7 myths
Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Raziel from across Jewish tradition.
7 myths on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines raziel, 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.
After Eden, an angel came to Adam with a book containing every secret of the world. The angels stole it. God returned it from the sea.
Noah carried Raziel's sapphire book into the ark, where its hidden light marked night and day until the waters finally fell.
God gave Adam a book before leaving Eden. It passed through every righteous hand until Noah used it to build the ark. A book of secrets crossed the flood.
Eve fed the fruit to Adam, then to every animal and bird in the garden, so she would not die alone. One bird kept its beak shut.
Three days after Adam's prayer in Eden, the angel Raziel arrived with a book that let the first man read every soul still to be born.
After the curse, Adam feared eating from the same manger as cattle. Heaven gave him bread, a book of secrets, and the first craft of writing.
Outside Eden, Adam begs for lost wisdom. The angel Raziel opens a heavenly book, reads aloud, and leaves the first man shaking on a burning bank.
