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Dragonatrix posted:They totally went with this design because he looks like a giant furnace and this is Fornax and all. I bet you that's the entire reason why. Moloch was worshiped in Canaan, according to Wikipedia, and is now best known for the reputed child-sacrifices made in its name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch The design used in this game is really close to the image on wikipedia from an 18th century artist's depiction. Specifically, the children were burned; the base of the statue was heated like an oven, which got the upper metal statue extremely hot. Or they were chucked in the oven itself. (Or all this child sacrifice was Roman propaganda against the Carthaginians, and the bit about passing through the flames of Moloch was a purification ritual.) Moloch is mentioned in a number of classic literature pieces, including Paradise Lost. I remember him though from Fritz Lang's Metropolis; the main character has a work-haze induced dream where he sees people being sacrificed to the furnaces of industry, the gaping maw of Moloch.
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