Archangels
Archangels are a high angelic order whose named members embody judgment, mercy, healing, guardianship, fire, prophecy, beauty, and justice in Christian and Islamic traditions.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 1 figure
- Traditions
- Biblical folklore (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Gabriel is Biblical folklore
why
… a small number of named archangels and assign him a quarter …