Angel of Death - Religion

Religion

Hebrew Bible
  • The Passover "Angel of Death", a destroying angel commonly described as the deliverer of the tenth plague in the Book of Exodus
  • Destroying angel (Bible) – other destroying angels, named and unnamed, in the Bible
Later Judaism
  • Michael, carries Adam to his grave in some texts
  • Gabriel, angel of death over kings
  • Samael
Christianity
  • Michael, good angel of death
  • Samael, evil angel of death
  • Abaddon, also called Apollyon, a destroying angel in the Book of Revelation
  • Santa Muerte – a sacred figure venerated primarily in Mexico and the United States, possibly a syncretism between Mesoamerican and Catholic beliefs (the name literally translates to "Holy Death" or "Saint Death")
Islam
  • Azrael

Read more about this topic:  Angel Of Death

Famous quotes containing the word religion:

    “Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.”
    —Thomas Paine (1737–1809)

    “... the average Catholic perceives no connection between religion and morality, unless it is a question of someone else’s morality.”
    —Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)