Nybbas

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Nybbas is a demon.

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[edit] Dictionnaire Infernal

Nybbas, is a demon or spirit in the Dictionnaire Infernal, that manages visions & dreams. He is attributed with inventing the television and is blamed by some ultra right sects in modern day for manipulation of magazines, newspapers, radio, and the World Wide Web. He is regarded as a buffoon and a charlatan, his grinning face is depicted as sickening and terrifying and beneath his otherways friendly exterior, he is disdainful and manipulative. His eyes are always hidden behind a veil or some obstruction (in the 18th century it was seen as a large hat). No one has ever seen his eyes to suggest his nature as a liar. His charge is to dehumanise and desensitise humanity, making selfishness and cruelty appear moral, and generosity and gentleness childish. He is of the inferior order, high upper gallery of hell. The last major Prince of Hell, he was crowned by Lucifer Himself. Nybbas, a low-ranking servitor of Vapula, is aided by several human allies which he seeks in dreams and visions but discards when their favor is no longer required.

[edit] Similarity with Nebahaz

The name Nybbas has remarkable resemblance with "Nebahaz", one of several deities protecting the individual cities of Samaria who are mentioned specifically by name in the Bible, in 2 Kings 17:31. In his "Encyclopédie Théologique", or "Dictionnaire ... de la Bible", Augustin Calmet asserts that Nebahaz and Nebachas are one and the same and associates them with Nebo, another name for the god Nabu.

[edit] In Nomine

In the In Nomine RPG, Nybbas is the Demon Prince of Media.

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