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Samael (, "Venom of God" or "Poison of God," also Sammael or Samil) is an important archangel in Talmudic and post-Talmudic lore, a figure who is an accuser ( satan), seducer and destroyer, and has been regarded as both good and evil. Rabbinical writings describe Samael as the guardian angel of Esau and a patron of Edom (or, the Roman empire).
He is considered in Talmudic texts to be a member of the heavenly host (with often grim and destructive duties). One of Samael's greatest roles in Jewish lore is that of the main archangel of death. He remains one of Yahweh's servants even though he wants men to do evil. As an angel, Samael resides in the seventh heaven, although he is declared to be the chief angel of the fifth heaven, the reason for this being the presence of the throne of glory in the fifth heaven.
Samael is a Swiss symphonic black/ industrial metal band formed in 1987 in Sion, Switzerland.
Samael can refer to:
- Samael, an Angelic figure in Talmudic lore
- Samael (band), a Swiss heavy metal band
- Samael Aun Weor, the founder of the "International Gnostic Movement".
- Sammael, a fictional character in the Wheel of Time novels by Robert Jordan
- Samael, the vampiric proprietor of Cafe Ankh in the PC game Discworld Noir
- Sammael, a demonic creature featured in the movie Hellboy
- Windham Rotunda, a man who as "Bray Wyatt" claims to be inhabited by Samael
- Yaldabaoth Saklas Samael, the Demiurge in Gnosticism