Moloch was a bull-headed Semitic god who received firstborn children ordered to be sacrificed by fire. There's evidence to suggest that Moloch translates to 'sacrifice' and isn't a name per se but a reference to the offerings it receives.The following quote is a supposed first hand account of someone who witnessed these sacrifices:“It was an idol with the face of a calf and open hands like someone who wants to take something from another. They would light this idol on fire until his hands were s