angels of death
Divine fatal messengers
Angels of death are figures—mythological, religious, or metaphorical—who bring or accompany death.
In Jewish and Islamic tradition, specific angels collect souls at life's end.
The phrase extends to people who cause multiple deaths, especially healthcare workers who murder patients in their care: The nurse was convicted as an angel of death after killing dozens of elderly patients.
Nazi doctor Josef Mengele earned the epithet for his role in Holocaust atrocities.
- pale riderPersonification of death mounted
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- soul collectorHarvester of departing spirits
- KaliFierce goddess of endings
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
mythological · Azrael · assassin · Charon · Valkyries · day of judgment · final judgment · end times · apocalyptic prophecy · mortality · last rites · morbidity · reckoning · Morrigan · four horsemen · macabre · divine justice · resurrection
- angelsMichael, Gabriel, seraphim, cherubim, Raphael
- Islamic afterlifehereafter, reckoning, scales of justice, heaven and hell, eternal life
angels of deathhealers
Those who treat ailments
miracle workers · angels of mercy · birth attendants · midwives · guardian spirits
angels of deathguardian angels
Protective spirits assigned to individuals
protectors · guardians · defenders · watchers · sentinels
angels of deathguardian angels
Protective spirits assigned to individuals
spirit guides · patron saints · cherubim · seraphim · shepherds
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