4 myths
Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Archangels from across Jewish tradition.
4 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.
In twelve hours God gathered dust, raised thirteen jeweled canopies for the first wedding, and by nightfall drove the couple out of Eden.
God asked the angels whether to make man. Two companies burned for their answer, and the Earth refused to give Gabriel its dust.
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.
Enoch rises through the sixth and seventh heavens, where angelic order becomes overwhelming fire, praise, and nearness to God's throne.
