The mythological roles of ‘angels’ in East and West

Angels, as intermediaries between the divine and the mortal, have captured the human imagination across cultures and religions. In the Abrahamic traditions, angels are messengers, guardians, and executors of divine will, often depicted as ethereal beings imbued with spiritual power. Their origin, however, is deeply rooted in ancient Near Eastern and Hellenistic traditions, which influenced the conceptualization of angels in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Simultaneously, analogous figures in Buddhism and Asian traditions, influenced in part by Hellenistic cultural exchanges after Alexander the Great, reveal the interconnectedness of cultural and religious ideas in the ancient world.

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