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Demon · ◆ Darkness
Samael
majorattested150 CE to 280 CE
The Poison of God, a Gnostic and Kabbalistic dark angel. In Gnostic cosmology, Samael is the blind god who mistakes himself for the highest and enslaves souls in matter.
Severity90
Darkness88
Wrath86
Power84
Signature powerPoison of GodThe angel of death and severe judgment.
◈ Open relationship graph →The same idol, across the ages
Scholars have long read Samael as one face of a wider figure that recurs under many names through history: the same figure, across traditions.
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