BestiarypediaThe bestiary of every mythology
Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
Ghaddār
Yemeni jinn who tortures desert travelers
Ghaddār ambushes lone travelers in the deserts of Yemen and the Hejaz, captures, tortures and leaves them to die; cousin of the ghūl and siʿlā.
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Helel Ben Shahar
The morning star of Isaiah 14
Venus before dawn and the prophet's taunt against the king of Babylon; the Vulgate called it "lucifer".
Metatron
Metatron, the Prince of the Presence
The heavenly scribe who says "I am Enoch": seventy names and a throne at the seventh palace's door.
Camael
Prince of the Powers
Archangel of divine severity and regent of Gevurah; not in the Bible, but in the Kabbalah.
Samael
Samael, the Venom of God
Accusing angel of the heavenly court and demonic prince of Kabbalah, consort of Lilith.
Enoch
Enoch, the patriarch who did not die
Seventh from Adam and father of Methuselah: the only man in Genesis 5 not said to have died.
Yahweh
The God of Israel behind the Tetragrammaton YHWH
God of the covenant in the Hebrew Bible, with a four-letter name that is not pronounced.
Michael
Prince of the Heavenly Host
Warrior archangel: Israel's protecting prince in Daniel and victor over the dragon in Revelation.
Chamuel
The archangel of the pink ray
Archangel of unconditional love and reconciliation in modern angelology.
Azrael
The angel of the appointed hour
The angel who takes the soul at the hour God has fixed, not an instant before or after.
Selaphiel
The archangel of prayer
The archangel who carries human prayers before the throne; in icons, the only one looking down.
Raphael
The Divine Healer
Physician archangel of the Book of Tobit: travels disguised as a man, cures blindness and binds demons.
Danel
The seventh name on the list
A chief of ten among the two hundred of Hermon. The Book of Enoch names him twice and nothing more.
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