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Azrael (/ ˈ æ z r i. ə l,-r eɪ-/; Hebrew: עֲזַרְאֵל, romanized: ʿǍzarʾēl, 'God has helped'; [1] Arabic: عزرائيل, romanized: ʿAzrāʾīl or ʿIzrāʾīl) is the canonical angel of death in Islam [2] and appears in the apocryphal text Apocalypse of Peter.
Even though the kijin and onryō of Japanese Buddhist faith have taken humans' lives, there is the opinion that there is no "death god" that merely leads people into the world of the dead. [6] In Postwar Japan , however, the Western notion of a death god entered Japan, and shinigami started to become mentioned as an existence with a human nature.
The Angel of Death receives his orders from God (Ber. 62b). As soon as he has received permission to destroy, however, he makes no distinction between good and bad (B. Ḳ. 60a). In the city of Luz, the Angel of Death has no power, and, when the aged inhabitants are ready to die, they go outside the city (Soṭah 46b; compare Sanh. 97a).
Angel of Death Schemhampharae: Christianity, Judaism A list of 72 angels of the 9 choir orders, with esoteric meaning related to the names of God Selaphiel: Sealtiel, Selatiel Christianity Archangel Patron saint of prayer and worship Seraph (type) [note 1] Seraphim (plural) Christianity, Islam, Judaism (type) Seraphiel [19] Christianity ...
Josef Rudolf Mengele (German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈmɛŋələ] ⓘ; 16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician during World War II at the Russian front and then at Auschwitz during the Holocaust, where he was nicknamed the "Angel of Death" (German: Todesengel). [1]
Death and the Sculptor, also known as Angel of Death and the Sculptor, a sculpture by Daniel Chester French Santa Muerte , a sacred figure venerated primarily in Mexico Shinigami , god or spirit of death in Japanese mythology
Gabriel, angel of death over kings; List of angels in theology; Michael (archangel), good angel of death; Mot (god), an angel of death from the Hebraic Book of Habakkuk; Nasirdin and Sejadin, angels of death in Yazidism; Psychopomp, a creature, spirit, angel, or deity in many religions, responsible for escorting souls to the afterlife
[4] [5] [6] The literal translation of Iⁿzanaŋgî and Iⁿzanamî are 'Male-who-invites' and 'Female-who-invites'. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Shiratori Kurakichi proposed an alternative theory which instead sees the root iza- (or rather isa- ) to be derived from isao (historical orthography: isawo ) meaning 'achievement' or 'merit'.