Samael

Also 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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name in native language: סמאל
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Judaism
Second Temple period and posteriority
Talmudic-Midrashic literature
Kabbalah
Other traditions
Gnosticism
Anthroposophy
In popular culture
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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).