celestial beings
Divine spiritual creatures
Celestial beings are supernatural entities believed to inhabit the heavens—angels, gods, spirits, or other divine creatures existing in realms above the earthly.
The phrase appears in religious texts, mythology, and fantasy fiction: The celestial beings watched over humanity from above.
In looser usage, it can describe anything ethereal or otherworldly.
- cherubimHebrew plural for certain angels
- archangelsSupreme divine messengers
- seraphimSupreme angelic order
- powersAbilities or authorities held
- thronesMonarchs' ceremonial chairs
guardian angels · Zeus · Apollo · djinn · lunar deities · dominions · tengu · Quetzalcoatl · solar deities · bodhisattvas · principalities · higher powers · spirit guides · divine messengers · heavenly hosts · Amaterasu · fairies · devas
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- angelsarchangels, Michael, Gabriel, seraphim, archangel
- supernaturalghosts, ghost, witches, spirits, vampire
- Heavenparadise, pearly gates, eternal life, kingdom of heaven, New Jerusalem
- Afterlife ArtLast Judgment, Divine Comedy, Sistine Chapel, Inferno, Paradise
- Buddhist artBuddha statues, Buddha images, Buddha head, seated Buddha, standing Buddha
celestial beingsdemons
Malevolent supernatural beings
devils · fiends · fallen angels · evil spirits · earth spirits
celestial beingsmortals
Beings destined to expire
humans · human beings · earthlings · flesh and blood · animals