Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Metatron, the greatest of all the angels in Jewish mysticism — the supreme archangel and Prince of the Divine Presence, the heavenly scribe who records
Raziel, “the Secret of God” — the archangel of mysteries and divine secrets in Jewish mysticism, who hears the secrets of creation by the Throne and keeps
Azrael, the angel of death in Jewish and Islamic tradition — the celestial being charged with separating the soul from the body at the appointed hour and
Discover Abraxas (Abrasax), the enigmatic Gnostic cosmic being — the rooster-headed, serpent-legged ruler of the 365 heavens whose name sums to 365, famed
Israfil (Isráfíl), the great angel of the trumpet in Islamic tradition — one of the foremost archangels, who will sound the trumpet (the Sūr) of the Last
Iblis (al-Shayṭán), the chief of the devils in Islamic tradition — the jinn who refused God’s command to bow before Adam out of pride, was cursed and cast
The Buraq (al-Buráq), the wondrous heavenly steed of Islamic tradition — a swift, radiant white mount that carried the Prophet Muhammad on the miraculous
Munkar, one of the two angels of the grave in Islamic tradition — with his companion Nakir, the angel who comes to the newly buried dead to question them
Nakir, one of the two angels of the grave in Islamic tradition — with his companion Munkar, the angel who comes to the newly buried dead to question them
Maalik (Málik), the angel who is the keeper of Hell (Jahannam) in Islamic tradition — the stern, mighty angel who presides over the Fire and commands the
