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Samael
Sign in to saveAlso known as Venom of God, Blind God, God of the Blind, Lucifer, Samsama'il, Samsamael, Samail, Smal
thumb|Samael (1890) by Evelyn De Morgan thumb|A relief of the Archangel Samael in red robe, shown on the left side of the altar at Saint Bartholomew's Church, in Sydenham, London.
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thumb|Samael (1890) by Evelyn De Morgan thumb|A relief of the Archangel Samael in red robe, shown on the left side of the altar at Saint Bartholomew's Church, in Sydenham, London.
Samael (; , Sammāʾēl, "Venom of God"; , ''Samsama'il or , Samail''; also spelled Smil, Samil, or Samiel) is an archangel in Talmudic and post-Talmudic a figure who is the accuser or adversary (Satan in the Book of Job), seducer, and destroying angel (in the Book of Exodus).
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