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Balthioul
Balthioul is an obscure angelic name found chiefly in modern and post-medieval compilations of esoteric angelology. Unlike Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, or other angels named in Jewish and Christian scripture, Balthioul has…
Azriel
Azriel is a name associated with angels, Jewish religious tradition, and later accounts of the angel of death, but its identity is not consistent across sources. In some modern writings, Azriel is treated as a variant sp…
Azrael
Azrael is the name commonly given to the angel of death in Islamic tradition. In Arabic, the name is usually written ʿAzrāʾīl or ʿIzrāʾīl, while “Azrael” is a familiar English form. His principal role is to receive or ta…
Azbogah
Azbogah is a little-known angelic name associated with Jewish angelology and later esoteric traditions. Unlike Michael, Gabriel, Raphael or Uriel, Azbogah does not belong to the small group of angels whose names and stor…
Ayil
Ayil is an uncertain angelic name found mainly in later esoteric and angelological lists rather than in a clearly defined ancient religious tradition. Unlike Michael, Gabriel, Raphael or Uriel, Ayil has no widely recogni…
Atrugiel
Atrugiel is an obscure angelic name whose identity and traditional setting are uncertain. It does not belong to the best-known groups of angels described in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Qur’an, or widely tran…
Asteraoth
Asteraoth is an uncertain spelling associated with Astaroth, a figure in later Christian demonology. The name is sometimes placed in lists of angels or supernatural spirits, but Asteraoth is not a clearly established ang…
Astanphaeus
Astanphaeus is a name associated with the archontic beings of certain Gnostic creation myths, especially traditions related to the Apocryphon of John and other texts from the Nag Hammadi library. The name appears in seve…
Asroilu
Asroilu is an uncertain and poorly documented angelic name. It appears in some modern lists and secondary treatments of angels, but it does not have a securely established identity in the major scriptural and theological…
Asariel
Asariel is a name associated in some later angelological and esoteric writings with water, the sea, and the zodiacal sign Pisces. Unlike Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, or other angels with substantial scriptural and liturgic…
Armisael
Armisael is a little-known angelic name associated in later angelological and occult traditions with the womb, pregnancy, and protection against miscarriage. Unlike Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, or Uriel, Armisael does not …