Archangel Gabriel: Difference between revisions

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.

 

 

Gabriel has commonly been depicted heralding messages with a horn, so the Horn of Gabriel may show up in fiction quite a bit. Said horn is often granted the epithet ''"Gabriel's Horn of Truth"'', and is occasionally seen as being used to herald the coming of the apocalypse itself. Gabriel himself is strongly associated with [[Seers]], prediction and clairvoyance in his messages.