Azriel
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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 the Jewish 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 of Gargamel, the villain in The Smurfs
- Rabbi Azrael is a main character in the play The Dybbuk, by S. Anksy
Other uses:
- Azrael's Tear, computer role-playing adventure game
- Azrael (band), black metal band from Minnesota, USA
- Azriel (Band), Metal/ Hardcore band from Glasgow, Scotland.
- Asrael is an opera by Alberto Franchetti that premiered in 1888.