According to the apocryphal Book of Enoch, Azazel was a leader of the grigori (also known as "watchers"), a group of fallen angels who mated with mortal women, giving rise to a race of giants known as the Nephilim. Azazel is particularly noteworthy among the grigori because it was he who taught men how to make weapons of war as well as teaching women how to make and wear cosmetics. Eventually, Azazel's teachings created such iniquity that God decided to destroy all life on Earth with a great flood, sparing only Noah, Noah's family, and seven pairs of each species of "clean" animals, and one pair of each "unclean" species, all of whom escaped destruction by living for one year on an ark that God instructed Noah to build. The Book of Enoch is a pseudepigraphal apocryphal work attributed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah. ... According to the apocryphal Book of Enoch, the Grigori (also known as Watchers), are a group of fallen angels who mated with mortal women, giving rise to a race of giants known as the Nephilim. ... For fallen angels, see the main entry on fallen angel. ... In the Hebrew Bible and several non-canonical Jewish and early Christian writings, nephilim (in Hebrew הנּפלים means The Fallen [ones]) are a people created by the cross-breeding of the sons of God (beney haelohim, בני האלהים) and the daughters of men. (See Genesis 6:1. ... For other uses of War, see War (disambiguation). ... Cosmetics or makeup are substances to enhance the beauty of the human body, apart from simple cleaning. ... This article focuses on the monotheistic concept of a singular God. ... Earth, also known as the Earth or Terra, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ... A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float) is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge. ... Noah or Nóach (Rest, Standard Hebrew נוֹחַ Nóaḥ, Tiberian Hebrew נֹחַ Nōªḥ; Arabic نوح Nūḥ) is a character from the Book of Genesis who builds an ark to save his family and the worlds animals from the Deluge, the universal flood. ... For the TV series, see Noahs Arc (TV series). ... This article focuses on the monotheistic concept of a singular God. ...

A modern interpretation of Azazel, from Colin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal (Paris,1825)

"Azazel" is found in the Bible in Leviticus 16:8, 10, and 26, but is not listed as an entity or spirit. The word is translated "scapegoat" and simply means "the goat of removal." The scapegoat is sent to wander in the desert in conjunction with another goat which is sacrificed to God, the "azazel" is led out into the desert and set free as proof that there is no longer any unexpiated guilt in the community. This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... The Bible (From Greek βιβλιος biblios, meaning book, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported papyrus) is a word applied to sacred scriptures. ... Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible, also the third book in the Torah (five books of Moses). ... The scapegoat was a goat that was driven off into the wilderness as part of the ceremonies of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in Judaism during the times of the Temple in Jerusalem. ... Categories: Animal stubs ... This article focuses on the monotheistic concept of a singular God. ... A dune in the Egyptian desert Desert in California In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation. ...

In modern fiction

Azazel is mentioned in Milton's Paradise Lost as Satan's standard-bearer. Milton is the name for a number of places: In the United States of America: Milton, Delaware Milton, Florida Milton, Illinois Milton, Indiana Milton, Iowa Milton, Kentucky Milton, Maine Milton, Massachusetts Milton, New Hampshire Milton (town), New York (in Saratoga County) Milton, Ulster County, New York Milton, North Carolina Milton... For the UK Goth metal band, see Paradise Lost (band). ... Alternate meaning: Satan is also the name of a genus of catfish. ...

Azazel was the main antagonist opposite Denzel Washington's character in the film, Fallen, where Azazel is a body-hopping demon spirit. He also makes an appereance in the DC Comics/Vertigo series "The Sandman", written by Neil Gaiman. Recently, a character of this description was shown in the Marvel comics universe to be the father of the X-Man Nightcrawler by the shape-shifter Mystique. Denzel Washington Denzel Washington (born December 28, 1954) is an African American, Oscar-winning actor. ... The demon Satan In folklore, mythology, and religion, a demon is a supernatural being that is generally described as an evil spirit, but is also depicted to be good in some instances. ... DC Comics is one of the largest companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Neil Richard Gaiman (born November 10, 1960 in Portchester, England) is the author of numerous science fiction and fantasy works, including many comic books. ... Marvel Comics, sometimes called by the nickname House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ... This article is about Nightcrawler, the comic book superhero. ... cover to Mystique #11 Mystique (Raven Darkholme) is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Azazel was also the name of an unrelated main character in the Isaac Asimov series of short stories by that name. He was a small supernatural being who meddled in the affairs of humans. Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov (c. ...

Azazel is the main character of the Sky One series HEX. Hex is a U.K. television series about a girl called Cassie who is threatened by the past from the leader of the Nephilim, Azazeal. ...