Mammon in literature, film, and popular culture

The Hebrew term mammon, personifying money in the New Testament, has led to many adaptations in literature, film, and popular culture.

In John Milton's Paradise Lost, Mammon is a fallen angel, described as being "more interested in heaven's pavements" than the leader.

In Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman, Lucifer is destroyed in the second war between angels and devils, leaving Mammon in charge of Hell.

In Pale Rider, Mammon is referred to by the preacher (Clint Eastwood) in the usual sense (You cannot serve both God and Mammon) in his deliberations with a corrupt businessman who has hired thugs and a grim band of deputies, in to run a settlement of gold prospectors off their claim so that he can extract all wealth from the land using destructive, deafening industrial methods.

Lucifer then destroys Gabriel's wings and banishes Mammon back to Hell, stating that he prefers to wait and see Earth come to him on its own.

In several campaign settings of Dungeons & Dragons, Mammon is an archdevil, known as the Lord of Avarice, one of the archdukes and the ruler of the Third Layer of Hell.

In the SNES RPG Chrono Trigger, the plot involves a device known as the Mammon Machine, created by Queen Zeal, who believed it would make her kingdom the most wealthy and powerful.

In the Japanese arcade rhythm game Beatmania IIDX, Mammon is portrayed as "Mamonis", by popular musician Kors k. His music track is composed to reflect the yearnings of mankind.

In the visual novel Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Mammon is one of the Seven Sisters of Purgatory, a group of demons in service to the Golden Witch.