Samyaza in popular culture

The rebel angel Shemihazah, or in Aramaic Samyaza, is a character in Jewish mythology of the Second Temple period, notably versions of 1 Enoch 6:3 (c.250-200 BCE) and in the Dead Sea scrolls.[1] The name has been recycled repeatedly in popular culture.

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Reported UFO abductions

References

  1. Jeffrey Burton Russell, The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity, 1977. Page 188: "Semyaza is first called their leader in En. 6:3"
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