angels
Divine intermediaries in various religious traditions.
↻ synthesized from 41 sources
When
- First attested
- 1800 BCE
- Attested period
- -1800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- little people, Saint Andrew, Palaemon, St. Anthony of Egypt, Macarius, Emperor Decius, Joseph, Mary, Menas, Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Rosary, Seraphim, Thrones, Archangels, Al-lāt, Al-‘Uzzá, Manāt, Ammit, Anubis, Amikuk, Amaburakosagi, Amala, Amamehagi, Amanojaku, Amarok, Amarum, Amazake-babaa, Amemasu, Amhuluk, Amorōnagu, Anak, Androsphinx, Anqa, Ani Hyuntikwalaski, Ankou, Anmo, Antero Vipunen, Anzû, Ao, Ao Ao, Aobōzu, Apkallu, Apsaras, Aqrabuamelu, Ardat-lilî, Archura, Argus Panoptes, Arikura-no-baba, Arimaspi, Arkan Sonney, Asag, Asakku, Asanbosam, Asena, A-senee-ki-wakw, Ashi-magari, Asiman, Askefrue, Ask-wee-da-eed, Asobibi, Asrai, Astomi, Aswang, Atomy, Ato-oi-kozō, Atshen, Auvekoejak, Awa-hon-do, dragon, lamassu, phoenixes, Ziz, griffins, Medusa, sphinxes, basilisk, Fenghuang, Cockatrice, Erinyes, Djinn, Elemental, Fionnuala, Firebird, Fūjin, Gamayun, Gargoyle, Garuda, Stheno, Euryale, Harpy, Hippogriff, Huitzilopochtli, Itsumade, Lightning Bird, Lindworm, Minokawa, Nephele, Nue, Huginn, Muninn, Ong, Peryton, Raiju, Roc, Sarimanok, Shahbaz, Sirens, Simurgh, Snallygaster, Stymphalian Birds, Sylph, Thunderbird, Winged Unicorn, Wyvern, Yalungur, Yuki-onna, Zilant, Zduhać, Aralez, Pegasus, Bat, seraph, satyr, Cernunnos, Fairy, Hathor, Horned God, Jackalope, Silenos, Angels who preside over the Four Quarters of the Terrestrial sphere, Cupid, God, the Father, serpent, Ashura, Jesus, angel Gabriel, Triune God, Holy Spirit, Seth, Living Creatures, Ancients, devils, Father, Son, Our Lady, Heavenly Father, Shekinah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Christ, Satan, Ḥayyot haq-Qodesh, Ophanim, gods, Jesus Christ
- enemy of
- demons, the devil, Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites, king of Assyria, Lucifer
- allied with
- Stephen, Catherine, Vitus, Modestus, Crescentia, Saint Bartholomew, Mercury, Sol, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Luna, Lord, Israelites, Virgin Mary, saints, God the Father, Holy Ghost, God, Adam, Michael, Child Jesus, Mother of God
- serves
- Jesus, Christophoros, Our Lady of Charity, Supreme Being, Lord, Thoth, God the Father, Holy Trinity, God
- teacher of
- Christomaios, Father Divine
- served by
- cherubim, Lord of the Flame
- child of
- Allah
- sibling of
- Aeons
- syncretized with
- Deva
Mentioned by
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Source passages
“Strassman argues that the more positive of the "external entities" encountered in DMT experiences should be understood as analogous to certain forms of angels: The medieval Jewish philosophers whom I rely upon for understanding the Hebrew Bible text and its concept of prophecy portray angels as God's intermediaries.”
#266 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Christopher is thrown down a well with a heavy stone around his neck but the stone is crushed and the saint lifted out of the well by angels.”
#1551 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The monastery is said to have been "filled with angels as Christ received his soul".”
#1631 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Joseph's death aged 111, attended by angels and asserting the perpetual virginity of Mary, takes up approximately half the story.”
#1706 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Her feet rest on a brilliant moon, while angels spread their golden wings on a silver cloud.”
#1870 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001