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A blossary of terms relating to angels.

Category: Religion

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A shoulder angel is a plot device used for either dramatic or humorous effect in animation and comic strips (and occasionally in live-action television). The angel represents conscience and is often ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Chilldren's literature

A guardian angel is an angel assigned to protect and guide a particular person or group, kingdom or country. Belief in guardian angels can be traced throughout all antiquity. The concept of tutelary ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

A cherub, also pl. cherubim, is a winged angelic being who is considered to attend on the Abrahamic God in biblical tradition. The concept is represented in ancient Middle Eastern art as a lion or ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

A hierarchy of angels is a belief or tradition found in the angelology of different religions, which holds that there are different levels or ranks of angels. Higher ranks may be asserted to have ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

A fallen angel is a wicked or rebellious angel that has been cast out of heaven. The term "fallen angel" does not appear in the Bible, but it is used of angels who sinned, such as those ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

Uriel (God is my light) is one of the archangels of post-Exilic Rabbinic tradition, and also of certain Christian traditions. In Christian apocryphal gospels Uriel plays a role, differing between ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

In Islamic belief, Maalik denotes an angel in Hell/Purgatory (Arabic: جهنم‎ / jahannam) who guards the Hellfire, assisted by 19 mysterious guardians known as az-zabānīya. In the Qur'an, Maalik is ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Islam

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