2 myths
Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Archangels from across Jewish tradition.
2 myths on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines archangels, drawn from the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, Talmud, Kabbalah, and later Jewish literature. Each story below synthesizes primary sources into a single narrative; follow any myth to read it, and from there into the source passages behind it.
A boy stole God's name and grew wings; Moses saw the future and begged God to stop; and heaven locked every gate so his final prayer could not pass through.
Angels carried Enoch through six bands of identical archangels, then into seventh-heaven fire where his knees failed before the high throne.
