The demon Azazel is the most dangerous assistant of Lucifer and the main yellow-eyed standard-bearer of hell. There is a belief that higher demons, such as Azazel, could take over the bodies of ordinary people and do their dark deeds.
Demon Azazel is a terrible bearded man of gigantic stature with goat horns on his head, holding a black goat on a leash.
The story of his fall
Torah worshipers believe that Azazel was overthrown by the archangel Raphael, a healing angel who punishes demons and fallen angels, who pushed the rebellious one into a hole lost in the sands of time and closed it with a huge stone. And from that time the prisoner in this dungeon Azazel waits when he will be released and he will see the light. But he does not know that even at the moment of liberation the light will remain inaccessible to his eyes. According to legend, he will be able to see the light, passing through the cleansing flame of fire.
According to the records of Imam Rida: the genie of Iblis was originally called Haris, translated into Russian means "guard", "worker". Allah created him out of mighty fire to serve him faithfully. Haris devotedly served the Almighty, and then the Bright Face raised and brought him closer to him, placing him on a par with the highest angels. But when the Mighty One, having created the first man, Adam, ordered all the angels to bow to the first man, Haris refused to do so. God asked Haris: "What is the reason for your disobedience?" To which Haris replied that he considered himself superior and better than Adam, made of ordinary clay, while Haris was created from powerful fire. After these words, the Almighty became angry and cast down the genie from heaven and gave him a new name Iblis Azrael, which translates as “despair”, “hopelessness”, “hopelessness”. Finally, Iblis asked the Almighty to postpone his punishment until the Day of Judgment. But Allah refused, then the fallen angel swore that he would seduce as many believers as possible. So Iblis passed into the category of shaitans and became their leader.
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What can and can Azazel do?
After the angry Almighty cast down the demon Azazel to the ground, he, despite the punishment incurred, began to teach the male population of the earth to use weapons and fight with other men, so that human blood would be shed and everything would be saturated with pain, grief, suffering, death and groaning … He taught women to change faces with the help of cosmetics, and also taught how to brew various potions and drugs that are most often used in black magic: to attract a man, for confusion, for discord between lovers, for love spells and other things. He also taught how to terminate a pregnancy without harming a woman's health.
There is a version that he, like Prometheus, discovered metals for them, taught mankind to forge metal tools, make bracelets and embroider ornaments, taught to understand the value of precious metals, showed dye compositions to dye eyebrows and eyelashes. An excerpt from the Book of Enoch says that Azazel taught people how to make swords, knives, shields, breastplates, introduced them to the metals of the earth and the art of processing them, with bracelets and ornaments, using antimony and applying paint on the eyes, with all kinds of precious stones and with all shades of colors.
How do Azazel's powers manifest?
The second-tier demon's teachings come in dreams, and the powerful powers of the fallen angel are channeled through the Dreaming Gate. Therefore, Azazel is considered the Prince of Darkness and the Lord of the Witches. He controls the sabbaths arranged on demonic nights, and summons his subjects on the Mountain of Darkness, and allows the sacraments to be carried out there, and gives knowledge that is transmitted to them with the help of the fire blazing between his horns.
How did Azazel become the leader of the giants that inhabited the Earth in the days before the Great Flood?
Lucifer decided to take over the throne of the King of Heaven. It is believed that the lord of the Underworld neglected the freedom received from the hands of God and infringed upon God's power and authority. To do this, he gathered the giants dissatisfied with the structure of the Universe in order to overthrow the Almighty, and at the head of the army of the antediluvian giants he put his closest assistant - the standard-bearer of hell - the demon Azazel.
