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Moloch in popular culture
:''see also Moloch (disambiguation)''
The god Moloch of the Ancient Near East, to whom children were sacrificed as recorded in the Hebrew Bible, is reflected in popular culture in various forms - with more, less or no reference to the origin of the name.〔Lives of Victorian political figures: Volume 2 Christine Kinealy, Michael De Nie, Carla King - 2007 "370, L 5: Moloch: in popular mythology, an idol who devours his followers' children, "〕
Most references are simply the use of the name "Moloch" with no direct reference to the god. Others draw upon high literary references to Moloch in literature, such as the allegorical Moloch in John Milton's ''Paradise Lost'', where Moloch is one of the greatest warriors of the rebel angels, vengeful and militant. Fewer draw on sociological comparisons to Moloch in the Old Testament — a god that demands sacrifice of children. Examples include the philosopher Bertrand Russell in 1903 using Moloch to describe oppressive religion, or Winston Churchill using Moloch as a metaphor for Adolf Hitler's cult of personality in his 1948 history ''The Gathering Storm''.
==Poetry==
In Allen Ginsberg's 1955 poem ''Howl'', Moloch is used as a metaphor for the American city, thus aligning McCarthy-era America with the demon. The word is repeated many times throughout Part II of the poem, and begins (as an exclamation of "Moloch!") in all but the first and last five stanzas of the section.
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