From Azazel to Azazello
Journal: Croatica et Slavica Iadertina
Year: 2026

The paper deals with the importance of the Old Testament Slavonic Pseudepigrapha as a source of cultural information that might have influenced contemporary thinking and culture. The evil character analysed in the article can be found in the two Old Testament Slavonic Pseudepigrapha: The Apocalypse of Abraham and 2 Enoch. The character’s name is Azazel, and it is widely known nowadays thanks to its echo in Bulgakov’s novel Master and Margarita, as well as in Akunin’s novel Azazel, which was tran