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Someone told me it was a good idea to make one of these... so here I go. I know AS is confusing, I know it refers to a lot of stuff that people don't get, but most of it for the purpose of understanding the story should be cleared up by the world guide. This section is purely for amusement to see the mythological origins and references that appears in Angel Sanctuary. Many of the names are cross references from many cultures as they evolve through time. Abaddon destruction, Hebrew name (equivalent of Greek Apollyon - destroyer) of "the angel of the bottomless pit". a personification of the idea of destruction, or as sheol, the realm of the dead Adam Kadmon hebric, birth that marked Primordial Man, "before creation", he was both male and female in one, before seperated into Adam and Eve Agate a precious stone in the breast-plate of the high priest (3 dragon gods) Anael or spelled Hanael, presides over the zodiac Capricorn, one of the 7 angels of creation, prince of the Archangels and ruler of the Friday angels, governor of the second heaven, in charge of prayer ascending from the first heaven Angel the messenger; created, non-human, spirit beings, immortal, invisible, and sexless. the only angels mentioned by name are Gabriel, Michael, Raphael and Lucifer. created to serve and carry out God's will Angel of the Four Winds Uriel of the east wind, with chariot pulled by red horses; Raphael of the south wind, with chariot pulled by gray horses; Gabriel of west wind and white horses; Michael of north wind and black horses Anima Mundi "world soul", the ancient concept of a pure, ethereal spirit that is a part of all things in nature. According to some schools of thought, it is the only vital force in the universe Archangel the prince of the angels Archon Gnostic for prince, ruler Ariel "the lion of God", archangel of earth, patron of beasts ^^ I don't think this is the one in AS Asmodeus hebric, king of the demons who accepted the Torah and live in indifference to man, husband of lilith, ne of the seven archdemons of Persian mythology, order of the Seraphim, in his female incarnation, Asmodeus is the spirit of lust and the beautiful sister of Tubal-Cain, fell in love with Sarah in the book of Tobit, the daughter of Raguel had already been married to seven men, but the jealous demon had slain each one of them before the marriage could be consummated, see Tobiah Assiah the final or created reality, includes not only matter but also the lower psyche and the negative forces, both physical and occult realities Astaroth name given to the male, medieval incarnation of the ancient demon goddess Astoreth, as the Hebrews call her, or Astarte as she was known to the Phoenicians, an ugly angel, riding on a dragon and holding a viper in his left hand, very powerful grand duke in hell, in the hierarchy of the fallen angels he ranks as the 'prince of thrones', always desirous to sit idle and be at ease, he is a great lover of sloth, very good teacher of the liberal arts and or most sciences (-.-?????) Atziluth "archetypal", Kabbalistic World of Emanation, also called the Image and the Heavenly man (Adam Kadmon), is the Divine Reality Baal or perhaps Bael the god most actively worshipped in Canaan and Phoenicia, the Storm God, Rider of the Clouds, Prince, Master of the Earth, Grand Duke of Hell, general of the infernal armies and commander of sixty-six legions. He is depicted as a creature with three heads - a cat, a crowned man and a toad. His pudgy torso ends in a spider's legs. Those who invoke him are made alert and cunning and are taught the means of making themselves invisible when necessary, a demon cited in the Grand Grimoire and head of the infernal powers Baphomet in the 19th century, Eliphas Levi, a magician and magical philosopher, used an inverted pentacle to signify the god Baphomet, a goat-headed god of Evil. the symbol, known as the sign of Baphomet, has been adopted to signify the Church of Satan and other left hand path religions Barbiel angel of October or the zodiac Scorpio Beast flocks or herds of grazing animals Beelzebub the name given to Satan, and found only in the NT; probably the same as Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, meaning "the lord of flies," or, as others think, "the lord of dung," or "the dung-god", an idol of the Canaanites, the medieval image of sovereign ruler of the infernal empire Behemoth Egyptian word meaning "water-ox", probably a hippo Belial worthlessness, frequently used in the OT as a proper name, in the NT it is used as a name of Satan, the personification of all that is evil, "Never has Hell received a more dissolute, more heinous, more worthless spirit, or one more in love with vice for vice's sake!" rated immediately after Lucifer himself, one of the first angels to revolt against God Briah "creation", the first of the Created or Manifest Worlds Camael "he who sees God", archangel of divine love -.-;;;;;;; patron angel of all who love God Charon see Lethe Demon a fallen angel that assists Satan in the opposition of God Dubbiel guardian angel of the Persian empire from Jewish culture Eden delight, garden of the first humans Eins, Twei, Drei a variation of Eastern European language such as German for "one, two, three" (Mad Hatter vol. 7) Enoch initiated, an apocryphal book, (the language of angels in AS) Enra-ou the Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the Sanskrit Yama. He is the god of the underworld, who determines the fate of the soul according to the Law of Buddha. His palace, located under the Yellow Springs, is made of precious metals and stones Etemenanki from tower of babel, house of the foundation of Heaven and earth, composed of six gigantic steps, placed on the ruins of Tell-Amram which are situated on the same side of the Euphrates as those of the Babil Eurydice see Orpheus Gabriel "God is my strength", champion of God, archangel of mercy, used as a proper name to designate the angel who was sent to explain the vision of the ram and the he-goat, and to communicate the prediction of the seventy weeks Gehenna originally, a place southwest of Jerusalem where children were burned as sacrifices to the god Molech, later became a garbage dump with continuous burning of trash. it was used biblically to illustrate the abode of the damned, also mentioned as a place of punishment w/ unquenchable fire where both the body and soul of the wicked go after death Ghoul in Muslim folklore, a female demon of the desert that is able to assume the shape of an animal, an evil spirit that robs graves and feeds on the flesh of the dead Golgotha most well known as the place where Christ was crucified, the name means "the place of a skull" though i don't see what this has to do with marriage ceremonies Gomorrah submersion, one of the five cities of the plain of Siddim which were destroyed by fire, located near the northern extremity of what is now the Dead Sea, see Sodom Grand Grimoire constitutes one of the most famous and outrageous Grimoires of black magic, dates not much earlier than the early 1800's, in French and English Hades NT term for the Hebrew "sheol", abode of the conscious dead. in Revelation it is referred to as a creature on a horse. Heaven place of God and everlasting bliss for the dead. scripture only mentions "the third heaven", but it's logical that it can't exist without the first two. there are no descriptions of the first and second heaven. but the first probably refers to the atmospheric heavens of the fowl and clouds. the second heaven may be the area of stars and planets, the abode of all angelic beings. the third heaven is the abode of God - location unknown Hell place of eternal fire & punishment of the damned. other words for Hell: see Hades (Greek), Gehenna (Greek), Sheol (Hebrew) Jahannam islamic for hell, note - name of my website ^^ Jibrille correct islamic spelling is Jibreel, name of the angel who was sent to the Messenger Kelpie in old Scotland, a water demon who lurks in lakes and rivers, usually assumes the shape of a young horse, when a tired traveler stops by a lake to rest, he would see a horse, apparently peacefully grazing. when he mounts the horse, the Kelpie dives into the water, but besides wet clothes, the rider gets away unharmed Lailah hebrew for "night", goddess, the darkness mentioned in Genesis Lethe a river in Hades whose waters caused forgetfulness, connected to another Underworld river "Styx" where the ghostly remains of the dead congregated to seek passage to Afterlife. unless they bribed Charon to ferry them across, they'll wander aimlessly on the bank forever. but those who crossed the Styx does not have enough money left. once they drink the waters of Lethe, they're left with nothing to reminisce about for eternity Leviathan Hebrew meaning "twisted," "coiled". t denotes the dragon which, according to Eastern tradition, is an enemy of light. also "any large animal that moves by writhing or wriggling the body, the whale, the monsters of the deep" Lilith first wife of Adam, refused to bow down to him and left Eden, ted with daemons and became the patron Goddess of the Night and all it's creatures Lily Hebrew name shushan or shoshan "whiteness" Lucibel in one version... name given to Lucifer before the fall, let's stick with the Christian tradition that he never changed his name Lucifer "light giver", brilliant star "How art thou fallen from heaven O day-star, son of the morning! (Helel ben Shahar) How art thou cast down to the ground, That didst cast lots over the nations! And thou saidst in thy heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, Above the stars of God (El) Will I exalt my throne; And I will sit upon the mount of meeting, In the uttermost parts of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High (Elyon).' Yet thou shalt be brought down to the nether-world, To the uttermost parts of the pit.' - Isaiah 14:12-15 Mammon a Chaldee or Syriac word meaning "wealth" or "riches", personification of the god of riches Messiah a Hebrew word meaning "anointed one," the equivalent of "Christ" which also means "anointed." the one who is the deliverer Metatron "one who occupies the throne next to the divine throne", archangel of covenant, patron of small children, after arriving in heaven he was transformed into a spirit of fire and equipped with 36 pairs of wings as well as innumerable eyes (sounds like sandy to me) Michael "who is as God", the great archangel of armed forces, patron of insomnia, the title given to one of the chief angels, had special charge of Israel as a nation, sputed with Satan about the body of Moses, represented as warning against "that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world", the great archangel of armed forces Nidhogg "tearer of corpses", the serpent guardian of Hvergelmir in Nilfheim, who resides on Nastrond ("shore of corpses") at the deepest root of the Yggdrasil tree. Along with other serpents, he perpetually eats away at the root, attempting to destroy the tree. He also eats corpses to sustain himself Orpheus mythology character, musician, his wife died and he went to Hades to bring her back, his music touched Hades and Persephone and they agreed on the condition and he does not look back on the way back, Orpheus could not resist and in the end Eurydice fell back into Hades again Raphael "God has healed", archangel of healing, according to Jewish tradition, one of the four angels who stood round the throne of God Raziel "secret of God", archangel of sacred mysteries, keeper of secrets of the universe, patron of lawyers Riuet the angel of invention Sabbat the hebrew word used to denote the seventh day of the week, the root of Sabbath, everyone knows what that is right? Sandolphon "co-brother", archangel of prayer and heavenly song, patron angel of music, glory and embryo ^^;;;; twin brother of Metatron Sariel "fire of God" Satan adversary, accuser, has the "power of death," not as lord, but simply as executioner Seraphim means fiery ones, in allusion, as is supposed, to their burning love Shatiel "asked for of god", patron of silence Sheol derived from "to ask", "demand", hence insatiableness, rendered "hell," the place of disembodied spirits, the inhabitants are "the congregation of the dead" Sin anything that is contrary to the law or will of God, to do what God has forbidden, to not do what God has commanded. results in eternal separation from God and leads to blindness and death Sodom burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim, tThe wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed Teiaiel in Cabala, an angel that can fortell the future, a throne angel that controls maritime expeditions and commercial ventures Tobiah "God is good", raphael was sent to help Tobit, Tobiah and Sarah, at the time, Tobit was blind and Tobiah's betrothed, Sarah, had had seven bridegrooms perish on the night of their weddings. Raphael accompanied Tobiah into Media disguised as a man named Azariah. Raphael helped him through his difficulties and taught him how to safely enter marriage with Sarah Uriel "God is my light", archangel of salvation Yetzirah "formation", from Sefer Yetzirah = book of formation, an intermediate level, the transitional grade of creation between the higher spiritual (Beriah) and the lower psychic (Assiah) grades, world of lower spiritual revelation YHWH in ancient times, the Hebrew text had no vowels; thus the consonants in God's name were yhwh, Jews avoided pronouncing these consonants when reading aloud Yggdrasil "the terrible one's horse", a giant ash tree linking together the nine worlds of Norse mythology. It has three roots, each reaching into one of three of the nine worlds (there are three worlds on three levels, one level stacked above the other): Urdarbrunnr in Asgard, the Well of Fate, guarded by the Norns; Mimisbrunnr in Jotunheim, the Well of Wisdom, guarded by Mimir; and Hvergelmir ("roaring kettle") in Nilfheim, the source of rivers, guarded by Nidhogg. It has a number of inhabitants, and at the end of the world (Ragnarok) will be set on fire by the giant Surt Zaphkiel "rightousness of God", archangel of freedom (it fits!), patron angel of all who forgive, one of the 7 archangels |