Who Is Azrael, and Is He Really the Angel of Death?
A careful guide to Azrael across death-angel tradition, Islamic reception, and modern grief symbolism
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Angel Names
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Browse source-reviewed angel-name articles alphabetically. The public directory links approved name entries and keeps unpublished letter shelves out of the main browse path.
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Who Is Dumah, the Angel Whose Name Means Silence?
Where the word appears in scripture, when it first names an angel, and how the Talmudic figure grew into the Zohar's…
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Who Is Eremiel, the Angel Set Over the Abyss?
The scene in the Apocalypse of Zephaniah, the mercy buried in the name, and why Eremiel, Jeremiel, Jerahmeel, and…
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Who Is Gadreel, and Why Does 1 Enoch Blame Him for Eden?
The charge sheet in 1 Enoch 69, the earliest text to give the Eden serpent an angelic name, and the weapons list that…
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Who Is Gamaliel, and Why Does the Name Mean Three Things?
A teacher in Acts, an attendant in the Gnostic codices, and a rank of impure powers in Kabbalah all carry it.
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Who Is Hagith, and Is the Olympic Spirit of Venus an Angel?
One Latin handbook printed in 1575 is the whole basis for this name, and it does not call him an angel.
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Who Is Iaoel, the Angel Who Carries the Divine Name?
The Apocalypse of Abraham's guide, why his name contains the Tetragrammaton, and how he became the strongest candidate…
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Who Is Israfil, the Angel Who Blows the Trumpet?
The Qur'an describes the blast that ends the world in more than a dozen places, and never says who sounds it.
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Who Is Kemuel, and Is He in the Bible or in Legend?
Three men in the Hebrew Bible carry this name. The angel who carries it belongs to a story about Moses that scripture…
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Who Is Kerubiel, the Prince of the Cherubim in 3 Enoch?
The cherubim are all over the Hebrew Bible. The angel placed in command of them appears in one chapter of one mystical…
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