Azael

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Azael also Aziel, Azazel, Asiel, Hazazel. A demon, one of the angels involved in the fall from Heaven, one of the princes of the Watchers who descended to earth to couple sexually with mortal women in the Book of Enoch and the Book of Genesis. Azael is named in the Hebrew Book of Enoch as one of the chiefs of the fallen angels.The Book of Enoch Azael is described in The Apocalypse of Abraham as having 7 serpent heads, 14 faces, and 12 wings. Jewish legend speaks of Azazel as the angel who refused to bow down before Adam (In the Koran the angel is Eblis or Iblis) when the first man was presented to God to the assembled heiarchs in Heaven, Islamic legend states that when God commanded the angels to worship Adam and Azazel refused, he contended "Why should a son of fire [i.e., an Angel] fall down before a son of clay [i.e., a mortal]?" Whereupon this, God cast Azazel out of Heaven and changed his name to Eblis.Gustav Davidson, A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels, Free Press, 1967 Milton in Paradise Lost I, 534 describes Azael as "a cherub tall," but also as a fallen angel and Lucifer's standard bearer.Milton - Paradise Lost Bamberger in Fallen Angels inclines to the notion that the first star which fell was Azazel.Bamberger - Fallen Angels In Midrash Petriat Mosheh, Azael is mentioned as one of the 2 angelsMidrash Petriat Mosheh (Ouza is the other) who came down from heaven and was corrupted. Cornelius Agrippa Cornelius Agrippa, Occult Philosophy lists 4 fallen angels as the opposites of the 4 holy rulers of the elements; among them is Azael. Azael is chained in a desert where he will remain until the day of judgment. Rf. De Plancy, Dictionnaire Infernal

In popular culture

'Azael' is the name of a monster on the PlayStation game .

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