Moloch (disambiguation)

Moloch is:

• Moloch ( Religion ) Biblical name for Phoenician - Canaanite sacrificial rites, which provided after the biblical tradition, the sacrifice of children by fire
• , derived from a relentless, all -consuming power, applied in critical of civilization sense to cities

In biology:

• Moloch horridus, Australian Thorny Devil, a lizard; the only representative of its genus
• Hylobates moloch, Silvery as a kind of gibbons
• Stygimoloch, a dinosaur genus

Title of works of literature, film and the performing arts:

• The Moloch, Russian narrative of Alexander Kuprin from 1896
• The Moloch (novel), novel by Jakob Wassermann from 1902
• The juggernaut. For Americanization of the World, book by Karlheinz Deschner
• Moloch (film), film directed by Alexander Sokurov from 1999
• Moloch ( opera ), opera by Max von Schillings, premiered in 1906 in Dresden
• Moloch. The life of Moravagine, novel by Blaise Cendrars 1926

See also:

• Disambiguation