《蝇王》(英語:Lord of the Flies)是威廉·戈尔丁发表于1954年的寓言体長篇小說。書名暗指这种“恶魔”存在于每个人的内心当中。书中赛门也曾指出孩子们所害怕的“怪兽”其实就藏在孩子们内心当中。
戈尔丁以此命名是為了獸性戰勝人性的道德主題,故事中的孩子害怕莫須有的怪物,但其實怪物就在人心,是人把樂園變成了屠場。[8]內容讲述了一群被困在荒岛上的儿童在完全没有成人的引导下如何建立起一个脆弱的文明体系。最终由于人类内心的黑暗面导致这个文明体系无可避免地被野蛮与暴力所代替。主题是备受争议的人性、个体权益与集体利益的冲突,是当代英文小说中的经典。威廉·戈尔丁也为此获得1983年诺贝尔文学奖。
^Herrmann. Toorn, K. v. d.; Becking, B.; Horst, P. W. v. d. , 编. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible 2nd extensively rev. (154). Leiden; Boston MA; Grand Rapids, MI: Brill; Eerdmans. 1999. For etymological reasons, Baal Zebub must be considered a Semitic god; he is taken over by the Philistine Ekronites and incorporated into their local cult.|article=被忽略 (帮助)
^Arndt, W.; Danker, F. W.; Bauer, W. A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature 3rd (173). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. 2000. Βεελζεβούλ, ὁ indecl. (v.l. Βεελζεβούβ and Βεεζεβούλ W-S. §5, 31, cp. 27 n. 56) Beelzebul, orig. a Philistine deity; the name בַּעַל זְבוּב means Baal (lord) of those who are capable of flying (4 Km 1:2, 6; Sym. transcribes βεελζεβούβ; Vulgate Beelzebub; TestSol freq. Βεελζεβούλ,-βουέλ).|article=被忽略 (帮助)
^Balz, H. R.; Schneider, G. Exegetical dictionary of the New Testament 1 (211). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 1990. 1. According to 2 Kgs 1:2–6 the name of the Philistine god of Ekron was Lord of the Flies (Heb. ba'al zeaûḇ), from whom Israel's King Ahaziah requested an oracle.
^Lewis. Freedman, D. N. , 编. The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary 1 (639). New York, NY: Doubleday. 1996. The etymology of Beelzebul has proceeded in several directions. The variant reading Beelzebub (Syriac translators and Jerome) reflects a long-standing tradition of equating Beelzebul with the Philistine deity of the city of Ekron mentioned in 2 Kgs 1:2, 3, 6, 16. Baalzebub (Heb ba˓al zĕbûb) seems to mean "lord of flies" (HALAT, 250, but cf. LXXB baal muian theon akkarōn, "Baal-Fly, god of Akkaron"; Ant 9:2, 1 theon muian).|article=被忽略 (帮助)
^Herrmann. Toorn, K. v. d.; Becking, B.; Horst, P. W. v. d. , 编. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible 2nd extensively rev. (154). Leiden; Boston, MA; Grand Rapids, MI: Brill; Eerdmans. 1999. On the basis zebub, 'flies', the name of the god was interpreted as 'Lord of the flies'; it was assumed that he was a god who could cause or cure diseases.|article=被忽略 (帮助)