Camael

Camael, meaning "anger/wrath of God", also spelled Khamuel, Camiel, Cameel and Camniel, is the principality of strength, courage and war in Christian and Jewish mythology and angelology.

Description[]

He is known as one of the ten Kabbalah angels, assigned to the sephira Gevurah. Camael's name is also included in Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite as one of the Seven Archangels along with Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Jophiel, and Zadkiel.

Overview[]

He is claimed to be the leader of the forces that expelled Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden holding a flaming sword. However, in iconography he is often depicted holding a cup while Uriel is the one depicted as holding a flaming sword.