Angel of Death

angelic intermediate Christian single tradition · 5

The Angel of Death appears in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. The character is based on Azrael.

↻ synthesized from 5 sources

When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
600 – 2020
Historical notes
Depicted in an 1848 painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

Relationships

syncretized with
Azrael, Grim Reaper
manifested by
Samael, Azrael

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Sources

Source passages

“Angel of Death in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, though it is based on Azrael.”

#5109 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Sometimes, particularly when winged, the character is equated with the Angel of Death.”

#12258 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“When he could not get other children to attend his funerals, he would perform the services alone. Jones claimed to have exceptional abilities, such as the capacity to fly...He sometimes put other children into life-threatening situations and told them that he was guided by the Angel of Death.”

#32855 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“It depicts an angel of death covering the body of a young man with a shroud.”

#39910 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001