- Azriel
The name
Azrael is the traditional angel of death in many religions.Azriel and Azrael may also refer to:
*Azriel (Jewish mystic) (c. 1160-c. 1238), also known as Azriel of Gerona
*Azriel Hildesheimer (1820-1899), German rabbi
*Azriel Rabinowitz (1905-1941), Lithuanian rabbi and Holocaust victim
*Azriel Carlebach (1909-1956), Israeli journalist
*Azriel Rosenfeld (1931-2004), American professor and expert on computer image analysis
*Azriel Graeber (b. 1984), Talmudic Scholar and founder of theJewish Scholarship Society Fictional characters:
*Lord Asriel , in Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" series
*Azrael (comics) , DC Comics
*Commander Azrael , Warhammer 40,000
*Muruta Azrael , anime villain
*Dogma (film) has a character named Azrael
*Azrael, the cat ofGargamel , the villain in "The Smurfs"
*Rabbi Azrael is a main character in the play "The Dybbuk", by S. AnksyOther uses:
*Azri'el , a moshav in central Israel
*Azrael's Tear , a computer role-playing adventure game
*Azrael, black metal band from Minnesota, USA
*"Asrael" is an opera byAlberto Franchetti that premiered in 1888.
*Asrael (1905-1906) is a symphony byJosef Suk .
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