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Samael ((ヘブライ語:סמאל), "Venom of God"〔("Samael" ) - Jewish Encyclopedia〕 or "Poison of God," also Sammael or Samil)〔"Samael" in ''A Dictionary of Angels, including the fallen angels'' by Gustav Davidson, Simon & Schuster, p.255〕〔Jung, Leo (1925). "Fallen Angels in Jewish, Christian and Mohammedan Literature. A Study in Comparative Folk-Lore", ''The Jewish Quarterly Review'', vol. 16, no. 1 (Jul, 1925), p.88〕〔(The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: Apocalyptic literature and testaments ), ed. James H. Charlesworth, Hendrickson Publishers, 1 Feb 2010, (p.658 )〕 is an important archangel in Talmudic and post-Talmudic lore, a figure who is accuser (devil), 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.〔http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/ascension.html〕 == Judaism == In Judaism, Samael is said to be the angel of death, one of the seven archangels, the ruler over the Fifth Heaven, and commander of two million angels. Yalkut Shimoni (I, 110) presents Samael as Esau's guardian angel.〔 According to ''The Ascension of Moses''〔Louis Ginzberg, ''The Ascension of Moses'', Chapter IV "Aggadah: The Legend of the Jews"〕 Samael is also mentioned as being in 7th Heaven: In ''The Holy Kabbalah'' (Arthur Edward Waite, 255), Samael is described as the "wrath of God", and is listed as fifth of the archangels of the world of Briah. Also in the Kabbalah, Samael was said to be the Serpent who tempted Eve into sin. He even seduced and impregnated her with Cain. Samael then became the consort of Adam's first wife, Lilith. He created with her a host of demon children, including a son, Sariel, the "Sword of Samael" (or Asmodai). Samael is sometimes confused in some books with Camael, an archangel of God, whose name is similar to words meaning "like God" (but Camael with a waw missing). It is also said that the Baal Shem once summoned Samael, to make him do his bidding.〔''Tales of the Hasidim'', by Martin Buber. Book 1, page 77.〕 In several interpretations of the Ascension of Isaiah, Samael is often identified as Malkira (Heb.: מלך רוע ''melek roa''; lit. "king of evil" or "king of the wicked") or Belkira (prob. בעל קיר ''baal qir'', "lord of the wall"), which are both epithets of the false prophet sent by Belial to accuse Isaiah of treason, notably the Ascension of Isaiah also identifies him as Satan.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samael」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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