In post-classical rabbinical tradition, this supposed deity was associated with Greco-Roman reports of Carthaginian child sacrifice to the god Baal Hammon.
Moloch is depicted in John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost as one of the greatest warriors of the rebel angels, vengeful and militant.
Part II of Allen Ginsberg's 1955 poem "Howl", "Moloch", is about the state of industrial civilization, Moloch is also the name of an industrial, demonic figure in Fritz Lang's Metropolis, a film that Ginsberg credits with influencing "Howl, Part II".
It portrays Adolf Hitler living life in an unassuming manner during an abrupt journey to the Bavarian Alps.
Moloch, an opera by Max von Schillings, (premiered December 8, 1906 in Dresden) is about a priest, seeking to teach those oppressed by the Romanas, who becomes frustrated and commits suicide.