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The Intelligence Angels of all kinds, Guardian Angel of Saturn. Ananiel. Christianity. Watcher. Storm of God, Angel of water, guard of the gates of the South Wind [1] Anush. Mandaeism. Uthra. Teacher of John the Baptist, miracle worker in Jerusalem.
Angels in Islamic art often appear in illustrated manuscripts of Muhammad's life. Other common depictions of angels in Islamic art include angels with Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, angels discerning the saved from the damned on the Day of Judgement, and angels as a repeating motif in borders or textiles. [20]
Winged angels in different cultures Assyrian. The use of winged angels in art spans several millennia and cuts across multiple cultures, with each culture associating these ethereal figures with various aspects. For instance, in the ancient Assyrian culture, there was a protective deity labelled lamassu. A lamassu is a hybrid figure that ...
Chapter 20 of the Book of Enoch mentions seven holy angels who watch, that often are considered the seven archangels: Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, Uriel, Sariel, Raguel, and Remiel. [ 28] The Life of Adam and Eve lists the archangels as well: Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael and Joel. Medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides made a Jewish angelic ...
Raphael ( Arabic: إسرافيل, romanized : ʾIsrāfīl, alternate spellings: Israfel, Esrafil) [citation needed] is a venerated archangel according to Islamic tradition. In Islamic eschatology, Israfil will blow the trumpet from a holy rock in Jerusalem to announce the Day of Judgment ( Yawm al-Qiyāmah ).
The Jewish angelic hierarchy is established in the Hebrew Bible, Talmud, Rabbinic literature, and traditional Jewish liturgy. They are categorized in different hierarchies proposed by various theologians. For example, Maimonides, in his Mishneh Torah or Yad ha-Chazakah: Yesodei ha-Torah, counts ten ranks of angels . Rank. Angelic Class. Notes. 1.
A guardian angel is a type of angel that is assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group or nation. Belief in tutelary beings can be traced throughout all antiquity. The idea of angels that guard over people played a major role in Ancient Judaism. In Christianity, the hierarchy of angels was extensively developed in the 5th century ...
The angel Jophiel ( Heb. יוֹפִיאֵל Yōp̄īʾēl, "Beauty of God"), [1] [2] also called Iophiel, Iofiel, Jofiel, Yofiel, Youfiel, Zophiel ( צֹפִיאֵל Ṣōp̄īʾēl, "God is my watchman") [3] and Zuriel ( צוּרִיאֵל Ṣūrīʾēl, "God is my rock"), [4] is an archangel in Christian and Jewish angelology ...