Satanael

Originally a high ranking officer of the angelic hosts (an Archangel) meant to be the prince of the Watchers. Upon creation of the Earth, and of Adam, God sends Michael to ask all of the angels to bow down and worship his creation who is made in the image of God. Satanael (satan/devil) refused to worship Adam who was in the image of God, saying to Michael " I am prior to that creature. Before he was made, I had already been made. He ought to worship me"[2]. Furthermore, he challenges the authority of God, saying "I will place my seat above the stars of heaven and I will be like the Most High." and for these he is cast from heaven to earth where he goes to ruin man via Eve in the Garden of Eden. Satanael also argues that humans are made from dust and of the Earth while angels are made from lightning & fire and of the heavens (and thus superior). [1, 12]

Satanael is barred from Heaven, and thus rules over Sheol which is not within heaven. He was not barred from returning to Earth like the fallen watchers, rather he plays an instrumental role through history tempting others, overseeing demons, and running Sheol. Many souls of the Nephilim and their close descendents serve as demons and lesser demons for Satanael. Satanael's role on earth is that of chaos and temptation, leading man to sin. This is not to be confused with the role of **Mastema** whom does not tempt but rather enacts God's judgment and punishments. Satan's "punishments" are meaningless in intent but to cause suffering.

Angels whom Satanael led and were close to helped seed dissent shortly after the creation of Adam. This feeling of hatred toward humans and rejection of God's authority eventually lead to the later fallen angel arch (specifically the Grigori) which created the Nephilim. *Note: The source of all sin is ascribed to Satanael who appeared as a serpent and introduced sin before the fall of the watchers as in Adamic literature.*

Satanael can transform into many different states and function in them (i.e. not just illusionary). For example, he can take on the form of a Holy Angel and even gain some of their power. Often he will be radiant, with splendid attire, but is found taking on many manifestations throughout human history including invisible, angelic, and theriomorphic (of an animal) [7,8].

Primarily we reference the Life of adam and eve, 2 enoch, and the apocalypse of abraham

> [1] “And for all my own heavens I shaped a shape from the fiery substance. My eye looked at the solid and very hard rock. And from the flash of my eye I took the |marvelous| substance of lightning, both fire in water and water in fire; •neither does this one extinguish that one, nor does that one dry out this one. That is why lightning is sharper and brighter than the shining of the sun, and softer than water, more solid than the hardest rock. And from the rock I cut off a great fire, and from the fire I created the ranks of the bodiless armies – the myriad angels – and their weapons are fiery and their clothes are burning flames. And I gave orders that each should stand in his own rank. [Enoch]
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> [3] Despite the fact that the Book of Genesis never mentions Satan,[15] Christians have traditionally interpreted the serpent in the Garden of Eden as Satan due to Revelation 12:7, which calls Satan "that ancient serpent".[104][8] This verse, however, is probably intended to identify Satan with the Leviathan,[104] a monstrous sea-serpent whose destruction by Yahweh is prophesied in Isaiah 27:1. [ref]
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> [4] Here Satanail was hurled from the hight, together with his angels.| But one from the order of the archangels deviated, together with the division that was under his authority. He thought up the impossible idea, that he might place his throne higher than the clouds which are above the earth, and that he might become equal to my power. And I hurled him out from the height, together with his angels. And he was flying around in the air, ceaselessly above the Bottomless. [2 enoch 29]
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> [5] 200 myriads, together with their prince Satanail. (2 enoch)
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> [6] Azazel as Satan [ref]
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> [7] Satan disguising himself as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14) (Life of Adam and Eve - Wikipedia) 2 Corinthians 11:14
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> [8] l. It is quite curious that, along with his **mimesis of the angelic form**, Satan also attempts to imitate the **functions of the angelic beings** by participating in the angelic liturgy. ... Satan’s angelic shape is described as **luminous** in nature. The first temptation underlines the fact that the Deceiver came **“with radiance.**” Eve’s second temptation refers again to Satan’s **splendid attire. ...** The Georgian version maintains the same transformational pattern; it too attests the **fluidity of Satan’s manifestations**, describing his transitions into **invisible, angelic, and theriomophic states** [dark mirrors]
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> [9] When God blew into you the breath of life and your countenance and likeness were made in the image of God, Michael led you and made you worship in the sight of God. The Lord God then said: 'Behold, Adam, I have made you in our image and likeness.' 14.1 Having gone forth **Michael called all the angels saying: 'Worship the image of the Lord God (Adam)**, just as the Lord God has commanded.' 14.2 Michael himself worshipped first then he called me and said: 'Worship the image of God Jehovah.' 14.3 I answered: 'I do not have it within me to worship Adam.' When Michael compelled me to worship, I said to him: 'Why do you compel me? I will not worship him who is lower and posterior to me. I am prior to that creature. Before he was made, I had already been made. He ought to worship me.' 15.1 **Hearing this, other angels who were under me were unwilling to worship him**. 15.2 Michael said: 'Worship the image of God. If you do not worship, the Lord God will grow angry with you.' 15.3 said: '**If he grows angry with me, I will place my seat above the stars of heaven and I will be like the Most High.'** 16.1 Then the Lord God grew angry with me and sent me forth with my angels from our glory. On account of you we were expelled from our dwelling into this world and cast out upon the earth. [Latin life of adam and eve - sourced from Dark Mirrors] [another site for armenian version]
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> [10] The Qur’an (2:34) also preserves this tradition, about how all the angels were commanded to worship “the image of the Lord God” (i.e., Adam, made in “the image of God”), but Satan refused ... According to 2 Enoch, **Satan, a high-ranking officer in the cosmic army**, known in the Hebrew Bible as the **saba’ot or the “[angelic] hosts,”** attempted a heavenly palace coup d’etat [The Birth of Satan]
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> [11] The Lucifer myth, in time, thanks largely to John Milton’s reliance on it in Paradise Lost, would become the most popular legend of the Fall, the account of a failed primordial heavenly coup. [The birth of satan]
> [12] Book of Angels: Azazel
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