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A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels

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Gustav Davidson's dictionary compiles named angels and angelic hierarchies across Jewish, Christian, Islamic and esoteric sources, including material drawn from the Lesser Key of Solomon grimoire tradition, into a single cross-tradition reference. Its real limit is one this atlas states rather than smooths over: Davidson draws canonical scripture and esoteric grimoire material into the same entries without consistently distinguishing their very different authority, so an entry documents that a name appears somewhere in this cross-tradition record, not that any one tradition itself recognizes that name with that status. Use it for a named angel's attested appearances across these sources; a claim about one specific tradition's own theology of angels needs a source dedicated to that tradition rather than this compiled dictionary.

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Gustav Davidson's reference dictionary compiling named angels across Jewish, Christian, Islamic and esoteric sources including the Lesser Key of Solomon tradition; a compiled cross-tradition reference rather than a source for any one tradition's own theology, drawing on esoteric and grimoire material alongside canonical scripture without always distinguishing their authority, which is why it sits at this tier.
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Gustav Davidson's reference dictionary compiling named angels, archangels and angelic hierarchies (choirs) as they appear across Jewish, Christian, Islamic and esoteric sources, including the Lesser Key of Solomon tradition. Use for established facts about a named angel's attested appearances and roles across these traditions; a compiled cross-tradition reference, not a source for any one tradition's own theology of angels, and it draws on esoteric and grimoire material alongside canonical scripture without always distinguishing their authority.
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Author
Gustav Davidson
Publisher
The Free Press
Publication Year
1967
URL
https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofange00davi
Source Type
reference
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Solomon, Figures

This source names Solomon directly: "material drawn from the Lesser Key of Solomon grimoire tradition, into a single cross-tradition reference."

Claims Backed By This Source (101 claims)

This source backs 101 claims across the atlas. As facts: 35 well-attested. As cited relationships: 25 holds. Plus 41 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Archangels, 49 claims: 6 well-attested, 23 holds, 20 general references.
  • Figures, 17 claims: 10 well-attested, 7 general references.
  • Angelic Choirs, 11 claims: 1 well-attested, 10 general references.
  • Disciplines, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Articles, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
  • Esoteric Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.
  • Historical Figures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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