Asmodeus was widely depicted as having a handsome visage, good manners and an engaging nature; however, he was portrayed as walking with a limp and one leg was either clawed or that of a rooster. He walks aided by two walking sticks in Lesage's work, and this gave rise to the English title "The Devil on Two Sticks" (also later translated "The Limping Devil" and "The Lame Devil"). Lesage attributes his lameness to falling from the sky after fighting with another devil.