Archangel Gabriel: Difference between revisions

[[File:Anton Raphael Mengs - Annunciation.jpg|frame|Gabriel lets Mary know that [[Virgin Power]] has its uses.]]

One of the best known angels (and one of three to be specifically named), '''Gabriel''' is the messenger of God. According to [[The Bible]], it was he who foretold the births of Jesus and John the Baptist. Because he is explicitly mentioned as being the angel who comes to earth to inform the people, he will often be the main angel interacting with humans, in addition to the higher angels' role as warriors. Many also identify him as the angel of the Last Judgement. Gabriel, known as Jibril, plays a similar role in [[Islam]] (he appears to Muhammad, and the revelations so transmitted are [[The Quran]]) and the Baha'i Faith.

Because of [[Meaningful Name]]s, most characters simply named Gabriel will generally be good guys - [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Biblical Names|except when their name instead heralds bad things themselves]]. Since they are Gabriel [[In Name Only]], please don't list them here.

 

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* An important angel named Gabriel appears in ''[[Saint Beast]]'' but he's [[Zig-Zagging Trope|probably not]] modeled on the traditional Gabriel as the work's cosmology is a bit of a melting pot and this Gabriel actually allies himself with Lucifer and goes to Hell.

 

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