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** In the 12th season, Lucifer impregnates a human (Kelly Kline) by using the President of USA as his vessel. This nephilim poses a significantly higher threat as it is a spawn of a human and an archangel (they are much more stronger than regular angels). His birth causes a dimensional rift to open that is a gateway to another world where the Winchesters were never born. The nephilim has many feats under his belt even when he was in his mother's womb, and once born, is said to have the potential to become even stronger than his father. In following seasons, the child, Jack, eventually becomes a new part of Team Free Will after [[AntiAntiChrist refusing Lucifer's offer]] of [[WeCanRuleTogether ruling the universe together]]. At the height of his power, Jack upstages even the ArchangelMichael, Lucifer's older, more powerful brother.

** Third Edition uses "Nephilim" as a collective name for the children of mortals and outsiders and for other mortals touched by the Outer Planes. This includes empyreans (aasimar in First and Second Editions), the children of humans and angels, alongside cambions (formerly tieflings) born from humans and fiends, aphorites descended from the axiomites; ganzi, mortals touched and altered by the Maelstrom; and duskwalkers, deceased spirits returned to a second life by the goddess of the dead.

** Third Edition uses "Nephilim" as a collective name for the children of humans and outsiders and for other mortals touched by the Outer Planes. This includes empyreans (aasimar in First and Second Editions), the children of humans and angels, alongside cambions (formerly tieflings) born from humans and fiends, aphorites descended from the axiomites; ganzi, mortals touched and altered by the Maelstrom; and duskwalkers, deceased spirits returned to a second life by the goddess of the dead.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' features Nephilim in its third Bestiary. They're the offspring of demigods and humans, with giant-sized stature and an ability to invoke fear in their opponents. They're typically TrueNeutral, but their habitual secrecy leads some humans to [[FantasticRacism distrust them]], to the point of launching periodic (unsuccessful) crusades to wipe them out.

* ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'': Nephilim are a number of strains of posthumans descended from goliaths, themselves humans modified for greater height and strength, who over centuries of self-modification and selective breeding sought to further distance themselves from "the smalls". As a result, nephilim are between six to twelve meters in height, the highest size that a hominid body plan can physically reach. In order to support their immense heights, they're very thin and slender, with flat, elephant-like feet, and some have a third leg derived from the vestigial remnants of the human tail. They also lead very passive lifestyles, as any kind of strenuous physical activity would risk injuring their delicate bodies and, at their height, falls are almost always fatal.

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': While the term is never used specifically, ''Akeno'' is one (or was before becoming a re-incarnated devil). Her mother was human but her father Baraqiel is a fallen angel and a high-ranking member ([[spoiler:and later leader after Azazel is sealed in the battle with Trihexa]]) of an organization of fallen angels named the Grigori, clearly using one of the possible definitions in the description.

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After chasing Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden, God set the ''Grigori'' (Watchers) to keep tabs on mankind. However, apparently, HornyDevils is an equal-opportunity trope, because these angels quickly decided it was more fun watching ''woman''kind. Finally, a faction said "SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny", headed down to earth, and made with the baby-making, producing powerful half-angels, as well as teaching humans the arts and sciences in violation of God's decrees.

The ''Nephilim'' ("Fallen Ones" or "Marvelous Ones") are referred to exactly twice in Literature/TheBible, the quote above just after an incident with a fruit tree (also notable for being a reference to the "Son of God" ''[[OlderThanTheyThink long]]'' before [[UsefulNotes/JesusChrist that Jesus fellow]]), and once in the Book of Numbers, where Israel's terrified scouts compare the Canaanites to them. In addition, there are a few other places that may be indirect references to them. ''What'' exactly they were has been a matter of some discussion through the ages, since Biblical canon has so little detail other than they were strong, had great height, and devoured people. However, various non-canonical texts such as the Book of Enoch and the Book of Jubilees flesh them out more. The specifics vary depending on which scroll you're reading, but the general outline runs thusly:

The ''Nephilim'' ("Fallen Ones" or "Marvelous Ones") are referred to exactly twice in Literature/TheBible, the quote above just after an incident with a fruit tree, and once in the Book of Numbers, where Israel's terrified scouts compare the Canaanites to them. In addition, there are a few other places that may be indirect references to them. ''What'' exactly they were has been a matter of some discussion through the ages, since Biblical canon has so little detail other than they were strong, had great height, and devoured people. However, various non-canonical texts such as the Book of Enoch and the Book of Jubilees flesh them out more. The specifics vary depending on which scroll you're reading, but the general outline runs thusly:

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':

* ''Music/{{Darkwell}}'': "Metatron" mentions the rape of woman by angels as well as the Nephilim as the "broad giants of morbid forms".

* ''VideoGame/DrownedGod'': Malchut claims to be a Nephil, and the closing speech at the end of the game refers to the Nephilim as the people of Isis. It's not entirely clear what they are, but they're most likely either the "manimals" that resulted from the genetic experimentation going on back when Osiris was around ''or'' they're the offspring of aliens, replacing angels, with humans, and if so then that would make Horus a Nephil if Isis is indeed a human.

* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': The Grigori were the angels closest to humanity, so close that they could interbreed with mortals. All of their children had greater capacity for magic than normal humans, but some, called Nephallim, were monstrously deformed in body and/or mind. For the creation of the Nephallim, the Grigori were banished from Heaven, while the Nephallem were hunted down and destroyed. Modern celestials, both angels and demons, can still use the Songs of Fruition to have children with a mortal, with the same results as when the Grigori did it; both these celestials and their Nephallim children are shunned and hunted by both humanity and celestials. The spirits of the Marches can also breed with humans under the same conditions as celestials, and also have a chance of producing warped offspring of their own; these Ethereal counterparts to Nephallim are known as Gorgons, but are otherwise largely the same sort of beings.

* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': The Grigori were the angels closest to humanity, so close that they could interbreed with mortals. All of their children have greater capacity for magic than normal humans, but some, called Nephallem, are monstrously deformed in body and/or mind. For the creation of the Nephallem, the Grigori were banished from Heaven, while the Nephallem were hunted down and destroyed.

* ''Literature/GeorginaKincaid'' has Nephilim as major characters. This version follows mostly the origin from the Bible, although they are portrayed as human-looking and not particularly tall. They are powerful and capable of killing supernatural creatures, but always weaker than both demons and angels, and they don't stand a chance against either of the two unless they have superior number. While some of them are evil, and many resent demons and angels for banishing them, the large majority just want to be left alone, and live hidden amongst mortals. The main reason Nephilim are called "giants" is because of their supernatural origin. In ancient times, average height was a LOT less than it is today with modern nutrition, so any supernatural hybrid would be taller than average (in Mead's setting, it's extremely unlikely a higher immortal would suffer from malnutrition). In addition, Roman is described as being very tall. To Georgina's default 5'2" form, he is much, much taller.

* ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', while keeping the angelic origin, has the Nephilim as essentially enhanced humans descended from angels who [[DemonSlaying slay demons]] and look beautiful while doing it. This book series also has the [[TheFairFolk fairies]] as the common descendants of angels and demons. However, it is explicitly emphasized that they are not Nephilim.

* ''Literature/SonOfAngels''' follows several "Quarterlings", people who are the offspring of Nephilim and human beings. Nephilim and their children inherit special powers from their angel blood, but their heritage also draws the attention of evil {{Fallen Angel}}s.
* ''Literature/TheStressOfHerRegard'': The characters end up learning a good deal about Nephilim -- and they are ''not'' in any way human.

* ''VideoGame/{{Dominions}}'': The nation of Hinnom was initially the gluttonous Nephilim giants ruling over the Avvim the Grigori had fathered them with, before they left in search of purpose, leaving the nation in the hands of their own children by the Avvim, the Rephaim.

* ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'': Although never explicitly stated, it's not hard to recognize the story as being heavily influenced by the "ancient astronauts" hypothesis. "Protoculture" would be the Atlanteans, the advanced antedeluvian civilization submerged by the deluge (and shown rising from the water in ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove"), and the Zentradi, their engineered warrior-class of giants, would be known now only as the hybrid Nephilim, "men of old, men of reknown".

* ''Anime/RageOfBahamutGenesis'' has Amira, the daughter of a male demon and a female angel.

After chasing Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden, God set the ''Grigori'' (Watchers) to keep tabs on mankind. But apparently, HornyDevils is an equal-opportunity trope, because these angels quickly decided it was more fun watching ''woman''kind. Finally, a faction said "SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny", headed down to earth, and made with the baby-making, producing powerful half-angels, as well as teaching humans the arts and sciences in violation of God's decrees.

Biblical researchers consider it likely that the references to Nephilim are a remnant of the polytheistic [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Mesopotamian]] and Myth/CanaaniteMythology that predated Judaism, and that they were originally considered demigods (similar to the likes of Hercules and Achilles in Myth/ClassicalMythology). The myth of Utuabzu and the Apkallu is sometimes proposed as the inspiration of Enoch and the Watchers. When the Hebrew religion became monotheistic and decreed that all gods other than [[{{God}} Yahweh]] were either fictional or demons falsely claiming to be divine, the Nephilim became half-angel instead of half-god since the latter had become impossible.

* Although never explicitly stated, it's not hard to recognize the story of ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' as being heavily influenced by the "ancient astronauts" hypothesis. "Protoculture" would be the Atlanteans, the advanced antedeluvian civilization submerged by the deluge (and shown rising from the water in ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove"), and the Zentradi, their engineered warrior-class of giants, would be known now only as the hybrid Nephilim, "men of old, men of reknown".
* The anime ''Anime/RageOfBahamutGenesis'' has Amira. She is the daughter of a male demon and a female angel.
* In the second season of ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'', Nephilim is the only known [[LostTechnology Relic]] which takes the form of a living creature rather than a PublicDomainArtifact. Specifically it takes the form of a monster which eats other Relics to increase in size and power, with no apparent upper limit. [[AllThereInTheManual According to a Keyword]] the plural term "Nephilim" is used because it consists of a group of "Nephil" Relics which devoured each other until only one remained. [[BigBad Dr. Ver]] later infuses himself with Nephilim cells to become a Human-Relic Hybrid, giving him a monstrous left arm which can fuse with Relics to absorb or control them.
* While the term is never used specifically, in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'', ''Akeno'' is one (or was before becoming a re-incarnated devil). Her mother was human but her father Baraqiel is a fallen angel and a high ranking member ([[spoiler:and later leader after Azazel is sealed in the battle with Trihexa]]) of an organisation of fallen angels named the Grigori, clearly using one of the possible definitions in the description.

* ComicBook/LadyDeath's father Matthias is descended of fallen angels, though the term Nephilim is never used.
* The GreaterScopeVillain of ''Comicbook/{{Runaways}}'' are the Gibborim, six-toed giants who are the HalfHumanHybrid offspring of fallen angels. The sequel series introduces their children, the Seed of the Gibborim.

* ''Film/{{Eegah}}'' attempts to call the title character one of these... [[ArtisticLicenseReligion by quoting a non-existent bible verse as proof]]. Nonetheless, the basic idea of The Bible having giants seems to mean that they meant the character was a Nephilim.

* ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate'': In the climax Milton not only reveals that he's actually the Devil, but that he's been traveling the Earth to impregnate human women against their will. [[spoiler:Kevin and Christabella are his half-human offspring.]]
* ''Film/{{Noah}}'' portrays the Nephilim as fallen angels in the form of rock monsters that aid the heroes hoping for redemption.

* One of these is imprisoned within a giant mound in Creator/SimonRGreen's ''Literature/DrinkingMidnightWine'', something that proves pretty crucial to TheDragon of the BigBad.
* ''Literature/GeorginaKincaid'' has Nephilim as major characters. This version follows mostly the origin from the Bible, though they are portrayed as human-looking and not particularly tall. They are powerful and capable of killing supernatural creatures, but always weaker than both demons and angels, and they don't stand a chance against either of the two unless they have superior number. While some of them are evil, and many resent demons and angels for banishing them, the large majority just want to be left alone, and live hidden amongst mortals. The main reason Nephilim are called "giants" is because of their supernatural origin. In ancient times, average height was a LOT less than it is today with modern nutrition, so any supernatural hybrid would be taller than average (in Mead's setting, it's extremely unlikely a higher immortal would suffer from malnutrition). In addition, Roman is described as being very tall. To Georgina's default 5'2" form, he is much, much taller.
* In ''Literature/ManyWaters'', a time-travel novel which mostly takes place in the times leading up to Noah's flood, the Nephilim appear as {{Fallen Angel}}s who each have a counterpart in the Seraphim who also walk the earth at the time.
* ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'', while keeping the angelic origin, has the Nephilim as essentially enhanced humans descended from angels who [[DemonSlaying slay demons]] and look beautiful doing it. This book series also has the [[TheFairFolk fairies]]. They are the common descendants of angels and demons. However, it is explicitly emphasized that they are not Nephilim.
* The ''Literature/SonOfAngels''' book series follows several "Quarterlings," people who are the offspring of Nephilim and human beings. Nephilim and their children inherit special powers from their angel blood, but their heritage also draws the attention of evil {{Fallen Angel}}s.
* In Creator/TimPowers' ''Literature/TheStressOfHerRegard'', the characters end up learning a good deal about Nephilim -- and they are ''not'' in any way human.
* ''Literature/SandmanSlim'' has James "Sandman Slim" Stark- Angel father, Human mother. In one of his occasional [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu chats with Lucifer]], they decide the reason Stark has survived for so long, compared to the other known Nephilim, is that they are born warriors (or berserkers), and the time Stark spent in Hell's Arena allowed him to "release steam" and come to terms with it without having to think too hard about what to do with his life. (He's still a bit of a berserker, but he can explain it away as PTSD from the arena, even to himself.)
* In ''Literature/TheFallen'', Aaron Corbet discovers that he is one. Moreover, he, and others like him, are being hunted by warrior angels known as the Powers, who believe that the Nephilim are an abomination that must be cleansed form the world. As a Nephilim, Aaron has some of the abilities of the angels, including wings, being able to speak any language (even animal languages), and emitting fire blasts (which also includes manifesting flaming swords). He also learns that he's not an ordinary Nephilim, but the prophesied [[ChosenOne Redeemer]], a Nephilim with the ability to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin redeem]] {{Fallen Angel}}s (those, who wish to return to Heaven, at least). He's also [[spoiler:Lucifer's son]].
* In Tom Picirilli's ''A Lower Deep'' a Nephilim is bound beneath Tel Megiddo. [[spoiler:The end of the novel reveals it to be the embryonic form of the Beast of Revelations.]]
* In Edward Cox's ''The Relic Guild'' trilogy, a rogue [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Thaumaturgist]] who would be known as the Progenitor and who's actually [[spoiler: The Relic Guild's necromancer Hamir]] conned 100 human women to come with him (his intention is to use them as vessels to reincarnate 100 fallen Thaumaturgist souls). He used powerful High Magic and bits of unused reality known as "Dead Time" to impregnate them. The result is 100 giant, higher magic-using beings that tore their mothers apart when they were born.
* In Tim Lebbon's ''Relics'' trilogy, the leader of the surviving supernatural beings, the Kin, is an ancient, gigantic and very naked male nephilim, Mallian. He's usually a nice guy but he gets UnstoppableRage at the thought of his fellow Kin getting murdered for body parts to be sold to rich collectors. Later books reveal that Mallian was just pretending to be good and in fact hates humans. Not only that but his fury is actually a major part of his real personality and he's the BigBad for Books 2 and 3.
* In ''Literature/TheGolgothaSeries'', Malachai Bick is the wealthiest man in town. He's actually an angel, Biqua, and has a number of extremely large and strong children, who's birthing inevitably killed their mothers.

* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' you can see the half-demon Whistler. His father was a kind of angel, and his mother was a demon.

** One of these beings shows up in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS08E22ClipShow Clip Show]]". Jane, the last known Nephilim to exist on Earth, looks no different that any other human, but does have [[HybridPower great strength and endurance]] that she demonstrates by being able to easily hold her own against two angels. She can also make her [[GlowingEyes eyes glow]] similarly to angels, although her glow is a more dim and grayish color as opposed to the bright white or bluish-white glow of regular angels.
** During the 12th season, Lucifer impregnated a human (Kelly Kline), by using the President of USA as his vessel. This nephilim poses a significantly higher threat as it is a spawn of a human and an archangel (they are much more stronger than regular angels). His birth causes a dimensional rift to open that is a gateway to another world where the Winchesters were never born. The nephilim has many feats under his belt even when he was in his mother's womb, and once born, is said to have the potential to become even stronger than his father. In following seasons, the child, Jack, eventually becomes a new part of Team Free Will after [[AntiAntiChrist refusing Lucifer's offer]] of [[WeCanRuleTogether ruling the universe together]]. At the height of his power, Jack upstages even the ArchangelMichael, Lucifer's older, more powerful brother.
* One episode of ''Series/TheXFiles'' featured the Nephilim in the form of several grotesquely deformed young women.
* Nephilim are the main antagonists in the British supernatural drama ''Series/{{Hex}}''.
* The 2006 Paul Wesley miniseries ''Fallen'', based on ''Literature/TheFallen'', deals with the Nephalim, the protagonist unexpectedly discovering that he is not fully human and that there are competing angel/human conspiracies both to protect and to destroy people like him. The main give-away, at least until the fighting starts, is understanding and speaking any language, revealed when Aaron converses with his coincidentally non-American crush, Vilma.
-->'''Aaron:''' Eu nao falo portugues. [''I don't speak Portuguese.'']
* ''Series/WynonnaEarp'': [[spoiler: Waverly]] ends up being one of these as revealed in season three. It primarily comes with a combo of HealingHands and TouchOfDeath; full angelic power and wings come with [[spoiler: a [[SuperpoweredEvilSide complete personality change and apathy towards humans]]]].
* ''Series/Lucifer2016'': By the end of the series Lucifer and Amenadiel have both fathered children with human women. Lucifer and Chloe's [[KidFromTheFuture future daughter]] Rory is initially an antagonist but only towards her father who she believes abandoned them in a time of need. Amenadiel and Linda's son Charlie is completely neutral, mostly because he's an infant throughout his time on the show. Both children look like normal humans with easily-hidden wings, like their fathers, with Rory's having [[RazorWings metallic tips]] due emotional trauma in the future.

* The song ''Metatron'' of the German gothic metal band ''Darkwell'' mentions the rape of woman by angels as well as the Nephilim as the "broad giants of morbid forms".

* The demons exorcized by Jesus have been proposed to be narratively meant to be the spirits of the Nephilim killed in the Flood, as the Book of Enoch was still mainstream and popular as a Jewish religious text at the time of the New Testament (to the point Jesus literally quotes Enoch a handful of times in all the four gospels). The Book of Jubilees even states those revenant spirits are led by {{Satan}} (here named Mastema), who might or might not be one of those spirits himself.

* In ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'', the Nephilim were offspring of humans and fallen angels who combined traits of both races and were seen as abominations for this. More importantly, they were born near the close of the "Time of Babel", when the Ten Watchers (wisest among the fallen) forcefully advanced humanity's scientific progress at Lucifer's command. While some Nephilim were good-natured, most desired power and thus killed the Watchers and usurped their place. Lucifer had the Nephilim slaughtered but humanity's chance at divinity was already ruined and the fallen were ultimately defeated by ArchangelMichael's Host. Thus the Nephilim were directly responsible for both the fall of the proverbial "TowerOfBabel" and for the imprisonment of the fallen in hell.

* There are two kinds of Nephilim in ''TabletopGame/HaltEvilDoer'', because there are two kinds of Grigori.

* In ''TabletopGame/InNomine'' the Grigori were the angels closest to humanity, so close that they could interbreed with mortals. All of their children have greater capacity for magic than normal humans, but some, called Nephilim, are monstrously deformed in body and/or mind. For the creation of the Nephilim, the Grigori were banished from Heaven.
* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', Nephilim are a creature type in the ''Guildpact'' set, huge {{Eldritch Abomination}}s created by the gods basically just to make mortals crap their pants. Due to the extreme resource requirements to play them, they don't see much use.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Nephilim}}'', a player character is one of the eponymous spirits that keeps reincarnating through countless lives. They aren't hybrids of human and angel, but the inspiration for supernatural creatures and the gods of mythology. They named themselves Nephilim because one of its meanings is "fallen ones" and this refers to their fall from a higher state of spiritual being in the distant past.

* Nephilim in ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' are humans whose souls actually belong to a member of another race who died in the past and reincarnated as humans, sharing some of the traits of their former selves and even remembering more or less of their former lives.
* Nephilim in ''TabletopGame/WitchCraft'' are the children of a human and an Angel. They have incredible strength, regenerative powers, and are almost completely immune to any kind of magical attack.

* The ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' games occasionally use the term to refer to the Isu, otherwise known as the First Civilization.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'', the race [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Four Horsemen]] come from is called the Nephilim. They are half-angel and half-demon, created by the Queen of Hell Lilith. Angry at being denied a realm of their own, they started a universal slaughter across creation that threatened all of existence, and when they attempted to take Eden from the yet-to-be-born humanity, the Four Horsemen having grown tired of the senseless slaughter betrayed their own and aided the angels [[GenocideFromTheInside in wiping out the Nephilim]]. The leader and oldest of the Horsemen, Death, personally slayed the Nephilim progenitor and his "eldest brother" Absalom [[spoiler:who ultimately became TheCorruption and tried to destroy all of Creation ''again'' thousands of years later, forcing Death to kill him ''again''.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', "Nephalem" are the powerful descendants of angels and demons, with humans being their {{Nerf}}ed descendants after a PowerLimiter was put in place. The destruction of same at the end of the second game allowed new Nephalem to be born, of which your character is one.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Disciples}}'' ''Liberation'', [[spoiler:the protagonist]] is revealed to be a nephilim, a hybrid of angel and demon [[spoiler:due to being the daughter of the Angel Inoel and the Demon Haarhus from the third game.]] Their heritage grants the nephilim unique "Twilight" magic that is a YinYangBomb of divine and unholy power.
* In ''Videogame/DMCDevilMayCry'', Nephilim refers to demon-angel hybrids who can harness both infernal and celestial power, sometimes also called "the third race". They aren't giants, but they are very powerful. Basically the opposite of HybridOverkillAvoidance. Dante and Vergil, twin brothers, are the only two alive because the demon king Mundus wiped them out, fearing they'd overthrow him.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Elsword}}'', the Dark Nephilim is a monstrous figure worshipped by the Dark Elves. Their leader, Chloe, summons it on your party to ambush you. AdvancingBossOfDoom ensues.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Exile}}'' and its UpdatedRerelease ''VideoGame/{{Avernum}}'', the Nephilim are CatFolk.
* In ''VideoGame/ElShaddaiAscensionOfTheMetatron'', the traditional idea of Nephilim as children of the Watchers and humans is given a unique spin, appropriate for El Shaddai. These Nephilim are [[CutenessOverload squishy and adorable]] creatures that look nothing like humans, and are just so cute...[[CuteIsEvil until they start]] [[ImAHumanitarian devouring each other]] in a [[DespairEventHorizon despair-induced]] [[DeathSeeker bid for death]]. Leading to the last Nephilim standing becoming a gigantic, apocalyptic [[WreathedInFlames Fire Nephilim]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Dominions}}'', the nation of Hinnom was initially the gluttonous Nephilim giants ruling over the Avvim the Grigori had fathered them with, before they left in search of purpose, leaving the nation in the hands of their own children by the Avvim, the Rephaim.

* Of all games, ''Videogame/{{PAYDAY 2}}'', a modern-day criminal heist game, began referencing Nephilim in its endgame lore when [[spoiler: the Kataru secret society and their associated artifacts were being examined. Referenced in tablets, scribes, and apparently hidden in plain site within The Diamond heist museum artifacts, they are apparently giant figures of angelic-esque power, responsible for granting Kataru the powerful artifacts Bain and the Payday Gang end up seeking out. However, save for impossibly-sized mummies, they never appear ingame... unless one considers an Easter Egg in the Shacklethorne Auction heist wherein noclipping to walk up to stairs in the backyard triggers a lightning strike that [[https://i.redd.it/hymmw3frzeg11.jpg reveals something in the skyline...]] ]]
* In ''Monster Girl Quest!'', [[spoiler:Luka]] turns out to be the child of a human man and an angel (more specifically, [[spoiler:the first fallen angel Lucifina]]). This allows him to use the holy powers of angels, but his human body means that using this power is bad for his health.

* In ''Webcomic/AngelDown'', Neplilim are descendants of an Angel or Demon, and a human. However most, if not all, living Nephilim are [[UnevenHybrid far off from their divine ancestor]] and therefore only have limited PsychicPowers.
* In ''Webcomic/HolyBibble'', Nephilim are the offspring of the "gods." Most notably, this includes Gilgamesh and the Goddess of Wisdom.

* [=IRyS=] of ''[[WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} hololive]]'' fame is one, being an angel-demon hybrid that, in the MV for her debut single "Caesura of Despair", showcases control over both [[LightEmUp light]] and [[CastingAShadow darkness]] great enough to blanket an entire city in either on a whim. Oddly enough, only her demonic aspects are an active part of her physical biology, with her wings being comprised of [[DualityMotif black and white]] crystals that simply float behind her when not concealed and her HolyHalo being... well, a halo, just made up of four-pointed stars that are, again, black and white.

-->-- ''[[Literature/TheBible Genesis 6:4]]''

The ''Nephilim'' ("Fallen Ones" or "Marvelous Ones") are referred to exactly twice in Literature/TheBible, the quote above just after an incident with a fruit tree, and once in the Book of Numbers, where Israel's terrified scouts compare the Canaanites to them. In addition, there are a few other places that may be indirect references to them. ''What'' exactly they were has been a matter of some discussion through the ages, since Biblical canon has so little detail other than they were strong, had great height, and devoured people. However, various non-canonical texts such as the Book of Enoch and Book of Jubilees flesh them out more. The specifics vary depending on which scroll you're reading, but the general outline runs thusly:

Like many things in Literature/TheBible and other Judeo-Christian literature, the Nephilim are handy when you're plundering for symbolism. The lack of concrete detail lends them a certain mystique, and allows the name to be attached to almost anything, although they're commonly some sort of supernatural hybrid -- often a mixture of angel and either human or demon. Sometimes they are also giants, sometimes not.

* The story of the Watchers and the Nephilim eventually fell out of favor with the first Christian philosophers and their Jewish opponents, as all of them considered it bizarre and theologically wrong, but it remained in the religion of [[UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}} Manichaeism]]. One of the earliest Manichaean findings was the Book of Giants, which was first believed to be basically Manichaean fanfic before the Dead Sea Scrolls revealed it was actually an adaptation of an Enochic work, possibly even a lost chapter of the Book of Enoch (one that got switched by the chapter currently called the Book of Parables around the third century).

* In the second season of ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'', Nephilim is the only known [[LostTechnology Relic]] which takes the form of a living creature rather than a PublicDomainArtifact. Specifically it takes the form of a monster which eats other Relics to increase in size and power, with no apparent upper limit. [[AllThereInTheManual According to a Keyword]] the plural term "Nephilim" is used because it consists of a group of "Nephil" Relics which devoured each other until only one remained. [[BigBad Dr. Ver]] later infuses himself with Nephilim cells to become a Human-Relic Hybrid, giving him a monstrous left arm which can fuse with Relics to absorb or control them.