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Samael

demonic sky Jewish single tradition · 12

Samael is described as Israel's accuser and an enemy of Michael. Their enmity dates from the time Samael was thrown from heaven and tried to drag Michael down with him, necessitating God's intervention. He also tried to kill Jacob while he was in his mother's womb.

↻ synthesized from 12 sources

When

First attested
300 BCE
Attested period
-300 – 2024
Historical notes
Rabbinic tradition.

Relationships

enemy of
Michael, Israel
co occurs with
Angra Mainyu, Watchers, Semjâzâ, Satanael, Michael the Archangel, Yama-dutas, Amokye, Anito, Grim Reaper, Magwayen, Heibai Wuchang, Shiva as Tarakeshwara, Visnudutas, Daena, Azrael, Santa Muerte, Yama, Psychopomp, Shinigami, Sejadin, Nasirdîn, Destroying angel, Astaphaios, Yao, Eloai, Saklas, Nebro, Ariel, Samyaza, Azazel, Lilith, Eisheth Zenunim, Agrat bat Mahlat, Metatron, Af, Hemah, Yaldabaoth, Sophia, Camael, Samiel, Sammael, Mastema, Abaddon, Mot, Dumah, Saint Peter, Jesus
syncretized with
Azazel, Satan, Demiurge, Belial
consort of
Eisheth Zenunim, Naamah, Agrat bat Mahlat, Lilith
manifests as
Angel of Death
aspect of
Yaldabaoth
parent of
Cain, Sword of Samael
has aspect
Melkira, Malkira, Belkira, Bechira
sibling of
Anael, Gabriel, Oriphiel, Raphael, Zerachiel

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (12)
  1. Michael (archangel)
  2. Satan
  3. Azazel
  4. Eisheth
  5. Psychopomp
  6. Azrael
  7. Saureil
  8. Demiurge
  9. Samael
  10. Yaldabaoth
  11. Belial
  12. Destroying angel (Bible)

Source passages

“and sometimes had to fight with the princes of the other nations (Daniel 10:13) and particularly with the angel Samael, Israel's accuser. Their enmity dates from the time Samael was thrown from heaven and tried to drag Michael down with him, necessitating God's intervention.”

#1959 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The name Samael, which is used in reference to one of the fallen angels, later became a common name for Satan in Jewish Midrash and Kabbalah.”

#2254 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“The medieval scholar Nachmanides (1194–1270) identified the Hebrew text as also referring to a demon, and identified this 'Azazel' with Samael.”

#2351 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Eisheth Zenunim is one of the four mates of Samael, who is a destructive and seductive force.”

#6227 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“However, the archangel Samael can be regarded as the Jewish psychopomp, whose role in Talmudic and post-Talmudic theology is as the Angel of death.”

#14140 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001