of wealth is the golden calf, idolized by the Israelites against the will of God.
- Slavic demons
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