Fallen angels are heavenly beings portrayed as losing their place or proper condition through transgression. Enochic descent, Satan’s refusal to honor Adam, and the war in Revelation are distinct accounts that later interpretation can bring together.
In 1 Chronicles 21, Satan or an adversary incites David to count Israel. Comparison with 2 Samuel 24 raises questions about divine agency, translation, and the development of the adversary figure.
Faust is the scholar or magician at the center of a European legend about bargaining with the Devil. The 1587 Faust book, Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, and Goethe’s Faust give the story different treatments of knowledge, desire, damnation, and human striving.
A Goetic king riding a pale horse, associated with desire and an elaborate ceremonial reception.
A Goetic president in a dark bird form, associated with building and a warning about offerings.
A Goetic duke first appearing as a dromedary, associated with affection, friendship, and knowledge.
A Goetic duke depicted as a woman on a camel, associated with hidden knowledge, treasure, and attraction.
The primordial sea figure in the Babylonian creation epic Enuma Elish, defeated by Marduk in its account of cosmic ordering.
A biblical name associated with destruction, used in Revelation for the angel of the abyss.
A Goetic duke whose description combines a lion-like form with a warning about theft and familiar spirits.
A Goetic duke associated with answers, reconciliation, and the obscure term Xenopilus.
A Goetic prince portrayed with a leopard head and griffin wings, whose stated office concerns desire.
A Goetic duke associated with wealth, eloquence, and the places of the dead.
A Goetic marquis described as a sea monster, associated with language, reputation, and rhetoric.
A Goetic president associated with logic, ethics, plants, stones, longevity, and lost things.
A Goetic marquis in phoenix form, associated with poetry, learning, and a hope of heavenly restoration.
A Goetic earl associated with royal treasure, the destruction of cities, and altered relationships.
A Goetic president associated with learned subjects and transformations that alter a person's understanding of identity.
A winged lion-shaped Goetic duke associated with crafts, philosophy, and learned subjects.
A Goetic spirit with a winged bull form, associated with wit and transformations of liquids and metals.