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* In the ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'', angels are described as being mortals who earned their wings with good works, mortals who took a burden after their death, or spirits made to serve as messengers between [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Concepts]] and mortals. Only one angel has been seen so far in the series, and that's [[spoiler:Starlight]], an Angel of Death, which seems to be of the second type. Considering Saint is shown to be a title given to mortals who did great things in life, it's possible that [[spoiler:Sweet Heart]] and [[BadFuture Dark World]]!Applebloom may qualify as well. Given [[spoiler:Half-Light Noon's]] statement, they're apparently respected quite a bit. While the ones who were once mortals look like ponies, the ones made by the deities can be much more abstract in nature. [[spoiler:It turns out the [[ClockRoaches Blank Wolf]] is one.]]
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* In the ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'', angels are described as being mortals who earned their wings with good works, mortals who took a burden after their death, or spirits made to serve as messengers between [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Concepts]] and mortals. Only one angel has been seen so far in the series, and that's [[spoiler:Starlight]], an Angel of Death, which seems to be of the second type. Considering Saint is shown to be a title given to mortals who did great things in life, it's possible that [[spoiler:Sweet Heart]] and [[BadFuture Dark World]]!Applebloom may qualify as well. Given [[spoiler:Half-Light Noon's]] statement, they're apparently respected quite a bit. We also later see [[spoiler: the Scootaloo Army of Awesome, Scootaloos from hundreds of thousands of timelines where their reality was destroyed... who become the personal army of Alicorn Rainbow Dash.]] While the ones who were once mortals look like ponies, the ones made by the deities can be much more abstract in nature. [[spoiler:It turns out the [[ClockRoaches Blank Wolf]] is one.]]
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->'''Dean:''' I thought angels were supposed to be guardians. Fluffy wings, halos — you know, Michael Landon. Not dicks.\\
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->'''Dean:''' I thought angels were supposed to be guardians. Fluffy wings, halos — you know, Michael Landon.Creator/MichaelLandon. Not dicks.\\
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* Angels also play a role in Western Esotericism and Occultism. This is kind of complex but most of it comes from the Esoteric concept of Theurgy that might originate in some Gnostic and Platonic magical practices of the Classical Age later Christianized. Theurgy consists in invoking the "powers of heavens" and generally working with heavently beings (originally gods, later angels), the opposite of Goetia which is working with demons. This was also a way to rationalize the practice of magick for many Christian esotericists despite the fact that the Bible forbids magick. They argument is that what the Bible forbids is dealing with demons, not magick per se (and indeed many important Western esotericists and ceremonial magicians were devote Christians like Jhon Dee, Eliphas Levi, Michel de Nostradamus and Paracelso much to both fundamentalist Christians and modern neo-Pagans/Occult enthusiasts surprise today). The use of angels in Esoteric work is common in many systems. One of the most famous is the Enochian System developed by John Dee and Edward Kelly in Elizabethan times, later spread in many circles, most notably the Golden Dawn. Similarly angels are also mentioned as part of the divine hierarchy in Theosophy and use in books of many modern Occult writers including the likes of Ben Woodcroft, Damon Brand and Henry Archer, sometimes alongside Goetic demons. Although the exact definition of their nature is often matter of debate, angels (and demons) are seen as powerful otherwordly spirits that can be summon for help.
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* Angels also play a role in Western Esotericism and Occultism. This is kind of complex but most of it comes from the Esoteric concept of Theurgy that might originate in some Gnostic and Platonic magical practices of the Classical Age later Christianized. Theurgy consists in invoking the "powers of heavens" and generally working with heavently beings (originally gods, later angels), the opposite of Goetia which is working with demons. This was also a way to rationalize the practice of magick for many Christian esotericists despite the fact that the Bible forbids magick. They Their argument is that what the Bible forbids is dealing with demons, not magick per se (and indeed many important Western esotericists and ceremonial magicians were devote Christians like Jhon Dee, Eliphas Levi, Michel de Nostradamus and Paracelso much to both fundamentalist Christians and modern neo-Pagans/Occult enthusiasts surprise today). The use of angels in Esoteric work is common in many systems. One of the most famous is the Enochian System developed by John Dee and Edward Kelly in Elizabethan times, later spread in many circles, most notably the Golden Dawn. Similarly angels are also mentioned as part of the divine hierarchy in Theosophy and use in books of many modern Occult writers including the likes of Ben Woodcroft, Damon Brand and Henry Archer, sometimes alongside Goetic demons. Although the exact definition of their nature is often matter of debate, angels (and demons) are seen as powerful otherwordly spirits that can be summon for help.
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* Dakas (male) and Dakinis (female) are protective benevolent spirits in UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} very similar to the Norse Valkiries, however they are created by the minds of the Buddhas and thus not fully individual beings. Some people have equated also the Buddhist concept of the Devas as the equivalent of the Buddhist angels as Devas are seen as beautiful spirits living in heaven-like realms, and some of them are protectors of humans. However this is more of a New Age interpretation as Buddhist scripture see Devas more as just another life form alongside humans and animals.
* And Angels also play a role in many New Age believes, generally seen as the most common pop cultural representations of benevolent good winged humanoid. Similar to other traits from different spiritualities (like karma, chakras or cristals) is re-interpreted into a more post-modern way with little to non connection with the original biblical conception of angels (who are more closed to be monsters and who can kill sinners and destroy cities in attacks of wrath). Entire seminars are often offer to teach how to contact angels, have their help, use them in spells and so on.
* Angels also play a role in Western Esotericism and Occultism. This is kind of complex but most of it comes from the Esoteric concept of Theurgy that might originate in some Gnostic and Platonic magical practices of the Classical Age later Christianized. Theurgy consists in invoking the "powers of heavens" and generally working with heavently beings (originally gods, later angels), the opposite of Goetia which is working with demons. This was also a way to rationalize the practice of magick for many Christian esotericists despite the fact that the Bible forbids magick. They argument is that what the Bible forbids is dealing with demons, not magick per se (and indeed many important Western esotericists and ceremonial magicians were devote Christians like Jhon Dee, Eliphas Levi, Michel de Nostradamus and Paracelso much to both fundamentalist Christians and modern neo-Pagans/Occult enthusiasts surprise today). The use of angels in Esoteric work is common in many systems. One of the most famous is the Enochian System developed by John Dee and Edward Kelly in Elizabethan times, later spread in many circles, most notably the Golden Dawn. Similarly angels are also mentioned as part of the divine hierarchy in Theosophy and use in books of many modern Occult writers including the likes of Ben Woodcroft, Damon Brand and Henry Archer, sometimes alongside Goetic demons. Although the exact definition of their nature is often matter of debate, angels (and demons) are seen as powerful otherwordly spirits that can be summon for help.
* And Angels also play a role in many New Age believes, generally seen as the most common pop cultural representations of benevolent good winged humanoid. Similar to other traits from different spiritualities (like karma, chakras or cristals) is re-interpreted into a more post-modern way with little to non connection with the original biblical conception of angels (who are more closed to be monsters and who can kill sinners and destroy cities in attacks of wrath). Entire seminars are often offer to teach how to contact angels, have their help, use them in spells and so on.
* Angels also play a role in Western Esotericism and Occultism. This is kind of complex but most of it comes from the Esoteric concept of Theurgy that might originate in some Gnostic and Platonic magical practices of the Classical Age later Christianized. Theurgy consists in invoking the "powers of heavens" and generally working with heavently beings (originally gods, later angels), the opposite of Goetia which is working with demons. This was also a way to rationalize the practice of magick for many Christian esotericists despite the fact that the Bible forbids magick. They argument is that what the Bible forbids is dealing with demons, not magick per se (and indeed many important Western esotericists and ceremonial magicians were devote Christians like Jhon Dee, Eliphas Levi, Michel de Nostradamus and Paracelso much to both fundamentalist Christians and modern neo-Pagans/Occult enthusiasts surprise today). The use of angels in Esoteric work is common in many systems. One of the most famous is the Enochian System developed by John Dee and Edward Kelly in Elizabethan times, later spread in many circles, most notably the Golden Dawn. Similarly angels are also mentioned as part of the divine hierarchy in Theosophy and use in books of many modern Occult writers including the likes of Ben Woodcroft, Damon Brand and Henry Archer, sometimes alongside Goetic demons. Although the exact definition of their nature is often matter of debate, angels (and demons) are seen as powerful otherwordly spirits that can be summon for help.
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* Angel, of ''Comicbook/XMen'', is explicitly stated from the beginning to be a mutant who just happens to have various flying mutations including big white fluffy wings. Except, of course, [[spoiler:later developments made him a descendant of the Cheyarafim, along with Icarus (Joshua Guthrie), and added healing blood to his powers]].
* ''Comicbook/GhostRider'':
** Nobel Kale becomes an angel when he's in hell! (On Earth, he's just a spirit who possesses people.)
** The Johnny Blaze version of the Ghost Rider later {{re|tcon}}wrote the evil demon trapped inside Johnny into a misunderstood angel that had basically snuck in when he sold his soul. Also, there are evil angels, particularly, you know, Zadkiel.
** When first introduced into the universe, Angels tended to look like energy beings. DemBones was the closest they got to looking like people(looking like more advanced/powerful version of Ghost Rider, before the above retcon strangely enough). They've mostly appeared as winged humanoids since the 2000s.
* [[ComicBook/AngelaMarvelComics Angela]] in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Except she's actually Asgardian, daughter of Odin and Frigga, sister to ComicBook/TheMightyThor. But she's raised by Angels, a deity race who are in war with Asgardians.
** Also the Angels in question are a race of winged humanoids, who are ruthless and ruthlessly effective mercenaries. Their whole culture is materialistic and cut-throat, where fighting for ideals is seen as weakness and only the strong and savvy survive.
* ''Comicbook/GhostRider'':
** Nobel Kale becomes an angel when he's in hell! (On Earth, he's just a spirit who possesses people.)
** The Johnny Blaze version of the Ghost Rider later {{re|tcon}}wrote the evil demon trapped inside Johnny into a misunderstood angel that had basically snuck in when he sold his soul. Also, there are evil angels, particularly, you know, Zadkiel.
** When first introduced into the universe, Angels tended to look like energy beings. DemBones was the closest they got to looking like people(looking like more advanced/powerful version of Ghost Rider, before the above retcon strangely enough). They've mostly appeared as winged humanoids since the 2000s.
* [[ComicBook/AngelaMarvelComics Angela]] in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Except she's actually Asgardian, daughter of Odin and Frigga, sister to ComicBook/TheMightyThor. But she's raised by Angels, a deity race who are in war with Asgardians.
** Also the Angels in question are a race of winged humanoids, who are ruthless and ruthlessly effective mercenaries. Their whole culture is materialistic and cut-throat, where fighting for ideals is seen as weakness and only the strong and savvy survive.
* ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'': They're giant winged humanoids serving God who, unlike the demons, only rarely intervene in the world, most notably when the Knights of Justice summon Gabriel to ask him to make the Knights of Light see the true way after being led astray by its corrupt leadership.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': Fitting right in with the comic's views on religion, angels are not shown in a very flattering light. Two variants are shown: The Seraphi, warrior angels who stand at the right side of God (one of which was compelled to have sex with a succubus, creating Genesis), and the Adephi, who stand at the left side of God and are more scientifically minded (they were the ones holding Genesis once it was created). Two Adephi, in particular, are singled out as being ineffectual middle management types and chinless wonders. When one of them tries to dazzle Jesse Custer with the glory of the Heavenly Host, he is immediately told to "cut the shit."
* So far, we've seen two classes of angel as they appear within the universe of the ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' comic, neither of which really fit the well-known winged humanoid archetype. The Grigori, or Watchers, which look more or less like human skeletons on fire & the Seraphim, which apparently resemble giant grubs with black mask-like faces & wings made from flayed human skin. One scientist goes mad from isolation and opens a portal to what he thinks are angels, who look like nothing seen on Earth.
* So far, we've seen two classes of angel as they appear within the universe of the ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' comic, neither of which really fit the well-known winged humanoid archetype. The Grigori, or Watchers, which look more or less like human skeletons on fire & the Seraphim, which apparently resemble giant grubs with black mask-like faces & wings made from flayed human skin. One scientist goes mad from isolation and opens a portal to what he thinks are angels, who look like nothing seen on Earth.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': Fitting right in with ''ComicBook/TheDarkness'' has "The Legion of the comic's views on religion, angels are not shown Cherub Hostile." Another example of LightIsNotGood in the series, they're a very flattering light. Two variants are shown: The Seraphi, warrior horde of [[EnfantTerrible childlike]] angels who stand at the right side of God (one of which was compelled to have sex with a succubus, creating Genesis), wield little bows and the Adephi, who stand at the left side of God and flaming swords. And are more scientifically minded (they were the ones holding Genesis once it was created). Two Adephi, in particular, are singled out as being ineffectual middle management types and chinless wonders. When one of them tries to dazzle Jesse Custer with the glory of the Heavenly Host, he is immediately told to "cut the shit."
* So far, we've seen two classes of angel as they appear within the universe of the ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' comic, neither of which really fit the well-known winged humanoid archetype. The Grigori, or Watchers, which look more or less like human skeletonsintent on fire & the Seraphim, which apparently resemble giant grubs with black mask-like faces & wings made from flayed human skin. One scientist goes mad from isolation and opens a portal to what he thinks are angels, who look like nothing seen on Earth.[[OmnicidalManiac purging all life]].
* So far, we've seen two classes of angel as they appear within the universe of the ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' comic, neither of which really fit the well-known winged humanoid archetype. The Grigori, or Watchers, which look more or less like human skeletons
* Divangelic from ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'' is a pair of ConjoinedTwins -- her left half, Charity, is an angel, but her right half, Vanity, is a devil. The mind boggles...
* ''Comicbook/GhostRider'':
** Nobel Kale becomes an angel when he's in hell! (On Earth, he's just a spirit who possesses people.)
** The Johnny Blaze version of the Ghost Rider later {{re|tcon}}wrote the evil demon trapped inside Johnny into a misunderstood angel that had basically snuck in when he sold his soul. Also, there are evil angels, particularly, you know, Zadkiel.
** When first introduced into the universe, Angels tended to look like energy beings. DemBones was the closest they got to looking like people(looking like more advanced/powerful version of Ghost Rider, before the above retcon strangely enough). They've mostly appeared as winged humanoids since the 2000s.
* ''ComicBook/GodzillaInHell'' features angels flying on the wings of Mothra, who herself is a benevolent entity associated with death and rebirth and symbolized by a shining cross.
* So far, we've seen two classes of angel as they appear within the universe of the ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' comic, neither of which really fit the well-known winged humanoid archetype. The Grigori, or Watchers, which look more or less like human skeletons on fire and the Seraphim, which apparently resemble giant grubs with black mask-like faces and wings made from flayed human skin. One scientist goes mad from isolation and opens a portal to what he thinks are angels, who look like nothing seen on Earth.
* ''Comicbook/GhostRider'':
** Nobel Kale becomes an angel when he's in hell! (On Earth, he's just a spirit who possesses people.)
** The Johnny Blaze version of the Ghost Rider later {{re|tcon}}wrote the evil demon trapped inside Johnny into a misunderstood angel that had basically snuck in when he sold his soul. Also, there are evil angels, particularly, you know, Zadkiel.
** When first introduced into the universe, Angels tended to look like energy beings. DemBones was the closest they got to looking like people(looking like more advanced/powerful version of Ghost Rider, before the above retcon strangely enough). They've mostly appeared as winged humanoids since the 2000s.
* ''ComicBook/GodzillaInHell'' features angels flying on the wings of Mothra, who herself is a benevolent entity associated with death and rebirth and symbolized by a shining cross.
* So far, we've seen two classes of angel as they appear within the universe of the ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' comic, neither of which really fit the well-known winged humanoid archetype. The Grigori, or Watchers, which look more or less like human skeletons on fire and the Seraphim, which apparently resemble giant grubs with black mask-like faces and wings made from flayed human skin. One scientist goes mad from isolation and opens a portal to what he thinks are angels, who look like nothing seen on Earth.
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* Bill, the Angel of the Lord in ''Comicbook/PropositionPlayer'', looks less like an angel and more like a freakishly muscled mafia legbreaker, who tries to scare the protagonist into giving up his attempts to get into the soul business and who generally abuses his position as a henchman in the most powerful religion for petty reasons like sex. (He apparently sent a guy to hell just so he could take his girl, and tries to force a minor goddess into having sex with her.) His boss Michael furthers the mafia stereotype; he arranges for the casino to explode and kill many of the people who sold their souls and tortures the protagonist's girlfriend. He even delivers a short lecture on certain aspects of torture at one point. And he wears barbed wire under his clothes.
* [[ComicBook/AngelaMarvelComics Angela]] in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Except she's actually Asgardian, daughter of Odin and Frigga, sister to ComicBook/TheMightyThor. But she's raised by Angels, a deity race who are in war with Asgardians.
** Also the Angels in question are a race of winged humanoids, who are ruthless and ruthlessly effective mercenaries. Their whole culture is materialistic and cut-throat, where fighting for ideals is seen as weakness and only the strong and savvy survive.
* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': Fitting right in with the comic's views on religion, angels are not shown in a very flattering light. Two variants are shown: The Seraphi, warrior angels who stand at the right side of God (one of which was compelled to have sex with a succubus, creating Genesis), and the Adephi, who stand at the left side of God and are more scientifically minded (they were the ones holding Genesis once it was created). Two Adephi, in particular, are singled out as being ineffectual middle management types and chinless wonders. When one of them tries to dazzle Jesse Custer with the glory of the Heavenly Host, he is immediately told to "cut the shit."
* Bill, the Angel of the Lord in ''Comicbook/PropositionPlayer'', looks less like an angel and more like a freakishly muscled mafia legbreaker, who tries to scare the protagonist into giving up his attempts to get into the soul business and who generally abuses his position as a henchman in the most powerful religion for petty reasons like sex. (He apparently sent a guy to hell just so he could take his girl, and tries to force a minor goddess into having sex with her.) His boss Michael furthers the mafia stereotype; he arranges for the casino to explode and kill many of the people who sold their souls and tortures the protagonist's girlfriend. He even delivers a short lecture on certain aspects of torture at one point. And he wears barbed wire under his clothes.
** Also the Angels in question are a race of winged humanoids, who are ruthless and ruthlessly effective mercenaries. Their whole culture is materialistic and cut-throat, where fighting for ideals is seen as weakness and only the strong and savvy survive.
* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': Fitting right in with the comic's views on religion, angels are not shown in a very flattering light. Two variants are shown: The Seraphi, warrior angels who stand at the right side of God (one of which was compelled to have sex with a succubus, creating Genesis), and the Adephi, who stand at the left side of God and are more scientifically minded (they were the ones holding Genesis once it was created). Two Adephi, in particular, are singled out as being ineffectual middle management types and chinless wonders. When one of them tries to dazzle Jesse Custer with the glory of the Heavenly Host, he is immediately told to "cut the shit."
* Bill, the Angel of the Lord in ''Comicbook/PropositionPlayer'', looks less like an angel and more like a freakishly muscled mafia legbreaker, who tries to scare the protagonist into giving up his attempts to get into the soul business and who generally abuses his position as a henchman in the most powerful religion for petty reasons like sex. (He apparently sent a guy to hell just so he could take his girl, and tries to force a minor goddess into having sex with her.) His boss Michael furthers the mafia stereotype; he arranges for the casino to explode and kill many of the people who sold their souls and tortures the protagonist's girlfriend. He even delivers a short lecture on certain aspects of torture at one point. And he wears barbed wire under his clothes.
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* ''ComicBook/TheDarkness'' has "The Legion of the Cherub Hostile." Another example of LightIsNotGood in the series, they're a horde of [[EnfantTerrible childlike]] angels who wield little bows and flaming swords. And are intent on [[OmnicidalManiac purging all life]].
* Divangelic from ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'' is a pair of ConjoinedTwins - her left half, Charity, is an angel, but her right half, Vanity, is a devil. The mind boggles...
* Divangelic from ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'' is a pair of ConjoinedTwins - her left half, Charity, is an angel, but her right half, Vanity, is a devil. The mind boggles...
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* ''ComicBook/GodzillaInHell'' features angels flying on the wings of Mothra, who herself is a benevolent entity associated with death and rebirth and symbolized by a shining cross.
* ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'': They're giant winged humanoids serving God who, unlike the demons, only rarely intervene in the world, most notably when the Knights of Justice summon Gabriel to ask him to make the Knights of Light see the true way after being led astray by its corrupt leadership.
* ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'': They're giant winged humanoids serving God who, unlike the demons, only rarely intervene in the world, most notably when the Knights of Justice summon Gabriel to ask him to make the Knights of Light see the true way after being led astray by its corrupt leadership.
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* ''ComicBook/GodzillaInHell'' features angels Angel, of ''Comicbook/XMen'', is explicitly stated from the beginning to be a mutant who just happens to have various flying on mutations including big white fluffy wings. Except, of course, [[spoiler:later developments made him a descendant of the wings of Mothra, who herself is a benevolent entity associated Cheyarafim, along with death Icarus (Joshua Guthrie), and rebirth and symbolized by a shining cross.
* ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'': They're giant winged humanoids serving God who, unlike the demons, only rarely intervene in the world, most notably when the Knights of Justice summon Gabrieladded healing blood to ask him to make the Knights of Light see the true way after being led astray by its corrupt leadership.his powers]].
* ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'': They're giant winged humanoids serving God who, unlike the demons, only rarely intervene in the world, most notably when the Knights of Justice summon Gabriel
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfTheHunchback'', a surprisingly not-bad mockbuster of Disney's Hunchback, we find out [[spoiler:angels resemble disfigured humans, and the young ones, yet to become full-on angels, have large blood-filled sacks on their back where their wings are growing. Yeah. Quasimodo was a teenage angel. Apparently abandoned by his angel parents? Also, healing powers]]. "Fear Not" indeed.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfTheHunchback'', a surprisingly not-bad mockbuster of Disney's Hunchback, we find out [[spoiler:angels resemble disfigured humans, and the young ones, yet to become full-on angels, have large blood-filled sacks on their back where their wings are growing. Yeah. Quasimodo was a teenage angel. Apparently abandoned by his angel parents? Also, healing powers]]. "Fear Not" indeed.
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* One of the protagonists' original complaints about the [[ArchangelMichael title character]] in ''Film/{{Michael}}'' is that they "thought they were cleaner." Michael, being an archangel (and one of God's Storm Troopers), cheerfully indicates that he's "not that kind of angel." He also smoked heavily and used his angelic powers to seduce women, but did have big fluffy wings (although the feathers [[PerpetualMolt fell out as he neared the end of his time on Earth]]). As the {{Tagline}} said, "He's an Angel, not a Saint."
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* One The angels in ''Film/TheAdjustmentBureau'' are ''"more like case officers who live a lot longer than humans."''
* The angels of ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'' and related films fit the standard good-guys-with-wings image, as befits a feel-good kids' movie. They are repelled by foul language, being pure and ethical in all respects except, it seems, for cheating at sports, which is perfectly okay if ''they're'' the ones doing it.
* In ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'', a WingedHumanoid character claims to be an angel and is apparently innocence embodied, yet displays no supernatural powers and doesn't appear to be associated with any religion.
* In ''Film/{{Casper}},'' [[spoiler:Amelia Harvey became an angel after death, as opposed to having UnfinishedBusiness that would make her a ghost]]. Interestingly, said example is dressed in [[LadyInRed red]] rather than the traditional [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine white]]. Also, no wings.
* In ''Film/CityOfAngels'', the angel protagonist falls in love with a human woman and decides to become human to be with her after hearing the story of a former angel who's now a happily married mortal. [[spoiler:Then she dies, and he either commits suicide or becomes an angel again, depending on your interpretation of theprotagonists' ending.]] Both in this and the original complaints about ''Der Himmel uber Berlin'' (''Film/WingsOfDesire'') angels are trenchcoat-wearing, normal-looking humans with the [[ArchangelMichael title character]] in ''Film/{{Michael}}'' is twist that they "thought they were cleaner." Michael, being an archangel (and one of God's Storm Troopers), cheerfully indicates that he's "not that kind of angel." He also smoked heavily and used his angelic powers the protagonists usually can't see them. They are implied to seduce women, but did have big fluffy wings (although worn armour in the feathers [[PerpetualMolt fell past though (the main character pawns his to buy warmer clothes when he becomes human).
* ''Film/{{Constantine}}'' uses the WingedHumanoid variety with the ArchangelGabriel, who turns outas he neared to be quite the end of his time on Earth]]). As jerk. However, Gabriel is not an angel in the {{Tagline}} said, "He's an Angel, purest sense; since Angels and Demons of the purest degree are not permitted on Earth, the angels seen in the film are deceased mortals imbued with Divinity as a Saint."reward for good works during life. So, the Gabriel in this movie isn't the famous archangel. Just a dead Christian woman, who happened to be named Gabriel.
* The angels of ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'' and related films fit the standard good-guys-with-wings image, as befits a feel-good kids' movie. They are repelled by foul language, being pure and ethical in all respects except, it seems, for cheating at sports, which is perfectly okay if ''they're'' the ones doing it.
* In ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'', a WingedHumanoid character claims to be an angel and is apparently innocence embodied, yet displays no supernatural powers and doesn't appear to be associated with any religion.
* In ''Film/{{Casper}},'' [[spoiler:Amelia Harvey became an angel after death, as opposed to having UnfinishedBusiness that would make her a ghost]]. Interestingly, said example is dressed in [[LadyInRed red]] rather than the traditional [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine white]]. Also, no wings.
* In ''Film/CityOfAngels'', the angel protagonist falls in love with a human woman and decides to become human to be with her after hearing the story of a former angel who's now a happily married mortal. [[spoiler:Then she dies, and he either commits suicide or becomes an angel again, depending on your interpretation of the
* ''Film/{{Constantine}}'' uses the WingedHumanoid variety with the ArchangelGabriel, who turns out
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* ''Film/HereComesMrJordan'' and ''Film/AMatterOfLifeAndDeath'' feature heavenly messengers (angels [[CallARabbitASmeerp by another name]] ) who are really, really, really bad (like ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' level bad!) at picking souls up from the earth at their time of death. In the former, they are too early and the latter too late.
* ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'': The Angel of Death. Or possibly AN Angel of Death, as she specifically states that she's "Hellboy's Death." To say that this angel is [[MindScrew very weird]] is a massive understatement. Creator/GuillermoDelToro apparently based "her" on Mexican angel paintings which depict them as having eyes on the wings (maybe the biblical [[EldritchAbomination weird looking]] angels weren't forgotten after all…). Also doubles as a DarkIsNotEvil example as being at worst neutral and by having the wings colored black.
* ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'': The Angel of Death. Or possibly AN Angel of Death, as she specifically states that she's "Hellboy's Death." To say that this angel is [[MindScrew very weird]] is a massive understatement. Creator/GuillermoDelToro apparently based "her" on Mexican angel paintings which depict them as having eyes on the wings (maybe the biblical [[EldritchAbomination weird looking]] angels weren't forgotten after all…). Also doubles as a DarkIsNotEvil example as being at worst neutral and by having the wings colored black.
* ''Film/DontKillIt'': Beings of light comparable to angels apparently exist here, but [[DevilButNoGod they never show up onscreen]] and all we know is that they can breed with humans.
* ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'': The Angel of Death. Or possibly AN Angel of Death, as she specifically states that she's "Hellboy's Death." To say that this angel is [[MindScrew very weird]] is a massive understatement. Creator/GuillermoDelToro apparently based "her" on Mexican angel paintings which depict them as having eyes on the wings (maybe the biblical [[EldritchAbomination weird looking]] angels weren't forgotten after all…). Also doubles as a DarkIsNotEvil example as being at worst neutral and by having the wings colored black.
* ''Film/HereComesMrJordan'' and ''Film/AMatterOfLifeAndDeath'' feature heavenly messengers (angels [[CallARabbitASmeerp by another name]] ) who are really, really, really bad (like ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' level bad!) at picking souls up from the earth at their time of death. In the former, they are too early and the latter too late.
* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': Follows the "good humans become angels when they die" pattern. However, said humans have to work their way up through the ranks. Rookie angels don't have wings and must earn them by helping people. When they do, a bell somewhere on Earth rings; the movie originated the whole "every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings" concept. Earning their wings seems to grant angels additional powers, including the ability to see into the past and future with concentration. In the most dramatic demonstration of angelic power, we see angels can change the course of history (temporarily) to make a point. The appearance of angels varies: one angel we see on Earth appears perfectly human (the missing wings help), but an earlier scene depicted him and his superiors as celestial bodies, e.g. stars and galaxies. (Though it's possible this is just a visual metaphor.)
* In ''Film/{{Knowing}}'', it's not clear whether the [[spoiler:"whisperer people"]]are angels, aliens or both. [[spoiler:They have spaceships like aliens, and in one scene the wispy light around their bodies looks like wings, like angels. (Also the movie hints the final event is the second coming of Christ.) Whatever they are, they act creepy, mysterious, and threatening. They speak in whispers as their name implies, shoot light out of their mouths and tell of future events.]]
* ''Film/{{Legion}}'' has Creator/PaulBettany as a gun-toting, ass-kicking rebel angel trying to keep the rest of the angelic host from exterminating humanity. Most of the angels aside from Gabriel and Michael ''are'' different -- [[spoiler:they possess humans and basically use them as shock troops in an attempt to kill a baby who's hinted to be Jesus 2.0.]] Also, Gabriel slices things up ''with his wings'', which is a pretty neat effect, though getting eviscerated by razor-edged angel-wings would not be the most fun way in the world to go.
* One of the protagonists' original complaints about the [[ArchangelMichael title character]] in ''Film/{{Michael}}'' is that they "thought they were cleaner." Michael, being an archangel (and one of God's Storm Troopers), cheerfully indicates that he's "not that kind of angel." He also smoked heavily and used his angelic powers to seduce women, but did have big fluffy wings (although the feathers [[PerpetualMolt fell out as he neared the end of his time on Earth]]). As the {{Tagline}} said, "He's an Angel, not a Saint."
* The 1950s had a strange opinion on angels, as fans of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' fans are aware, often portrayed as middle management and salesmen. See: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEmOvo9-TlU Once Upon a Honeymoon]]'' (1956), ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFxQtbwa5g Out of This World]]'' (1954), and so on.
* In ''Film/{{Noah}},'' they all start out as glowy wispy beings literally made of light, but the ones we see were encased in stone as punishment for [[spoiler:helping humanity by teaching them technology and other things they were not ready to know yet and were supposed to discover on their own]]. They pretty much became six-armed rock people that look nothing like angels.
* ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'': The Angel of Death. Or possibly AN Angel of Death, as she specifically states that she's "Hellboy's Death." To say that this angel is [[MindScrew very weird]] is a massive understatement. Creator/GuillermoDelToro apparently based "her" on Mexican angel paintings which depict them as having eyes on the wings (maybe the biblical [[EldritchAbomination weird looking]] angels weren't forgotten after all…). Also doubles as a DarkIsNotEvil example as being at worst neutral and by having the wings colored black.
* ''Film/HereComesMrJordan'' and ''Film/AMatterOfLifeAndDeath'' feature heavenly messengers (angels [[CallARabbitASmeerp by another name]] ) who are really, really, really bad (like ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' level bad!) at picking souls up from the earth at their time of death. In the former, they are too early and the latter too late.
* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': Follows the "good humans become angels when they die" pattern. However, said humans have to work their way up through the ranks. Rookie angels don't have wings and must earn them by helping people. When they do, a bell somewhere on Earth rings; the movie originated the whole "every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings" concept. Earning their wings seems to grant angels additional powers, including the ability to see into the past and future with concentration. In the most dramatic demonstration of angelic power, we see angels can change the course of history (temporarily) to make a point. The appearance of angels varies: one angel we see on Earth appears perfectly human (the missing wings help), but an earlier scene depicted him and his superiors as celestial bodies, e.g. stars and galaxies. (Though it's possible this is just a visual metaphor.)
* In ''Film/{{Knowing}}'', it's not clear whether the [[spoiler:"whisperer people"]]are angels, aliens or both. [[spoiler:They have spaceships like aliens, and in one scene the wispy light around their bodies looks like wings, like angels. (Also the movie hints the final event is the second coming of Christ.) Whatever they are, they act creepy, mysterious, and threatening. They speak in whispers as their name implies, shoot light out of their mouths and tell of future events.]]
* ''Film/{{Legion}}'' has Creator/PaulBettany as a gun-toting, ass-kicking rebel angel trying to keep the rest of the angelic host from exterminating humanity. Most of the angels aside from Gabriel and Michael ''are'' different -- [[spoiler:they possess humans and basically use them as shock troops in an attempt to kill a baby who's hinted to be Jesus 2.0.]] Also, Gabriel slices things up ''with his wings'', which is a pretty neat effect, though getting eviscerated by razor-edged angel-wings would not be the most fun way in the world to go.
* One of the protagonists' original complaints about the [[ArchangelMichael title character]] in ''Film/{{Michael}}'' is that they "thought they were cleaner." Michael, being an archangel (and one of God's Storm Troopers), cheerfully indicates that he's "not that kind of angel." He also smoked heavily and used his angelic powers to seduce women, but did have big fluffy wings (although the feathers [[PerpetualMolt fell out as he neared the end of his time on Earth]]). As the {{Tagline}} said, "He's an Angel, not a Saint."
* The 1950s had a strange opinion on angels, as fans of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' fans are aware, often portrayed as middle management and salesmen. See: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEmOvo9-TlU Once Upon a Honeymoon]]'' (1956), ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFxQtbwa5g Out of This World]]'' (1954), and so on.
* In ''Film/{{Noah}},'' they all start out as glowy wispy beings literally made of light, but the ones we see were encased in stone as punishment for [[spoiler:helping humanity by teaching them technology and other things they were not ready to know yet and were supposed to discover on their own]]. They pretty much became six-armed rock people that look nothing like angels.
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* ''Film/{{Constantine}}'' uses the WingedHumanoid variety with the ArchangelGabriel, who turns out to be quite the jerk. However, Gabriel is not an angel in the purest sense; since Angels and Demons of the purest degree are not permitted on Earth, the angels seen in the film are deceased mortals imbued with Divinity as a reward for good works during life. So, the Gabriel in this movie isn't the famous archangel. Just a dead Christian woman, who happened to be named Gabriel.
* In ''Film/CityOfAngels'', the angel protagonist falls in love with a human woman and decides to become human to be with her after hearing the story of a former angel who's now a happily married mortal. [[spoiler:Then she dies, and he either commits suicide or becomes an angel again, depending on your interpretation of the ending.]] Both in this and the original ''Der Himmel uber Berlin'' (''Film/WingsOfDesire'') angels are trenchcoat-wearing, normal-looking humans with the twist that the protagonists usually can't see them. They are implied to have worn armour in the past though (the main character pawns his to buy warmer clothes when he becomes human).
* The angels of ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'' and related films fit the standard good-guys-with-wings image, as befits a feel-good kids' movie. They are repelled by foul language, being pure and ethical in all respects except, it seems, for cheating at sports, which is perfectly okay if ''they're'' the ones doing it.
* In ''Film/CityOfAngels'', the angel protagonist falls in love with a human woman and decides to become human to be with her after hearing the story of a former angel who's now a happily married mortal. [[spoiler:Then she dies, and he either commits suicide or becomes an angel again, depending on your interpretation of the ending.]] Both in this and the original ''Der Himmel uber Berlin'' (''Film/WingsOfDesire'') angels are trenchcoat-wearing, normal-looking humans with the twist that the protagonists usually can't see them. They are implied to have worn armour in the past though (the main character pawns his to buy warmer clothes when he becomes human).
* The angels of ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'' and related films fit the standard good-guys-with-wings image, as befits a feel-good kids' movie. They are repelled by foul language, being pure and ethical in all respects except, it seems, for cheating at sports, which is perfectly okay if ''they're'' the ones doing it.
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* ''Film/{{Constantine}}'' uses In ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ThePhantomMenace'', Anakin asks if Padmé's an angel, having heard that they were beautiful creatures from the WingedHumanoid variety with the ArchangelGabriel, who turns out to be quite the jerk. However, Gabriel is not an angel in the purest sense; since Angels moons of Iego. He eventually visits Iego and Demons meets one in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''; they're winged and very glowy, and one of the purest degree are not permitted on Earth, [[AllThereInTheManual game sourcebooks]] gives the angels seen in race's actual name as the film are deceased mortals imbued with Divinity as a reward for good works during life. So, the Gabriel in this movie isn't the famous archangel. Just a dead Christian woman, who happened to be named Gabriel.
* In ''Film/CityOfAngels'', the angel protagonist falls in love with a human woman and decides to become human to be with her after hearing the story of a former angel who's now a happily married mortal. [[spoiler:Then she dies, and he either commits suicide or becomes an angel again, depending on your interpretation of the ending.]] Both in this and the original ''Der Himmel uber Berlin'' (''Film/WingsOfDesire'') angels are trenchcoat-wearing, normal-looking humans with the twist that the protagonists usually can't see them. They are implied to have worn armour in the past though (the main character pawns his to buy warmer clothes when he becomes human).
* The angels of ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'' and related films fit the standard good-guys-with-wings image, as befits a feel-good kids' movie. They are repelled by foul language, being pure and ethical in all respects except, it seems, for cheating at sports, which is perfectly okay if ''they're'' the ones doing it.[[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Diathim Diathim.]]
* In ''Film/CityOfAngels'', the angel protagonist falls in love with a human woman and decides to become human to be with her after hearing the story of a former angel who's now a happily married mortal. [[spoiler:Then she dies, and he either commits suicide or becomes an angel again, depending on your interpretation of the ending.]] Both in this and the original ''Der Himmel uber Berlin'' (''Film/WingsOfDesire'') angels are trenchcoat-wearing, normal-looking humans with the twist that the protagonists usually can't see them. They are implied to have worn armour in the past though (the main character pawns his to buy warmer clothes when he becomes human).
* The angels of ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'' and related films fit the standard good-guys-with-wings image, as befits a feel-good kids' movie. They are repelled by foul language, being pure and ethical in all respects except, it seems, for cheating at sports, which is perfectly okay if ''they're'' the ones doing it.
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* The 1950s had a strange opinion on angels, as fans of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' fans are aware, often portrayed as middle management and salesmen. See: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEmOvo9-TlU Once Upon a Honeymoon]]'' (1956), ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFxQtbwa5g Out of This World]]'' (1954), and so on.
* ''Film/{{Legion}}'' has Creator/PaulBettany as a gun-toting, ass-kicking rebel angel trying to keep the rest of the angelic host from exterminating humanity. Most of the angels aside from Gabriel and Michael ''are'' different--[[spoiler:they possess humans and basically use them as shock troops in an attempt to kill a baby who's hinted to be Jesus 2.0.]] Also, Gabriel slices things up ''with his wings'', which is a pretty neat effect, though getting eviscerated by razor-edged angel-wings would not be the most fun way in the world to go.
* In ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ThePhantomMenace'', Anakin asks if Padmé's an angel, having heard that they were beautiful creatures from the moons of Iego. He eventually visits Iego and meets one in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''; they're winged and very glowy, and one of the [[AllThereInTheManual game sourcebooks]] gives the race's actual name as the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Diathim Diathim.]]
* ''Film/{{Legion}}'' has Creator/PaulBettany as a gun-toting, ass-kicking rebel angel trying to keep the rest of the angelic host from exterminating humanity. Most of the angels aside from Gabriel and Michael ''are'' different--[[spoiler:they possess humans and basically use them as shock troops in an attempt to kill a baby who's hinted to be Jesus 2.0.]] Also, Gabriel slices things up ''with his wings'', which is a pretty neat effect, though getting eviscerated by razor-edged angel-wings would not be the most fun way in the world to go.
* In ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ThePhantomMenace'', Anakin asks if Padmé's an angel, having heard that they were beautiful creatures from the moons of Iego. He eventually visits Iego and meets one in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''; they're winged and very glowy, and one of the [[AllThereInTheManual game sourcebooks]] gives the race's actual name as the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Diathim Diathim.]]
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* In ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'', a WingedHumanoid character claims to be an angel and is apparently innocence embodied, yet displays no supernatural powers and doesn't appear to be associated with any religion.
* ''Film/WristcuttersALoveStory'' has Kneller, a Cloudcuckoolander and CrazyAwesome HiddenBadass who runs a commune in a [[CrapsackWorld purgatory]] reserved for suicides. He works [[DeusExMachina within the bureaucratic machine]] to [[spoiler:bring the protagonist back to life at the end.]]
* ''Film/WristcuttersALoveStory'' has Kneller, a Cloudcuckoolander and CrazyAwesome HiddenBadass who runs a commune in a [[CrapsackWorld purgatory]] reserved for suicides. He works [[DeusExMachina within the bureaucratic machine]] to [[spoiler:bring the protagonist back to life at the end.]]
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* The angels in ''Film/TheAdjustmentBureau'' are ''"more like case officers who live a lot longer than humans."''
* In ''Film/{{Knowing}}'', it's not clear whether the [[spoiler:"whisperer people"]]are angels, aliens or both. [[spoiler:They have spaceships like aliens, and in one scene the wispy light around their bodies looks like wings, like angels. (Also the movie hints the final event is the second coming of Christ.) Whatever they are, they act creepy, mysterious, and threatening. They speak in whispers as their name implies, shoot light out of their mouths and tell of future events.]]
* In ''Film/{{Noah}},'' they all start out as glowy wispy beings literally made of light, but the ones we see were encased in stone as punishment for [[spoiler:helping humanity by teaching them technology and other things they were not ready to know yet and were supposed to discover on their own]]. They pretty much became six-armed rock people that look nothing like angels.
* In ''Film/{{Casper}},'' [[spoiler:Amelia Harvey became an angel after death, as opposed to having UnfinishedBusiness that would make her a ghost]]. Interestingly, said example is dressed in [[LadyInRed red]] rather than the traditional [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine white]]. Also, no wings.
* ''Film/DontKillIt'': Beings of light comparable to angels apparently exist here, but [[DevilButNoGod they never show up onscreen]] and all we know is that they can breed with humans.
* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': Follows the "good humans become angels when they die" pattern. However, said humans have to work their way up through the ranks. Rookie angels don't have wings and must earn them by helping people. When they do, a bell somewhere on Earth rings; the movie originated the whole "every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings" concept.
Earning their wings seems to grant angels additional powers, including the ability to see into the past and future with concentration. In the most dramatic demonstration of angelic power, we see angels can change the course of history (temporarily) to make a point. The appearance of angels varies: one angel we see on Earth appears perfectly human (the missing wings help), but an earlier scene depicted him and his superiors as celestial bodies, e.g. stars and galaxies. (Though it's possible this is just a visual metaphor.)
* In ''Film/{{Knowing}}'', it's not clear whether the [[spoiler:"whisperer people"]]are angels, aliens or both. [[spoiler:They have spaceships like aliens, and in one scene the wispy light around their bodies looks like wings, like angels. (Also the movie hints the final event is the second coming of Christ.) Whatever they are, they act creepy, mysterious, and threatening. They speak in whispers as their name implies, shoot light out of their mouths and tell of future events.]]
* In ''Film/{{Noah}},'' they all start out as glowy wispy beings literally made of light, but the ones we see were encased in stone as punishment for [[spoiler:helping humanity by teaching them technology and other things they were not ready to know yet and were supposed to discover on their own]]. They pretty much became six-armed rock people that look nothing like angels.
* In ''Film/{{Casper}},'' [[spoiler:Amelia Harvey became an angel after death, as opposed to having UnfinishedBusiness that would make her a ghost]]. Interestingly, said example is dressed in [[LadyInRed red]] rather than the traditional [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine white]]. Also, no wings.
* ''Film/DontKillIt'': Beings of light comparable to angels apparently exist here, but [[DevilButNoGod they never show up onscreen]] and all we know is that they can breed with humans.
* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': Follows the "good humans become angels when they die" pattern. However, said humans have to work their way up through the ranks. Rookie angels don't have wings and must earn them by helping people. When they do, a bell somewhere on Earth rings; the movie originated the whole "every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings" concept.
Earning their wings seems to grant angels additional powers, including the ability to see into the past and future with concentration. In the most dramatic demonstration of angelic power, we see angels can change the course of history (temporarily) to make a point. The appearance of angels varies: one angel we see on Earth appears perfectly human (the missing wings help), but an earlier scene depicted him and his superiors as celestial bodies, e.g. stars and galaxies. (Though it's possible this is just a visual metaphor.)
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* The angels in ''Film/TheAdjustmentBureau'' are ''"more like case officers ''Film/WristcuttersALoveStory'' has Kneller, a Cloudcuckoolander and CrazyAwesome HiddenBadass who live runs a lot longer than humans."''
* In ''Film/{{Knowing}}'', it's not clear whethercommune in a [[CrapsackWorld purgatory]] reserved for suicides. He works [[DeusExMachina within the [[spoiler:"whisperer people"]]are angels, aliens or both. [[spoiler:They have spaceships like aliens, and in one scene bureaucratic machine]] to [[spoiler:bring the wispy light around their bodies looks like wings, like angels. (Also protagonist back to life at the movie hints the final event is the second coming of Christ.) Whatever they are, they act creepy, mysterious, and threatening. They speak in whispers as their name implies, shoot light out of their mouths and tell of future events.]]
* In ''Film/{{Noah}},'' they all start out as glowy wispy beings literally made of light, but the ones we see were encased in stone as punishment for [[spoiler:helping humanity by teaching them technology and other things they were not ready to know yet and were supposed to discover on their own]]. They pretty much became six-armed rock people that look nothing like angels.
* In ''Film/{{Casper}},'' [[spoiler:Amelia Harvey became an angel after death, as opposed to having UnfinishedBusiness that would make her a ghost]]. Interestingly, said example is dressed in [[LadyInRed red]] rather than the traditional [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine white]]. Also, no wings.
* ''Film/DontKillIt'': Beings of light comparable to angels apparently exist here, but [[DevilButNoGod they never show up onscreen]] and all we know is that they can breed with humans.
* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': Follows the "good humans become angels when they die" pattern. However, said humans have to work their way up through the ranks. Rookie angels don't have wings and must earn them by helping people. When they do, a bell somewhere on Earth rings; the movie originated the whole "every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings" concept.
Earning their wings seems to grant angels additional powers, including the ability to see into the past and future with concentration. In the most dramatic demonstration of angelic power, we see angels can change the course of history (temporarily) to make a point. The appearance of angels varies: one angel we see on Earth appears perfectly human (the missing wings help), but an earlier scene depicted him and his superiors as celestial bodies, e.g. stars and galaxies. (Though it's possible this is just a visual metaphor.)end.]]
* In ''Film/{{Knowing}}'', it's not clear whether
* In ''Film/{{Noah}},'' they all start out as glowy wispy beings literally made of light, but the ones we see were encased in stone as punishment for [[spoiler:helping humanity by teaching them technology and other things they were not ready to know yet and were supposed to discover on their own]]. They pretty much became six-armed rock people that look nothing like angels.
* In ''Film/{{Casper}},'' [[spoiler:Amelia Harvey became an angel after death, as opposed to having UnfinishedBusiness that would make her a ghost]]. Interestingly, said example is dressed in [[LadyInRed red]] rather than the traditional [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine white]]. Also, no wings.
* ''Film/DontKillIt'': Beings of light comparable to angels apparently exist here, but [[DevilButNoGod they never show up onscreen]] and all we know is that they can breed with humans.
* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': Follows the "good humans become angels when they die" pattern. However, said humans have to work their way up through the ranks. Rookie angels don't have wings and must earn them by helping people. When they do, a bell somewhere on Earth rings; the movie originated the whole "every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings" concept.
Earning their wings seems to grant angels additional powers, including the ability to see into the past and future with concentration. In the most dramatic demonstration of angelic power, we see angels can change the course of history (temporarily) to make a point. The appearance of angels varies: one angel we see on Earth appears perfectly human (the missing wings help), but an earlier scene depicted him and his superiors as celestial bodies, e.g. stars and galaxies. (Though it's possible this is just a visual metaphor.)
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* In Myth/NorseMythology, valkyries perform many of the same functions as Judeo-Christian angels, acting as messengers of Odin and gatherers of dead souls. They aren't winged but their horses are. Oh, and they rode wolves before horses. The war god they served was not viewed as a well-intentioned figure in their earlier tales and even after Odin became popular they were still [[GoodIsNotNice usually the cause of death for the souls they took away.]] Similar to angels, they were pretty frightening but became associated with beautiful people and such later.
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* In Myth/NorseMythology, valkyries Valkyries perform many of the same functions as Judeo-Christian angels, acting as messengers of Odin and gatherers of dead souls. They aren't winged but their horses are. Oh, and they rode wolves before horses. The war god they served was not viewed as a well-intentioned figure in their earlier tales and even after Odin became popular they were still [[GoodIsNotNice usually the cause of death for the souls they took away.]] Similar to angels, they were pretty frightening but became associated with beautiful people and such later.
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* In ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'', angels are white-haired humanoids who serve a benevolent god and are said to be inherently good. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen, and though the two main angelic characters are both definitely heroes there are suggestions that angelic society is imperfect. They have classical ElementalPowers, wear color-coded uniforms, and have been at war against demons for centuries.
* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'':
** Regular angels seem to be relatively normal people, if immortal and supernaturally empowered. The series has so far given us two PointyHairedBoss angels, plus one [[TheAtoner atoning]] for the (unauthorized) destruction of a city, one whose behavior is more representative of a succubus, and a total drunk who got kicked out of heaven for being stoned. Former associates of the atoner are either worse or much, much worse. It's no wonder [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God has abandoned them]]. They are all of the WingedHumanoid variety but can hide their wings to blend in with humans. They also have pointy ears like those of an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]], but people [[InvisibleToNormals usually]] can't see them. They're also all white-haired. We also find out how angels [[BizarreAlienBiology come to exist]].
** Later comics introduced a Cherubim ("Always plural... they're gestalt beings with four aspects."), which apparently did not go along with the plan to turn Heaven into a CelestialBureaucracy and got exiled for it. Rumisiel describes them as pure, raw power times four, and the one we've seen perpetually had a cat on his shoulder while pretending to be human, then when revealing his true nature, an eagle and an ox appeared as well, all apparently part of the same being (a reference to the Biblical description of what are believed to be Cherubim given in the [[Literature/TheBible Book of Ezekiel]], as beings with four faces: a man's, a lion's, an eagle's, and an ox's).
** Seraphim have also been mentioned, though none have appeared in the story. Rumisiel describes them as beings of pure flame with six wings, and even more powerful than a Cherubim. When he talked to Vashiel about a Cherubim appearing on Earth, the one thing they instantly agreed on was "Could be worse. Could be a Seraph."
* Angels from ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' are simply another race of Creatures in Furrae. They have feathered wings and a proficiency with light magic as opposed to the Demons' bat wings and talent for dark magic. Angels aren't a strictly "good" race either; they value power and influence as much as the greediest demon (though there are undoubtedly individual exceptions). [[spoiler:Oh, and they're also slowly dying out for some reason.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Reliquary}}'': The one angel resembles a skeletal corpse with flamelike wings and huge, black claws.
* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'':
** Regular angels seem to be relatively normal people, if immortal and supernaturally empowered. The series has so far given us two PointyHairedBoss angels, plus one [[TheAtoner atoning]] for the (unauthorized) destruction of a city, one whose behavior is more representative of a succubus, and a total drunk who got kicked out of heaven for being stoned. Former associates of the atoner are either worse or much, much worse. It's no wonder [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God has abandoned them]]. They are all of the WingedHumanoid variety but can hide their wings to blend in with humans. They also have pointy ears like those of an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]], but people [[InvisibleToNormals usually]] can't see them. They're also all white-haired. We also find out how angels [[BizarreAlienBiology come to exist]].
** Later comics introduced a Cherubim ("Always plural... they're gestalt beings with four aspects."), which apparently did not go along with the plan to turn Heaven into a CelestialBureaucracy and got exiled for it. Rumisiel describes them as pure, raw power times four, and the one we've seen perpetually had a cat on his shoulder while pretending to be human, then when revealing his true nature, an eagle and an ox appeared as well, all apparently part of the same being (a reference to the Biblical description of what are believed to be Cherubim given in the [[Literature/TheBible Book of Ezekiel]], as beings with four faces: a man's, a lion's, an eagle's, and an ox's).
** Seraphim have also been mentioned, though none have appeared in the story. Rumisiel describes them as beings of pure flame with six wings, and even more powerful than a Cherubim. When he talked to Vashiel about a Cherubim appearing on Earth, the one thing they instantly agreed on was "Could be worse. Could be a Seraph."
* Angels from ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' are simply another race of Creatures in Furrae. They have feathered wings and a proficiency with light magic as opposed to the Demons' bat wings and talent for dark magic. Angels aren't a strictly "good" race either; they value power and influence as much as the greediest demon (though there are undoubtedly individual exceptions). [[spoiler:Oh, and they're also slowly dying out for some reason.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Reliquary}}'': The one angel resembles a skeletal corpse with flamelike wings and huge, black claws.
to:
* In ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'', ''Webcomic/BasicInstructionsBeforeLeavingEarth'', angels are white-haired humanoids who serve a benevolent god and are said to be inherently good. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen, and though the two main angelic characters are both definitely heroes there are suggestions that angelic society is imperfect. They have classical ElementalPowers, wear color-coded uniforms, and have been at war against demons for centuries.
* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'':
** Regular angels seemsouls of the virtuous gone to be relatively normal heaven (and ''act'' like real people, if immortal and supernaturally empowered. The series has so far given us two PointyHairedBoss angels, plus one [[TheAtoner atoning]] for believe me). Heaven accepts souls from every planet in the (unauthorized) destruction of a city, one whose behavior is more representative of a succubus, and a total drunk who got kicked out of heaven for being stoned. Former associates of the atoner are either worse or much, much worse. It's no wonder [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God has abandoned them]]. They are all of the WingedHumanoid variety but can hide their wings to blend in with humans. They also have pointy ears like those of an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]], but people [[InvisibleToNormals usually]] can't see them. They're also all white-haired. We also find out how universe, so angels [[BizarreAlienBiology come to exist]].
** Later comics introduced a Cherubim ("Always plural... they're gestalt beings with four aspects."), which apparently did not go along with the plan to turn Heaven into a CelestialBureaucracy and got exiled for it. Rumisiel describes them as pure, raw power times four, and the one we've seen perpetually had a cat on his shoulder while pretending to be human, then when revealing his true nature, an eagle and an ox appeared as well, all apparently part of the same being (a reference to the Biblical description of whatare believed to be Cherubim given mostly aliens united only in the [[Literature/TheBible Book ownership of Ezekiel]], as beings with four faces: a man's, a lion's, an eagle's, and an ox's).
** Seraphim have also been mentioned, though none have appeared in the story. Rumisiel describes them as beings of pure flame with six wings, and even more powerful than a Cherubim. When he talked to Vashiel about a Cherubim appearing on Earth, the one thing they instantly agreed on was "Could be worse. Could be a Seraph."
* Angels from ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' are simply another race of Creatures in Furrae. They have featheredwings and a proficiency with light magic as opposed to the Demons' bat wings halo. They can be temporarily banished for committing crimes against Heaven (fallen angels), or leave entirely and talent for dark magic. Angels aren't a strictly "good" race either; they value power and influence become known as much as the greediest demon (though there devils. There are undoubtedly individual exceptions). [[spoiler:Oh, and they're also slowly dying out for some reason.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Reliquary}}'': The one angel resembles a skeletal corpse with flamelike wingscherubim, which are native to heaven, have no souls, and huge, black claws.were created by [[ArchangelMichael Mikael]] as CannonFodder.
* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'':
** Regular angels seem
** Later comics introduced a Cherubim ("Always plural... they're gestalt beings with four aspects."), which apparently did not go along with the plan to turn Heaven into a CelestialBureaucracy and got exiled for it. Rumisiel describes them as pure, raw power times four, and the one we've seen perpetually had a cat on his shoulder while pretending to be human, then when revealing his true nature, an eagle and an ox appeared as well, all apparently part of the same being (a reference to the Biblical description of what
** Seraphim have also been mentioned, though none have appeared in the story. Rumisiel describes them as beings of pure flame with six wings, and even more powerful than a Cherubim. When he talked to Vashiel about a Cherubim appearing on Earth, the one thing they instantly agreed on was "Could be worse. Could be a Seraph."
* Angels from ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' are simply another race of Creatures in Furrae. They have feathered
* ''Webcomic/{{Reliquary}}'': The one angel resembles a skeletal corpse with flamelike wings
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* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' introduces Cherubim who are winges masses of eyeballs due to a microwave oven accident.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' introduces Cherubim ''Webcomic/{{Catena}}'' (see http://catenamanor.com/) by [=DeBray=] and Tracy Baily have angels. They're cats.
* Angels from ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' are simply another race of Creatures in Furrae. They have feathered wings and a proficiency with light magic as opposed to the Demons' bat wings and talent for dark magic. Angels aren't a strictly "good" race either; they value power and influence as much as the greediest demon (though there are undoubtedly individual exceptions). [[spoiler:Oh, and they're also slowly dying out for some reason.]]
* There's a trio of angels in ''Webcomic/DarwinCarmichaelIsGoingToHell'' that are, basically, stereotypical stoners, who spend 99% of their time either getting high or trying to figure out how to get high. The other 1% they turn into dead serious, no-nonsense, crazy prophetic guys.
* The Paedagogusi in ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'' more or less fit the angel role, by any other name... and they're ''different'', all right.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Erstwhile}}'', following the fairy tale, Snow White and Rose Red arewinges masses of eyeballs due to protected in the GhibliHills by an angel that keeps them from falling over a microwave oven accident.cliff.
* Angels from ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' are simply another race of Creatures in Furrae. They have feathered wings and a proficiency with light magic as opposed to the Demons' bat wings and talent for dark magic. Angels aren't a strictly "good" race either; they value power and influence as much as the greediest demon (though there are undoubtedly individual exceptions). [[spoiler:Oh, and they're also slowly dying out for some reason.]]
* There's a trio of angels in ''Webcomic/DarwinCarmichaelIsGoingToHell'' that are, basically, stereotypical stoners, who spend 99% of their time either getting high or trying to figure out how to get high. The other 1% they turn into dead serious, no-nonsense, crazy prophetic guys.
* The Paedagogusi in ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'' more or less fit the angel role, by any other name... and they're ''different'', all right.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Erstwhile}}'', following the fairy tale, Snow White and Rose Red are
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** Under this definition [[spoiler:Jack Noir]] can be considered an angel too. [[spoiler:This is part of Eridan's rationale when he loses hope and decides to join Jack: after all, if just killing regular angels is so hard what chance does he have against a lord of angels?]]
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** Under this definition [[spoiler:Jack Noir]] can be considered an angel angel, too. [[spoiler:This is part of Eridan's rationale when he loses hope and decides to join Jack: after all, if just killing regular angels is so hard what chance does he have against a lord of angels?]]
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* ''Webcomic/{{Catena}}'' (see http://catenamanor.com/) by [=DeBray=] and Tracy Baily have angels. They're cats.
* The Paedagogusi in ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'' more or less fit the angel role, by any other name… and they're ''different'', all right.
* In ''Webcomic/BasicInstructionsBeforeLeavingEarth'', angels are the souls of the virtuous gone to heaven (and ''act'' like real people, believe me). Heaven accepts souls from every planet in the universe, so angels are mostly aliens united only in ownership of wings and a halo. They can be temporarily banished for committing crimes against Heaven (fallen angels), or leave entirely and become known as devils. There are also cherubim, which are native to heaven, have no souls, and were created by [[ArchangelMichael Mikael]] as CannonFodder.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' shows us two angel characters during Roy's stint in the afterlife, both based on D&D celestials. The bureaucratic deva is a green-skinned traditional angel, but solely interested in filling out the paperwork necessary to process souls to their final rest. The aptly-named Roy's Archon is a tiny ball of glowing light provided to Roy as a guide during his stay.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', two angels appear, primarily as winged humanoids who don't look any older than twelve. They occasionally dress up as a pair of possibly-Jehova's-Witnesses. Very prone to {{Troll}}ing the Devil. The extent of Lil' E's AmnesiacDissonance? [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-10-31 He goes trick-or-treating as an angel]]
* ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo''
** Madeline's HealingHands produce not only [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine gold and white light]], but [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-47/ two little angels blowing trumpets.]] Mimic complains that he asked her to do it ''quietly''.
** Derek the cleric later on uses the ''[[SummonMagic planar ally]]'' spell to call a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever 50-foot-tall angel]] who is powerful enough to attack an EldritchAbomination head-on.
* There's a trio of angels in ''Webcomic/DarwinCarmichaelIsGoingToHell'' that are, basically, stereotypical stoners, who spend 99% of their time either getting high or trying to figure out how to get high. The other 1% they turn into dead serious, no-nonsense, crazy prophetic guys.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Erstwhile}}'', following the fairy tale, Snow White and Rose Red are protected in the GhibliHills by an angel that keeps them from falling over a cliff.
* In ''Webcomic/TheSenkari'', angels are either apathetic or jerks.
-->'''Angel:''' Well well, if it isn't the mortal playthings. How does it feel to be mere shadows of the real host?
* In ''WebComic/Sorcery101'' Mages get angels to guide them when demon hunting. There are all sorts of rules governing the angels' behavior. For example, they can't ask for help from "creatures of darkness" (or anyone connected to such beings). Angels are sexless, featureless, glowing humanoids with wings and a thin layer of paint/glamour that makes their skin, clothes, and feathers. Damage will strip this layer and it takes a couple of seconds for it to regenerate.
* The Paedagogusi in ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'' more or less fit the angel role, by any other name… and they're ''different'', all right.
* In ''Webcomic/BasicInstructionsBeforeLeavingEarth'', angels are the souls of the virtuous gone to heaven (and ''act'' like real people, believe me). Heaven accepts souls from every planet in the universe, so angels are mostly aliens united only in ownership of wings and a halo. They can be temporarily banished for committing crimes against Heaven (fallen angels), or leave entirely and become known as devils. There are also cherubim, which are native to heaven, have no souls, and were created by [[ArchangelMichael Mikael]] as CannonFodder.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' shows us two angel characters during Roy's stint in the afterlife, both based on D&D celestials. The bureaucratic deva is a green-skinned traditional angel, but solely interested in filling out the paperwork necessary to process souls to their final rest. The aptly-named Roy's Archon is a tiny ball of glowing light provided to Roy as a guide during his stay.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', two angels appear, primarily as winged humanoids who don't look any older than twelve. They occasionally dress up as a pair of possibly-Jehova's-Witnesses. Very prone to {{Troll}}ing the Devil. The extent of Lil' E's AmnesiacDissonance? [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-10-31 He goes trick-or-treating as an angel]]
* ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo''
** Madeline's HealingHands produce not only [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine gold and white light]], but [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-47/ two little angels blowing trumpets.]] Mimic complains that he asked her to do it ''quietly''.
** Derek the cleric later on uses the ''[[SummonMagic planar ally]]'' spell to call a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever 50-foot-tall angel]] who is powerful enough to attack an EldritchAbomination head-on.
* There's a trio of angels in ''Webcomic/DarwinCarmichaelIsGoingToHell'' that are, basically, stereotypical stoners, who spend 99% of their time either getting high or trying to figure out how to get high. The other 1% they turn into dead serious, no-nonsense, crazy prophetic guys.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Erstwhile}}'', following the fairy tale, Snow White and Rose Red are protected in the GhibliHills by an angel that keeps them from falling over a cliff.
* In ''Webcomic/TheSenkari'', angels are either apathetic or jerks.
-->'''Angel:''' Well well, if it isn't the mortal playthings. How does it feel to be mere shadows of the real host?
* In ''WebComic/Sorcery101'' Mages get angels to guide them when demon hunting. There are all sorts of rules governing the angels' behavior. For example, they can't ask for help from "creatures of darkness" (or anyone connected to such beings). Angels are sexless, featureless, glowing humanoids with wings and a thin layer of paint/glamour that makes their skin, clothes, and feathers. Damage will strip this layer and it takes a couple of seconds for it to regenerate.
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* Webcomic/SkinDeep has the angel Gabe who is genderless, believes in all religions at once (somehow), drinks and smokes, has an instinct to help others and (allegedly) has no free will.
* ''Webcomic/PerfectionEngine'' revolves around an angelic race called Eidolons that live in a society run by their perfect morals and order. Additionally, all of them appear to have a halo above their head, and wings are prevalent symbols in their society.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sombulus}}'', the Kanites are all [[WingedHumanoid feathery-winged people]] and are supposedly representatives of the God Madir, but their morals seem questionable at times.
* ''Webcomic/PerfectionEngine'' revolves around an angelic race called Eidolons that live in a society run by their perfect morals and order. Additionally, all of them appear to have a halo above their head, and wings are prevalent symbols in their society.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sombulus}}'', the Kanites are all [[WingedHumanoid feathery-winged people]] and are supposedly representatives of the God Madir, but their morals seem questionable at times.
* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'':
** Regular angels seem to be relatively normal people, if immortal and supernaturally empowered. The series has so far given us two PointyHairedBoss angels, plus one [[TheAtoner atoning]] for the (unauthorized) destruction of a city, one whose behavior is more representative of a succubus, and a total drunk who got kicked out of heaven for being stoned. Former associates of the atoner are either worse or much, much worse. It's no wonder [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God has abandoned them]]. They are all of the WingedHumanoid variety but can hide their wings to blend in with humans. They also have pointy ears like those of an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]], but people [[InvisibleToNormals usually]] can't see them. They're also all white-haired. We also find out how angels [[BizarreAlienBiology come to exist]].
** Later comics introduced a Cherubim ("Always plural... they're gestalt beings with four aspects."), which apparently did not go along with the plan to turn Heaven into a CelestialBureaucracy and got exiled for it. Rumisiel describes them as pure, raw power times four, and the one we've seen perpetually had a cat on his shoulder while pretending to be human, then when revealing his true nature, an eagle and an ox appeared as well, all apparently part of the same being (a reference to the Biblical description of what are believed to be Cherubim given in the [[Literature/TheBible Book of Ezekiel]], as beings with four faces: a man's, a lion's, an eagle's, and an ox's).
** Seraphim have also been mentioned, though none have appeared in the story. Rumisiel describes them as beings of pure flame with six wings, and even more powerful than a Cherubim. When he talked to Vashiel about a Cherubim appearing on Earth, the one thing they instantly agreed on was "Could be worse. Could be a Seraph."
* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' introduces Cherubim who are winges masses of eyeballs due to a microwave oven accident.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' shows us two angel characters during Roy's stint in the afterlife, both based on D&D celestials. The bureaucratic deva is a green-skinned traditional angel, but solely interested in filling out the paperwork necessary to process souls to their final rest. The aptly-named Roy's Archon is a tiny ball of glowing light provided to Roy as a guide during his stay.
* ''Webcomic/PerfectionEngine'' revolves around an angelic race called Eidolons that live in a society run by their perfect morals and order. Additionally, all of them appear to have a halo above their head, and wings are prevalent symbols in their society.
* ''Webcomic/{{Reliquary}}'': The one angel resembles a skeletal corpse with flamelike wings and huge, black claws.
* ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo''
** Madeline's HealingHands produce not only [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine gold and white light]], but [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-47/ two little angels blowing trumpets.]] Mimic complains that he asked her to do it ''quietly''.
** Derek the cleric later on uses the ''[[SummonMagic planar ally]]'' spell to call a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever 50-foot-tall angel]] who is powerful enough to attack an EldritchAbomination head-on.
* In ''Webcomic/TheSenkari'', angels are either apathetic or jerks.
-->'''Angel:''' Well well, if it isn't the mortal playthings. How does it feel to be mere shadows of the real host?
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', two angels appear, primarily as winged humanoids who don't look any older than twelve. They occasionally dress up as a pair of possibly-Jehova's-Witnesses. Very prone to {{Troll}}ing the Devil. The extent of Lil' E's AmnesiacDissonance? [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-10-31 He goes trick-or-treating as an angel]]
* ''Webcomic/SkinDeep'' has the angel Gabe who is genderless, believes in all religions at once (somehow), drinks and smokes, has an instinct to help others and (allegedly) has no free will.
* In ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'', angels are white-haired humanoids who serve a benevolent god and are said to be inherently good. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen, and though the two main angelic characters are both definitely heroes there are suggestions that angelic society is imperfect. They have classical ElementalPowers, wear color-coded uniforms, and have been at war against demons for centuries.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sombulus}}'', the Kanites are all [[WingedHumanoid feathery-winged people]] and are supposedly representatives of the God Madir, but their morals seem questionable at times.
* In ''WebComic/Sorcery101'' Mages get angels to guide them when demon hunting. There are all sorts of rules governing the angels' behavior. For example, they can't ask for help from "creatures of darkness" (or anyone connected to such beings). Angels are sexless, featureless, glowing humanoids with wings and a thin layer of paint/glamour that makes their skin, clothes, and feathers. Damage will strip this layer and it takes a couple of seconds for it to regenerate.
** Regular angels seem to be relatively normal people, if immortal and supernaturally empowered. The series has so far given us two PointyHairedBoss angels, plus one [[TheAtoner atoning]] for the (unauthorized) destruction of a city, one whose behavior is more representative of a succubus, and a total drunk who got kicked out of heaven for being stoned. Former associates of the atoner are either worse or much, much worse. It's no wonder [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God has abandoned them]]. They are all of the WingedHumanoid variety but can hide their wings to blend in with humans. They also have pointy ears like those of an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]], but people [[InvisibleToNormals usually]] can't see them. They're also all white-haired. We also find out how angels [[BizarreAlienBiology come to exist]].
** Later comics introduced a Cherubim ("Always plural... they're gestalt beings with four aspects."), which apparently did not go along with the plan to turn Heaven into a CelestialBureaucracy and got exiled for it. Rumisiel describes them as pure, raw power times four, and the one we've seen perpetually had a cat on his shoulder while pretending to be human, then when revealing his true nature, an eagle and an ox appeared as well, all apparently part of the same being (a reference to the Biblical description of what are believed to be Cherubim given in the [[Literature/TheBible Book of Ezekiel]], as beings with four faces: a man's, a lion's, an eagle's, and an ox's).
** Seraphim have also been mentioned, though none have appeared in the story. Rumisiel describes them as beings of pure flame with six wings, and even more powerful than a Cherubim. When he talked to Vashiel about a Cherubim appearing on Earth, the one thing they instantly agreed on was "Could be worse. Could be a Seraph."
* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' introduces Cherubim who are winges masses of eyeballs due to a microwave oven accident.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' shows us two angel characters during Roy's stint in the afterlife, both based on D&D celestials. The bureaucratic deva is a green-skinned traditional angel, but solely interested in filling out the paperwork necessary to process souls to their final rest. The aptly-named Roy's Archon is a tiny ball of glowing light provided to Roy as a guide during his stay.
* ''Webcomic/PerfectionEngine'' revolves around an angelic race called Eidolons that live in a society run by their perfect morals and order. Additionally, all of them appear to have a halo above their head, and wings are prevalent symbols in their society.
* ''Webcomic/{{Reliquary}}'': The one angel resembles a skeletal corpse with flamelike wings and huge, black claws.
* ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo''
** Madeline's HealingHands produce not only [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine gold and white light]], but [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-47/ two little angels blowing trumpets.]] Mimic complains that he asked her to do it ''quietly''.
** Derek the cleric later on uses the ''[[SummonMagic planar ally]]'' spell to call a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever 50-foot-tall angel]] who is powerful enough to attack an EldritchAbomination head-on.
* In ''Webcomic/TheSenkari'', angels are either apathetic or jerks.
-->'''Angel:''' Well well, if it isn't the mortal playthings. How does it feel to be mere shadows of the real host?
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', two angels appear, primarily as winged humanoids who don't look any older than twelve. They occasionally dress up as a pair of possibly-Jehova's-Witnesses. Very prone to {{Troll}}ing the Devil. The extent of Lil' E's AmnesiacDissonance? [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-10-31 He goes trick-or-treating as an angel]]
* ''Webcomic/SkinDeep'' has the angel Gabe who is genderless, believes in all religions at once (somehow), drinks and smokes, has an instinct to help others and (allegedly) has no free will.
* In ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'', angels are white-haired humanoids who serve a benevolent god and are said to be inherently good. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen, and though the two main angelic characters are both definitely heroes there are suggestions that angelic society is imperfect. They have classical ElementalPowers, wear color-coded uniforms, and have been at war against demons for centuries.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sombulus}}'', the Kanites are all [[WingedHumanoid feathery-winged people]] and are supposedly representatives of the God Madir, but their morals seem questionable at times.
* In ''WebComic/Sorcery101'' Mages get angels to guide them when demon hunting. There are all sorts of rules governing the angels' behavior. For example, they can't ask for help from "creatures of darkness" (or anyone connected to such beings). Angels are sexless, featureless, glowing humanoids with wings and a thin layer of paint/glamour that makes their skin, clothes, and feathers. Damage will strip this layer and it takes a couple of seconds for it to regenerate.
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* Considering that the premise of ''Literature/TheSalvationWar'' is essentially a RageAgainstTheHeavens (and Hell in the first book), angels are the official enemies of humans in that universe. They fit the classic WingedHumanoid model and serve Yahweh, who's shown to be a colossal and self-conceited {{Jerkass}}. It's implied that they use the humans in Heaven as power leechers or something similar and that their power is dependent on organized singing in some way. Of particular note is Michael, the military commander who has his own ulterior motives regarding the war against humanity, and Uriel, a powerful angel who has the ability to induce living creatures to simply drop dead (though his effectiveness on humans has diminished noticeably over time). Oh, and angels aren't invulnerable; they can be gunned down or blown up for a veritable shower of white and silver blood. Six-winged Seraphim appear, although they turn out not to be actual Angels. They were one of the many species Yahweh has conquered, kept around essentially as songbirds.
* The angels of ''Literature/KumikoTheDemonGirl'' are fairly standard except that they're explicitly stated to originate from ghosts who performed significant good deeds. Demons have the same origin.
* The angels of ''Literature/KumikoTheDemonGirl'' are fairly standard except that they're explicitly stated to originate from ghosts who performed significant good deeds. Demons have the same origin.
* The angels of ''Literature/KumikoTheDemonGirl'' are fairly standard except that they're explicitly stated to originate from ghosts who performed significant good deeds. Demons have the same origin.
* ''Literature/TheLayOfPaulTwister'':
** Paul Twister meets an angel in the first chapter. She looks like a standard WingedHumanoid, but she's able to [[BreakingTheBonds break iron chains,]] summon up a flaming sword out of nowhere, and teleport away seemingly at will. [[HolyHalo Her body shines,]] how brightly seems to depend on [[PowerGlows how much she's using her power.]] She's later described as being [[AmazonianBeauty a few inches above six feet and incredibly beautiful,]] although that's apparently rather petite for a Celestial. She's noticeably less snarky than [[WorldOfSnark most of the other characters]], and she has some unspecified healing powers. She works as a Celestial Paladin, which is apparently more of a cop or agent of some sort than the D&D idea of paladin-as-holy-knight, though she does have a [[CoolHorse Celestial horse]]. (Who does ''not'' have {{Pegasus}}-wings, much to Paul's surprise.) Paul thinks she's the most beautiful woman she's ever met, though he tries hard to keep his lust for her from showing because he knows they really aren't very compatible, personality-wise, what with her being a LawfulGood paladin and him being a magic-breaking thief-for-hire.
** Once [[DefrostingIceQueen the ice between them begins to thaw a little,]] they both begin to talk a bit more freely to each other. She seems to be rather sensitive about her wings, because [[WingedHumanoid physics aren't on her side]] and the local ambient magic isn't strong enough for her to fly without a great deal of difficulty, and they make her feel clumsy and unbalanced. When she complains that they're more of a bother than they're worth at times, Paul responds [[FreakinessShame predictably,]] followed immediately by a classic DidIJustSayThatOutLoud moment.
* Considering that the premise of ''Literature/TheSalvationWar'' is essentially a RageAgainstTheHeavens (and Hell in the first book), angels are the official enemies of humans in that universe. They fit the classic WingedHumanoid model and serve Yahweh, who's shown to be a colossal and self-conceited {{Jerkass}}. It's implied that they use the humans in Heaven as power leechers or something similar and that their power is dependent on organized singing in some way. Of particular note is Michael, the military commander who has his own ulterior motives regarding the war against humanity, and Uriel, a powerful angel who has the ability to induce living creatures to simply drop dead (though his effectiveness on humans has diminished noticeably over time). Oh, and angels aren't invulnerable; they can be gunned down or blown up for a veritable shower of white and silver blood. Six-winged Seraphim appear, although they turn out not to be actual Angels. They were one of the many species Yahweh has conquered, kept around essentially as songbirds.
* ''Literature/TheLayOfPaulTwister'':
** Paul Twister meets an angel in the first chapter. She looks like a standard WingedHumanoid, but she's able to [[BreakingTheBonds break iron chains,]] summon up a flaming sword out of nowhere, and teleport away seemingly at will. [[HolyHalo Her body shines,]] how brightly seems to depend on [[PowerGlows how much she's using her power.]] She's later described as being [[AmazonianBeauty a few inches above six feet and incredibly beautiful,]] although that's apparently rather petite for a Celestial. She's noticeably less snarky than [[WorldOfSnark most of the other characters]], and she has some unspecified healing powers. She works as a Celestial Paladin, which is apparently more of a cop or agent of some sort than the D&D idea of paladin-as-holy-knight, though she does have a [[CoolHorse Celestial horse]]. (Who does ''not'' have {{Pegasus}}-wings, much to Paul's surprise.) Paul thinks she's the most beautiful woman she's ever met, though he tries hard to keep his lust for her from showing because he knows they really aren't very compatible, personality-wise, what with her being a LawfulGood paladin and him being a magic-breaking thief-for-hire.
** Once [[DefrostingIceQueen the ice between them begins to thaw a little,]] they both begin to talk a bit more freely to each other. She seems to be rather sensitive about her wings, because [[WingedHumanoid physics aren't on her side]] and the local ambient magic isn't strong enough for her to fly without a great deal of difficulty, and they make her feel clumsy and unbalanced. When she complains that they're more of a bother than they're worth at times, Paul responds [[FreakinessShame predictably,]] followed immediately by a classic DidIJustSayThatOutLoud moment.
* Considering that the premise of ''Literature/TheSalvationWar'' is essentially a RageAgainstTheHeavens (and Hell in the first book), angels are the official enemies of humans in that universe. They fit the classic WingedHumanoid model and serve Yahweh, who's shown to be a colossal and self-conceited {{Jerkass}}. It's implied that they use the humans in Heaven as power leechers or something similar and that their power is dependent on organized singing in some way. Of particular note is Michael, the military commander who has his own ulterior motives regarding the war against humanity, and Uriel, a powerful angel who has the ability to induce living creatures to simply drop dead (though his effectiveness on humans has diminished noticeably over time). Oh, and angels aren't invulnerable; they can be gunned down or blown up for a veritable shower of white and silver blood. Six-winged Seraphim appear, although they turn out not to be actual Angels. They were one of the many species Yahweh has conquered, kept around essentially as songbirds.
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* ''Literature/TheLayOfPaulTwister'':
** Paul Twister meets an angel in the first chapter. She looks like a standard WingedHumanoid, but she's able to [[BreakingTheBonds break iron chains,]] summon up a flaming sword out of nowhere, and teleport away seemingly at will. [[HolyHalo Her body shines,]] how brightly seems to depend on [[PowerGlows how much she's using her power.]] She's later described as being [[AmazonianBeauty a few inches above six feet and incredibly beautiful,]] although that's apparently rather petite for a Celestial. She's noticeably less snarky than [[WorldOfSnark most of the other characters]], and she has some unspecified healing powers. She works as a Celestial Paladin, which is apparently more of a cop or agent of some sort than the D&D idea of paladin-as-holy-knight, though she does have a [[CoolHorse Celestial horse]]. (Who does ''not'' have {{Pegasus}}-wings, much to Paul's surprise.) Paul thinks she's the most beautiful woman she's ever met, though he tries hard to keep his lust for her from showing because he knows they really aren't very compatible, personality-wise, what with her being a LawfulGood paladin and him being a magic-breaking thief-for-hire.
** Once [[DefrostingIceQueen the ice between them begins to thaw a little,]] they both begin to talk a bit more freely to each other. She seems to be rather sensitive about her wings, because [[WingedHumanoid physics aren't on her side]] and the local ambient magic isn't strong enough for her to fly without a great deal of difficulty, and they make her feel clumsy and unbalanced. When she complains that they're more of a bother than they're worth at times, Paul responds [[FreakinessShame predictably,]] followed immediately by a classic DidIJustSayThatOutLoud moment.
** Paul Twister meets an angel in the first chapter. She looks like a standard WingedHumanoid, but she's able to [[BreakingTheBonds break iron chains,]] summon up a flaming sword out of nowhere, and teleport away seemingly at will. [[HolyHalo Her body shines,]] how brightly seems to depend on [[PowerGlows how much she's using her power.]] She's later described as being [[AmazonianBeauty a few inches above six feet and incredibly beautiful,]] although that's apparently rather petite for a Celestial. She's noticeably less snarky than [[WorldOfSnark most of the other characters]], and she has some unspecified healing powers. She works as a Celestial Paladin, which is apparently more of a cop or agent of some sort than the D&D idea of paladin-as-holy-knight, though she does have a [[CoolHorse Celestial horse]]. (Who does ''not'' have {{Pegasus}}-wings, much to Paul's surprise.) Paul thinks she's the most beautiful woman she's ever met, though he tries hard to keep his lust for her from showing because he knows they really aren't very compatible, personality-wise, what with her being a LawfulGood paladin and him being a magic-breaking thief-for-hire.
** Once [[DefrostingIceQueen the ice between them begins to thaw a little,]] they both begin to talk a bit more freely to each other. She seems to be rather sensitive about her wings, because [[WingedHumanoid physics aren't on her side]] and the local ambient magic isn't strong enough for her to fly without a great deal of difficulty, and they make her feel clumsy and unbalanced. When she complains that they're more of a bother than they're worth at times, Paul responds [[FreakinessShame predictably,]] followed immediately by a classic DidIJustSayThatOutLoud moment.
* On ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime,'' [[KidHero Finn]] is once rescued from danger by a guardian angel...[[spoiler:who then tries to eat him]]. Whether this means she was lying about being an angel is unknown.
* The Creator/{{CBeebies}} series ''WesternAnimation/{{Angelmouse}}'' is about an angel, who is also a mouse. He has wings and a halo, which he calls his "thingimagig", and is given missions to do good deeds by "[[{{God}} You Know Who]]". If he neglects these missions, his halo wobbles and shrinks.
* The Creator/{{CBeebies}} series ''WesternAnimation/{{Angelmouse}}'' is about an angel, who is also a mouse. He has wings and a halo, which he calls his "thingimagig", and is given missions to do good deeds by "[[{{God}} You Know Who]]". If he neglects these missions, his halo wobbles and shrinks.
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* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': Follows the "good humans become angels when they die" pattern. However, said humans have to work their way up through the ranks. Rookie angels don't have wings and must earn them by helping people. When they do, a bell somewhere on Earth rings; the movie originated the whole "every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings" concept.
Earning their wings seems to grant angels additional powers, including the ability to see into the past and future with concentration. In the most dramatic demonstration of angelic power, we see angels can change the course of history (temporarily) to make a point. The appearance of angels varies: one angel we see on Earth appears perfectly human (the missing wings help), but an earlier scene depicted him and his superiors as celestial bodies, e.g. stars and galaxies. (Though it's possible this is just a visual metaphor.)
Earning their wings seems to grant angels additional powers, including the ability to see into the past and future with concentration. In the most dramatic demonstration of angelic power, we see angels can change the course of history (temporarily) to make a point. The appearance of angels varies: one angel we see on Earth appears perfectly human (the missing wings help), but an earlier scene depicted him and his superiors as celestial bodies, e.g. stars and galaxies. (Though it's possible this is just a visual metaphor.)
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* In ''Series/HighwayToHeaven'', angels look just like humans. They do have supernatural knowledge and are implied to be able to teleport and use telekinesis (in the first episode, an Angel uses this to cause a car to break down to give him a lift; how very angelic). They [[WalkingTheEarth wander the Earth]] or at least middle America, doing good deeds. This is carried over to ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'', though the titular angels do get an inner light when they're being particularly inspirational, which isn't always a good thing. One episode of ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'', set on October 30, 1938, had then-rookie angel Monica turning on her angel glow to calm down a crowd that was panicked by reports of a Martian Invasion (they were listening to Orson Welles' radio broadcast of ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds''). It didn't quite work.
* The [[spoiler:Vorlons]] in ''Series/BabylonFive'' pretend to be angels of the big fluffy wings variety, but they are really just {{Sufficiently Advanced Alien}}s.They have the neat trick of appearing to "less advanced" species as their archetypal holy messenger, thanks to a few tens of thousands of years grooming (read, genetically manipulating) new species. So to humans at least, they look like fluffy-winged angels. Londo Mollari, however, saw nothing. Though never outright stated, it's implied that he didn't see anything because he's been touched by the Shadows (other theories like the Centauri weren't groomed by the Vorlons have also been put forward).
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** The series got into the game by introducing Castiel (an [[http://www.sarahsarchangels.com/C.html angel of Thursday]] apparently) who dragged Dean out of Hell and gave us the page quote. Design choices were clearly made with inspiration from ''Film/WingsOfDesire'', ''Film/TheProphecy'', ''Literature/GoodOmens,'' and probably a little bit from ''Film/{{Dogma}}''.
** The angels of this setting give every indication of being fundamentally beings of light (Castiel calls it a "multidimensional wavelength of celestial intent"), though [[UnreliableNarrator Zachariah]] says "in Heaven I have six wings and four faces, one of which is a lion," and in the next season [[MrFanservice Castiel]] refers to his own true form as being "roughly the size of your Chrysler Building," after which Dean tells him [[BiggerIsBetter "All right, all right, quit bragging."]]
** As they are unable to ''safely'' or effectively interact with matter in these forms, they must, with explicit permission, occupy human hosts to do anything in the world (demons in the setting do the same thing, but without asking permission). The collateral damage from their forms is also apparently the preferred form for combat since an otherwise-improbable percentage of the dead angel count are killed by stabbing while in vessels.
** Without using traditional wings, they've raised OffscreenTeleportation to an art form, using it in place of traditional flight powers, though they can manifest echoes of wings (Castiel with shadows, Raphael with lightning, and so on) and they sometimes get a feather-ruffle sound effect when teleporting. Their death throes result in a burned imprint of wings on whatever surface(s) they were on, as seen from above, as well as a little falling ash for visual effect.
** In keeping with the CrapsackWorld they were introduced to, these angels are mostly quite unhappy. [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God has been AWOL for ages]], but since no one ever really had contact with him, most of them don't know. Heaven is attempting to start the Apocalypse while pretending to stop it because a) the prophecy is the closest thing they've got to divine will b) something needs to change. Zachariah likes the power grab, Michael really wants to settle things with his brother, Raphael is disillusioned by God's absence, Gabriel is [[spoiler:off impersonating Loki]], and Lucifer wants to punish Daddy for abandoning them by breaking His favorite toy, the human race. There are mind games and betrayals and quite a lot of blood since apparently most angel magic is blood-based and it must be smeared on things.
** Heaven is an extremely strict military organization, with Michael as the first general of the whole lot, and handing orders down through the ranks to the soldiers on the ground. Obedience is absolute, and torture to keep the angels in line is quite common. From lowest to highest, the Angel ranks are roughly Nephilim (considered abominations) -> Cherubim (Cupids) -> Angels (regular angels) -> Seraphim (higher-tier angels) -> Archangels (first tier angels).
** There's a wide variety of angel personalities, even as it broke up in interesting ways. Uriel is a coldblooded bastard, Zachariah is a heartless creep, Anna and Balthazar are two very different flavors of hedonist, while Gabriel's a bit like Balthazar only all sense of humor and phenomenal cosmic archangel powers... Michael is a WellDoneSonGuy to the illogical extreme, and Lucifer is mild-mannered, casually cruel, and quite terrifying.
** Angels can be [[HumanityEnsues turned into humans]] by having their celestial essence, called "Grace" removed. Most angels cut off from Heaven will slowly lose their powers, although the higher tiers are more immune to these effects.
** But angels do not become demons; if they undergo a FaceHeelTurn, they stay angels, just bad ones. Demons are former humans, essentially superpowered ghosts.
** Angels do not have genders and use their hosts' pronouns for convenience. Some prefer vessels of a specific sex (Michael, for example, prefers male vessels) and some (such as Raphael) have no preference. Others, like Cas and Anna, only feel comfortable in a specific vessel, and use replicas of that vessel after the original body is destroyed (since vessels usually become useless once the owner's soul departs, this takes either "calling in some favors" or direct divine intervention).
* In the HBO miniseries ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'', an angel visits Prior to herald him as the Prophet, complete with fluffy white wings and HolyBacklight. Then she strips him naked and copulates with him before telling him that humans must "stop moving" so that [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God will lose interest in Earth and return to Heaven]]. Prior dazzled at first, comes to realize that this is not a feasible solution and wrestles with the angel until she allows him to climb up to Heaven to make his case for humanity in front of a CouncilOfAngels. The angels are also hermaphrodites and are apparently oversexed because they're made of the very fires of creation. Prior ends up getting a [[RagingStiffie "barometer"]] for whenever the Angel is going to make an appearance.
* In ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' there are Whitelighters, essentially guardian angels - good people who were rewarded for their good deeds in death - who help and advise witches. Their wings are strictly metaphorical: although they never manifest any actual wings, having their powers revoked by the [[CouncilOfAngels Council of Elders]] is referred to as having their "wings clipped." Normal Whitelighters are always shown to be dedicated servants of good, but their bosses, the Elders, are generally distant at best, and at least one becomes a WellIntentionedExtremist and the BigBad of the sixth season. They are also near invincible as they can be blown to pieces, only to quickly reform. However, they can die when shot by an arrow from their Evil Counterpart, Darklighters. Paige, the youngest sister is actually technically an angel as well. Her mother had an affair with her Whitelighter and got pregnant with her as a result. She has Whitelighter powers in addition to her Charmed ones, but she can also be killed by mortal causes and it's likely she won't live forever.
* ''Battlestar Galactica'': [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 Old Series]] -- [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien alien]] beings of light that travel in a ship of lights and oppose [[{{Satan}} Count Iblis]]. [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 New Series]] -- [[spoiler:Baltar's vision of Six and Six's vision of Baltar are angels. And also demons. According to Ron Moore, they're the same thing. Kara's vision of Leoben that guides her to take her life and enter the maelstrom is implied to be one as well. Kara herself after her resurrection may be an angel of another sort altogether, in human form to lead them all to their end]]. They also show up in the prequel series ''Series/{{Caprica}}''. [[spoiler:When she's fighting Tamara's minions in the New Cap City Arena, Zoe-A is mentored by another angelic being, which uses the same form as her.]]
* In the Portuguese series 'Ninguém Tá Olhando' (Nobody's Looking) angeli appear to function as divine case-workers, protecting and observing designated humans over 24 hours, and then writing a report on them for mysterious purposes. As opposed to a suit or trenchcoat, all wear a uniform of white shirt, red tie, black pants, and black boots with red laces. All of them are redheaded, too, to the extent that a new angelus is surprised when a redheaded human is not another angelus like himself.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "All Souls" uses the seraph version. Handicapped girls are turning up burnt to death in a small town; it turns out the girls are actually {{Nephilim}}, and a seraph's revealing his true form to them so that they can get whisked off to Heaven before the Devil comes calling.
* Franchise/SuperSentai seems to invoke a lot of angelic motifs into many of its shows:
** An episode of ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman'' involving an angelic woman who turned out to be an alien from a world where people are winged, can do things like making flowers grow, and [[WhenSheSmiles a smile]] or [[CompellingVoice a song]] by one of its inhabitants can instantly drain the will to do violence or evil. She comes BackForTheFinale to help the Changemen find their way to the BigBad's lair. Any connection between her and the Goseigers (see below) lies in the realm of FanWank, though.
** The Ohranger Robo from ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' (the Zeo Megazord in ''Series/PowerRangersZeo''), is inspired by Ezekiel's descriptions of both the Cherubim (the red, green and blue zords are a bird, bull, and lion respectively) and Thrones (the other two are chariots pulled by the bull and lion).
** ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' features the Heavenly Saints from the [[FluffyCloudHeaven heavenly world Magitopia]], with names like Sungel, Raigel, and Magiel, and while they may lack wings, they otherwise fit the bill quite well.
** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' features the Gosei Angels, a race of humans born with mysterious powers (ability to control the elements and giant robots) who fled to another world 10,000 years ago so that they wouldn't disturb normal humans. Also, for some reason, they have feathery wing motifs during their transformations despite not having actual wings. [[spoiler:At least, not until the series finale.]]
* ''Series/UltramanGaia'''s BigBad (or possibly DragonInChief; it's complicated) Zogu takes on the form of a 127-meter tall angel-like being when she first appears, showing herself off as one of the few examples of LightIsNotGood in the ''Ultraman'' franchise and completely pummeling Gaia and Agul. However, she's actually an evil alien entity from another galaxy whose angelic form is meant to signify [[AGodAmI her self-righteousness]]; her ''real'' form is a [[OneWingedAngel 666 meter tall centaur-demon monster]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The Weeping Angels. These are explicitly aliens, "creatures of the abstract," and "as old as the Universe itself or very nearly." An AlwaysChaoticEvil race of sadistic, murderous psychopathic ''ideas'' (really, ''memes'' are the best way to describe them), they normally kill someone by sending them back in time and space to a point from where they will live a good, fulfilling alternate life, but that is just part of the complex way they feed- if they can afford it, they '''will''' kill you, brutally and painfully, ForTheEvulz, probably after playing cruel mind games about your impending death for the hell of it. They look like statues of {{Winged Humanoid}}s, but ''only when they're being observed''. When there's no sentient observer, they can move freely about, [[ParanoiaFuel and do so at incredible speed]]. In addition, they have [[MindOverMatter powerful telekinetic abilities]] and can kill you with a single touch. They reproduce according to the saying "whatever holds the image of an Angel becomes ''itself'' an angel," which means that new ones can emerge from photographs, videos or recordings of them, and even from the mental image you have in your head once you've seen one. So, essentially, if you're not looking at them, they'll kill you horribly, and if you ''are'' [[BrownNote looking at them]], you'll end up [[BodyHorror turning into one]]. It's implied in the episode "The End of Time" that the first Weeping Angels were actually Time Lords.
** There's also The Host - angel-themed robot servants on the starship ''Titanic'' (not ''that'' VideoGame/StarshipTitanic.) When they're sent into Kill mode by the BigBad, they pluck off their halos to use as weapons, leaving [[FallenAngel the two posts that held the halos on sticking up like horns.]]
* In the ''Series/MastersOfHorror'' episode "Cigarette Burns," angels are corporeal creatures and can be tortured, and the one seen in the episode is quite uglier than one would expect at first. It's heavily implied that the evil of ''La Fin Absolue du Monde'' is the result of documenting the desecration of said angel.
* A story arc in ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' features angels that look human, except for the wings. Some of the angels, are evil and can be identified by black wings (which can be hidden). The BigBad and TheDragon are dark angels.
* In ''Series/{{Dominion}}'' angels seem to be arranged in a hierarchy similar to tradition but with the lowest rank, referred to colloquially as "Eight Balls" indistinguishable from demons who lack a physical form and need to possess a human to manifest. The angels at the top are the Archangels with Gabriel waging war on humanity, thinking that destroying them will cause God (whom the Archangels all refer to as their father) to reappear and Michael taking their side. Most Eight Balls are servants of Gabriel and he has recently been joined by some of the Powers. Uriel meanwhile, who's a woman, seems to be playing both sides and there are angels of undisclosed rank hiding among humans. Oddly, all of them have black wings, even the good ones.
* The Lords in ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' give of a somewhat angelic vibe. They look like humanoid animals, dressed in clothing normally associated with angels. When summoning their weapons, or are at the point of dying, a halo appears above their head. [[spoiler:They actually are angels. In this series, the equivalent of God is revealed to be evil. Or at least a control freak that wants to lord over his creation, namely humanity, with an iron fist. On the other hand, the equivalent of Satan spread his essence among humanity, which will help them evolve to Agitos, superhuman beings capable of breaking free from "God's" control. "God", of course, is unhappy with this, and sends his angelic Lords to earth to kill off every human showing the tendency to evolve into an Agito.]]
* ''Series/Preacher2016'': They look human; in fact, they're indistinguishable from them aside from the fact that they're immortal. If killed, they reappear at once from the nearest door. The only way to stop them is thus incapacitation. So far the only exception is the Saint of Killers, whose gun kills an angel (at his request). Most are [[CelestialBureaucracy middle management types]], but one seraph shows up as well, a sort of warrior angel apparently.
* Only three angels are shown in ''Series/{{Lucifer}}'': Lucifer himself (power of getting humans to reveal their deepest desires), his oldest brother Amenadiel (loyal servant of their father), and the middle brother Uriel (ability to see and affect patterns). All three have wings, although each has different wings, depending on his personality: Lucifer's are the standard "angelic white" and fluffy, indicating that he's a better person than he claims to be, Amenadiel's are metallic black and sharp, indicating his status as God's warrior and enforcer (they later turn gray and soft, symbolizing his change in character), and Uriel's are similar to Lucifer's but dirty-gray, showcasing his calculating mind and willingness to bend the rules. There is also mention of their sister Azrael, the Angel of Death. It's not clear how many angels there are total or if there are any other female angels besides Azrael. All angels are referred to as children of God [[spoiler:and the Goddess]], so their relationship is frequently portrayed as that of a typical family with a distant father.
** By the end of season 4, two more angels appeared: Azrael and Remiel. Both are portrayed as female. While Azrael's wings are of a relatively light shade, but not as bright as Lucifer's, Remiel's wings resemble a bird of prey. Among the family members mentioned up to this point are Gabriel, Michael, and Castiel. In season 4 the first half-angel appears with [[spoiler:Linda's and Amenadiel's son Charlie. Linda is worried that he might be born with wings and they try to make her apartment baby Angel proof with padding at the ceiling.]].
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* In ''Series/HighwayToHeaven'', angels look just like humans. They do have supernatural knowledge and are implied to be able to teleport and use telekinesis (in the first episode, an Angel uses this to cause a car to break down to give him a lift; how very angelic). They [[WalkingTheEarth wander the Earth]] or at least middle America, doing good deeds. This is carried over to ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'', though the titular angels do get an inner light when they're being particularly inspirational, which isn't always a good thing. One episode of ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'', set on October 30, 1938, had then-rookie angel Monica turning on her angel glow to calm down a crowd that was panicked by reports of a Martian Invasion (they were listening to Orson Welles' radio broadcast of ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds''). It didn't quite work.
* The [[spoiler:Vorlons]] in ''Series/BabylonFive'' pretend to be angels of the big fluffy wings variety, but they are really just {{Sufficiently Advanced Alien}}s.They have the neat trick of appearing to "less advanced" species as their archetypal holy messenger, thanks to a few tens of thousands of years grooming (read, genetically manipulating) new species. So to humans at least, they look like fluffy-winged angels. Londo Mollari, however, saw nothing. Though never outright stated, it's implied that he didn't see anything because he's been touched by the Shadows (other theories like the Centauri weren't groomed by the Vorlons have also been put forward).
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** The series got into the game by introducing Castiel (an [[http://www.sarahsarchangels.com/C.html angel of Thursday]] apparently) who dragged Dean out of Hell and gave us the page quote. Design choices were clearly made with inspiration from ''Film/WingsOfDesire'', ''Film/TheProphecy'', ''Literature/GoodOmens,'' and probably a little bit from ''Film/{{Dogma}}''.
** The angels of this setting give every indication of being fundamentally beings of light (Castiel calls it a "multidimensional wavelength of celestial intent"), though [[UnreliableNarrator Zachariah]] says "in Heaven I have six wings and four faces, one of which is a lion," and in the next season [[MrFanservice Castiel]] refers to his own true form as being "roughly the size of your Chrysler Building," after which Dean tells him [[BiggerIsBetter "All right, all right, quit bragging."]]
** As they are unable to ''safely'' or effectively interact with matter in these forms, they must, with explicit permission, occupy human hosts to do anything in the world (demons in the setting do the same thing, but without asking permission). The collateral damage from their forms is also apparently the preferred form for combat since an otherwise-improbable percentage of the dead angel count are killed by stabbing while in vessels.
** Without using traditional wings, they've raised OffscreenTeleportation to an art form, using it in place of traditional flight powers, though they can manifest echoes of wings (Castiel with shadows, Raphael with lightning, and so on) and they sometimes get a feather-ruffle sound effect when teleporting. Their death throes result in a burned imprint of wings on whatever surface(s) they were on, as seen from above, as well as a little falling ash for visual effect.
** In keeping with the CrapsackWorld they were introduced to, these angels are mostly quite unhappy. [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God has been AWOL for ages]], but since no one ever really had contact with him, most of them don't know. Heaven is attempting to start the Apocalypse while pretending to stop it because a) the prophecy is the closest thing they've got to divine will b) something needs to change. Zachariah likes the power grab, Michael really wants to settle things with his brother, Raphael is disillusioned by God's absence, Gabriel is [[spoiler:off impersonating Loki]], and Lucifer wants to punish Daddy for abandoning them by breaking His favorite toy, the human race. There are mind games and betrayals and quite a lot of blood since apparently most angel magic is blood-based and it must be smeared on things.
** Heaven is an extremely strict military organization, with Michael as the first general of the whole lot, and handing orders down through the ranks to the soldiers on the ground. Obedience is absolute, and torture to keep the angels in line is quite common. From lowest to highest, the Angel ranks are roughly Nephilim (considered abominations) -> Cherubim (Cupids) -> Angels (regular angels) -> Seraphim (higher-tier angels) -> Archangels (first tier angels).
** There's a wide variety of angel personalities, even as it broke up in interesting ways. Uriel is a coldblooded bastard, Zachariah is a heartless creep, Anna and Balthazar are two very different flavors of hedonist, while Gabriel's a bit like Balthazar only all sense of humor and phenomenal cosmic archangel powers... Michael is a WellDoneSonGuy to the illogical extreme, and Lucifer is mild-mannered, casually cruel, and quite terrifying.
** Angels can be [[HumanityEnsues turned into humans]] by having their celestial essence, called "Grace" removed. Most angels cut off from Heaven will slowly lose their powers, although the higher tiers are more immune to these effects.
** But angels do not become demons; if they undergo a FaceHeelTurn, they stay angels, just bad ones. Demons are former humans, essentially superpowered ghosts.
** Angels do not have genders and use their hosts' pronouns for convenience. Some prefer vessels of a specific sex (Michael, for example, prefers male vessels) and some (such as Raphael) have no preference. Others, like Cas and Anna, only feel comfortable in a specific vessel, and use replicas of that vessel after the original body is destroyed (since vessels usually become useless once the owner's soul departs, this takes either "calling in some favors" or direct divine intervention).
* In the HBO miniseries ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'', an angel visits Prior to herald him as the Prophet, complete with fluffy white wings and HolyBacklight. Then she strips him naked and copulates with him before telling him that humans must "stop moving" so that [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God will lose interest in Earth and return to Heaven]]. Prior dazzled at first, comes to realize that this is not a feasible solution and wrestles with the angel until she allows him to climb up to Heaven to make his case for humanity in front of a CouncilOfAngels. The angels are also hermaphrodites and are apparently oversexed because they're made of the very fires of creation. Prior ends up getting a [[RagingStiffie "barometer"]] for whenever the Angel is going to make an appearance.
* In ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' there are Whitelighters, essentially guardian angels - good people who were rewarded for their good deeds in death - who help and advise witches. Their wings are strictly metaphorical: although they never manifest any actual wings, having their powers revoked by the [[CouncilOfAngels Council of Elders]] is referred to as having their "wings clipped." Normal Whitelighters are always shown to be dedicated servants of good, but their bosses, the Elders, are generally distant at best, and at least one becomes a WellIntentionedExtremist and the BigBad of the sixth season. They are also near invincible as they can be blown to pieces, only to quickly reform. However, they can die when shot by an arrow from their Evil Counterpart, Darklighters. Paige, the youngest sister is actually technically an angel as well. Her mother had an affair with her Whitelighter and got pregnant with her as a result. She has Whitelighter powers in addition to her Charmed ones, but she can also be killed by mortal causes and it's likely she won't live forever.
* ''Battlestar Galactica'': [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 Old Series]] -- [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien alien]] beings of light that travel in a ship of lights and oppose [[{{Satan}} Count Iblis]]. [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 New Series]] -- [[spoiler:Baltar's vision of Six and Six's vision of Baltar are angels. And also demons. According to Ron Moore, they're the same thing. Kara's vision of Leoben that guides her to take her life and enter the maelstrom is implied to be one as well. Kara herself after her resurrection may be an angel of another sort altogether, in human form to lead them all to their end]]. They also show up in the prequel series ''Series/{{Caprica}}''. [[spoiler:When she's fighting Tamara's minions in the New Cap City Arena, Zoe-A is mentored by another angelic being, which uses the same form as her.]]
* In the Portuguese series 'Ninguém Tá Olhando' (Nobody's Looking) angeli appear to function as divine case-workers, protecting and observing designated humans over 24 hours, and then writing a report on them for mysterious purposes. As opposed to a suit or trenchcoat, all wear a uniform of white shirt, red tie, black pants, and black boots with red laces. All of them are redheaded, too, to the extent that a new angelus is surprised when a redheaded human is not another angelus like himself.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "All Souls" uses the seraph version. Handicapped girls are turning up burnt to death in a small town; it turns out the girls are actually {{Nephilim}}, and a seraph's revealing his true form to them so that they can get whisked off to Heaven before the Devil comes calling.
* Franchise/SuperSentai seems to invoke a lot of angelic motifs into many of its shows:
** An episode of ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman'' involving an angelic woman who turned out to be an alien from a world where people are winged, can do things like making flowers grow, and [[WhenSheSmiles a smile]] or [[CompellingVoice a song]] by one of its inhabitants can instantly drain the will to do violence or evil. She comes BackForTheFinale to help the Changemen find their way to the BigBad's lair. Any connection between her and the Goseigers (see below) lies in the realm of FanWank, though.
** The Ohranger Robo from ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' (the Zeo Megazord in ''Series/PowerRangersZeo''), is inspired by Ezekiel's descriptions of both the Cherubim (the red, green and blue zords are a bird, bull, and lion respectively) and Thrones (the other two are chariots pulled by the bull and lion).
** ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' features the Heavenly Saints from the [[FluffyCloudHeaven heavenly world Magitopia]], with names like Sungel, Raigel, and Magiel, and while they may lack wings, they otherwise fit the bill quite well.
** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' features the Gosei Angels, a race of humans born with mysterious powers (ability to control the elements and giant robots) who fled to another world 10,000 years ago so that they wouldn't disturb normal humans. Also, for some reason, they have feathery wing motifs during their transformations despite not having actual wings. [[spoiler:At least, not until the series finale.]]
* ''Series/UltramanGaia'''s BigBad (or possibly DragonInChief; it's complicated) Zogu takes on the form of a 127-meter tall angel-like being when she first appears, showing herself off as one of the few examples of LightIsNotGood in the ''Ultraman'' franchise and completely pummeling Gaia and Agul. However, she's actually an evil alien entity from another galaxy whose angelic form is meant to signify [[AGodAmI her self-righteousness]]; her ''real'' form is a [[OneWingedAngel 666 meter tall centaur-demon monster]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The Weeping Angels. These are explicitly aliens, "creatures of the abstract," and "as old as the Universe itself or very nearly." An AlwaysChaoticEvil race of sadistic, murderous psychopathic ''ideas'' (really, ''memes'' are the best way to describe them), they normally kill someone by sending them back in time and space to a point from where they will live a good, fulfilling alternate life, but that is just part of the complex way they feed- if they can afford it, they '''will''' kill you, brutally and painfully, ForTheEvulz, probably after playing cruel mind games about your impending death for the hell of it. They look like statues of {{Winged Humanoid}}s, but ''only when they're being observed''. When there's no sentient observer, they can move freely about, [[ParanoiaFuel and do so at incredible speed]]. In addition, they have [[MindOverMatter powerful telekinetic abilities]] and can kill you with a single touch. They reproduce according to the saying "whatever holds the image of an Angel becomes ''itself'' an angel," which means that new ones can emerge from photographs, videos or recordings of them, and even from the mental image you have in your head once you've seen one. So, essentially, if you're not looking at them, they'll kill you horribly, and if you ''are'' [[BrownNote looking at them]], you'll end up [[BodyHorror turning into one]]. It's implied in the episode "The End of Time" that the first Weeping Angels were actually Time Lords.
** There's also The Host - angel-themed robot servants on the starship ''Titanic'' (not ''that'' VideoGame/StarshipTitanic.) When they're sent into Kill mode by the BigBad, they pluck off their halos to use as weapons, leaving [[FallenAngel the two posts that held the halos on sticking up like horns.]]
* In the ''Series/MastersOfHorror'' episode "Cigarette Burns," angels are corporeal creatures and can be tortured, and the one seen in the episode is quite uglier than one would expect at first. It's heavily implied that the evil of ''La Fin Absolue du Monde'' is the result of documenting the desecration of said angel.
* A story arc in ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' features angels that look human, except for the wings. Some of the angels, are evil and can be identified by black wings (which can be hidden). The BigBad and TheDragon are dark angels.
* In ''Series/{{Dominion}}'' angels seem to be arranged in a hierarchy similar to tradition but with the lowest rank, referred to colloquially as "Eight Balls" indistinguishable from demons who lack a physical form and need to possess a human to manifest. The angels at the top are the Archangels with Gabriel waging war on humanity, thinking that destroying them will cause God (whom the Archangels all refer to as their father) to reappear and Michael taking their side. Most Eight Balls are servants of Gabriel and he has recently been joined by some of the Powers. Uriel meanwhile, who's a woman, seems to be playing both sides and there are angels of undisclosed rank hiding among humans. Oddly, all of them have black wings, even the good ones.
* The Lords in ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' give of a somewhat angelic vibe. They look like humanoid animals, dressed in clothing normally associated with angels. When summoning their weapons, or are at the point of dying, a halo appears above their head. [[spoiler:They actually are angels. In this series, the equivalent of God is revealed to be evil. Or at least a control freak that wants to lord over his creation, namely humanity, with an iron fist. On the other hand, the equivalent of Satan spread his essence among humanity, which will help them evolve to Agitos, superhuman beings capable of breaking free from "God's" control. "God", of course, is unhappy with this, and sends his angelic Lords to earth to kill off every human showing the tendency to evolve into an Agito.]]
* ''Series/Preacher2016'': They look human; in fact, they're indistinguishable from them aside from the fact that they're immortal. If killed, they reappear at once from the nearest door. The only way to stop them is thus incapacitation. So far the only exception is the Saint of Killers, whose gun kills an angel (at his request). Most are [[CelestialBureaucracy middle management types]], but one seraph shows up as well, a sort of warrior angel apparently.
* Only three angels are shown in ''Series/{{Lucifer}}'': Lucifer himself (power of getting humans to reveal their deepest desires), his oldest brother Amenadiel (loyal servant of their father), and the middle brother Uriel (ability to see and affect patterns). All three have wings, although each has different wings, depending on his personality: Lucifer's are the standard "angelic white" and fluffy, indicating that he's a better person than he claims to be, Amenadiel's are metallic black and sharp, indicating his status as God's warrior and enforcer (they later turn gray and soft, symbolizing his change in character), and Uriel's are similar to Lucifer's but dirty-gray, showcasing his calculating mind and willingness to bend the rules. There is also mention of their sister Azrael, the Angel of Death. It's not clear how many angels there are total or if there are any other female angels besides Azrael. All angels are referred to as children of God [[spoiler:and the Goddess]], so their relationship is frequently portrayed as that of a typical family with a distant father.
** By the end of season 4, two more angels appeared: Azrael and Remiel. Both are portrayed as female. While Azrael's wings are of a relatively light shade, but not as bright as Lucifer's, Remiel's wings resemble a bird of prey. Among the family members mentioned up to this point are Gabriel, Michael, and Castiel. In season 4 the first half-angel appears with [[spoiler:Linda's and Amenadiel's son Charlie. Linda is worried that he might be born with wings and they try to make her apartment baby Angel proof with padding at the ceiling.]].
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Angels in Literature/TheBible can belong to several classes. Literature/TheBible doesn't mention an exact ranking for these classes; only the "archangel" class is mentioned as being higher than the others, with the other classes presumably being of the same rank but having different job descriptions.
Note also that in the Old Testament, many MysteriousStranger characters actually do not identify themselves as angels. They can be labeled angels only by oral tradition (a good clue is a plot-pivotal character whose origins are not stated, and who deflects any questions about his name).
In Revelation, it says:
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Revelation 12:4
The tail in this passage is talking about the tail of Satan as a cosmic dragon, and him drawing out 1/3 angels to rebel and fall with him. Notice the Bible calls them "stars", as in stars of space, the second heaven. The implication here is that angels are the stars of space themselves incarnate, which ties in why the Bible is against divination through horoscopes and astrology.
* ''Archangel'' — The highest class. [[ArchangelMichael Michael]] is the only angel specified to hold this rank in the Protestant and Jewish [[Literature/TheBible Bible]] canons. It's worth noting that "arch-" as a prefix has a dictionary definition along the lines of "preeminent among all others of its kind," so linguistically there should only ever be one archangel (or arch-Enemy, or arch-Anything).
* ''Elders'' — There are 24 of this class as mentioned in Revelation.
* ''Living Creatures''
** Ezekiel mentions a set of four angels of this class, sometimes thought to be cherubim, having four faces: that of a lion, ox, man, and eagle. They also have two pairs of wings. Each is stationed alongside one of the four ''Ophanim'', meaning "wheels", which look like eye-covered interlocking chariot wheels at the four corners of God's "chariot". The latter are sometimes described or thought to be [=UFOs=] by the general public or conspiracy theorists.
** In Revelation, John mentions another set of four angels classified among the ''Seraphim'', similar yet different to those mentioned in Ezekiel. These each have a single face: one with the face of a lion, another an ox, another a man, and the last an eagle. These have three pairs of wings that are covered in eyes. They are stationed around God's throne.
* ''Cherubim'' — (singular ''Cherub'') Literature/TheBible is not clear on if Cherubim are a separate class from the aforementioned living creatures or not, but according to Jewish tradition, normal angels of this choir could look and often did look, human. Both TheArkOfTheCovenant and Solomon's Temple included images of angels of this class in their design that seem a little closer to Ezekiel's description though.
* ''Seraphim'' — (singular ''Seraph'') Mentioned by Isaiah to have six wings, four of which are used to cover themselves. Their name means "burning ones".
* ''Angels'' — These are the ordinary inhabitants of Heaven; if something needs doing on earth, these are the guys who generally do it. Also often used as a generic term for all members of the heavenly hosts, of whatever rank or species.
There is also a traditional ''celestial hierarchy'' of angels, which comes from an early [[WordOfDante Christian writing by one "Dionysius"]] (thus, the ranking and some of the angelic classes themselves are not found in Literature/TheBible). It divides angels into the following nine "Choirs" ordered from greatest to least, of which only the first and last two are commonly seen in art and literature:
* ''Seraphim'' -- (singular ''Seraph'') Traditionally six-winged, red, and fiery; represent God's love. The reason they have six wings is to cover [[OneWingedAngel their true form]], which is so bright and glorious that [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm all who gaze upon it (sometimes including lesser angels) are incinerated instantly]]. They are also associated with snakes (their name is a corruption of "sarap," "fiery," more often than not connected with the word "nahash," "serpent"), and are outrightly described as [[OurDragonsAreDifferent draconic]] in appearance (see 2 Enoch and gnostic texts, for instance). Some traditions say their leader is Seraphiel, others say it's Michael. (Michael is an "archangel", but this doesn't necessarily mean he belongs to the second-lowest choir.) Satan ''used'' to be one of these (hence his six wings in Dante's ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''). If they're ''not'' covered and won't set you on fire, they're described as handsome... but tall, terrifying, fiery, and speaking in Earth-shaking (quite literally) voices.
* ''Cherubim'' -- (singular ''Cherub'') Tend to be depicted in blue, or ''as'' blue (or red, or lots of different colors); represent God's knowledge and act as soldiers and [[GuardianEntity guardian angels]]. St. Gabriel is Head Cherub. In TheMiddleAges, often misunderstood to be a single angel ''named'' "Cherubin." In UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance, the ''Putti'', chubby little children or even a chubby face between two or more wings, were later [[SadlyMythtaken confused]] with Cherubim (or even Seraphim, as in [[http://www.lib-art.com/imgpainting/7/0/10507-stigmata-of-st-francis-domenico-ghirlandaio.jpg this painting]] by Ghirlandaio).
* ''Thrones'' or ''Ophanim'' -- Hold up God's throne, or are the living wheels of His chariot. They serve as the [[GeniusLoci headquarters]] of the Virtues and the Upper Choirs and control the natural laws as well as being the bringers of God's justice who represent His authority (and badassery). They have the most alien physical descriptions of all the angels: wheels nested within wheels, constantly spinning, with rims covered in eyes. They may be "beryl-colored" (probably a greeny-yellow) and/or on fire. See page image.
* ''Dominions'' -- Possibly mentioned in Protestant (Col. 1:16) and Jewish [[Literature/TheBible Bible]] canons. Wear crowns; represent God's power. Each serves as the patron angel of a nation [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent and ruler of all angels assigned to that nation.]]
* ''Virtues'' -- Not mentioned in Protestant and Jewish [[Literature/TheBible Bible]] canons. Traditionally wear armor and swords and are considered to control the heavenly bodies. They live in the Thrones. The previous three choirs form the bulk of the heavenly army.
* ''Powers'' -- Possibly mentioned in Protestant (Col. 1:16) and Jewish [[Literature/TheBible Bible]] canons. Carry flaming swords and chains to bind TheDevil; serve as {{guardian|Entity}}s. In Christian tradition, the Angel with the FlamingSword in Eden was one of these, the Archangel Jophiel. Are considered [[InternalAffairs Angels Of Justice]] and are considered perfect, incorruptible ultimate angels created by God himself. ([[Franchise/RoboCop Sound familiar]]?) [[AIIsACrapshoot Naturally ]]some beliefs list [[TheDevil Satan]] as a former Power.
* ''Principalities'' -- Possibly mentioned as a group in Protestant (Col. 1:16) and Jewish [[Literature/TheBible Bible]] canons. The Book of Daniel refers to a spirit that Gabriel calls "the Prince of Persia."[[note]]Note that the "Prince of Persia" is mentioned as being ''in opposition'' to Michael and Gabriel, so the competing AlternativeCharacterInterpretation is that the "Prince of Persia" and later mentioned "Prince of Greece" are actually both ''[[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]]''.[[/note]] Gabriel also identifies Michael as the Prince of Israel. Principalities traditionally bear armor and swords and watch over rulers and nations. As well as acting as [[DaChief the head of a specific group of angels.]]
* ''Archangels'' -- According to apocryphal works there are seven, including [[ArchangelMichael Michael]], [[ArchangelGabriel Gabriel]] (mentioned in Literature/TheBible canon but only as a normal angel), and [[ArchangelRaphael Raphael]] (appears in the deuterocanonical book of Tobit). (Names for the others, such as Zadkiel, [[ArchangelUriel Uriel]], and Ithuriel, don't seem to have caught on.) Each archangel is the head of one of the remaining upper choirs. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, there are seven major archangels; however, other than the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael the names of the others vary radically. Also the arrangement of the choirs and the status of archangels vary. In Christianity, archangels often embody a particular function or idea: for instance, Raphael is the archangel of Healing, Raguel the archangel of justice and Jegudiel of politics.
* ''Angels'' -- Used as a name of an angelic choir, these are usually the lowest rung of the hierarchy. They function as messengers to and from Earth. Though of course, "angel" is also a general term for all members of the nine choirs, just as "archangel" is a general term for an angel in authority over other angels.
** An interesting note, in the book of Acts, Saint Peter was imprisoned by Herod. His friends all thought he was dead, so when divine intervention rescues him and he goes knocking on their door; they think that it is "his angel." The Bible simply lists them thinking this without stating that it's correct or incorrect, but it does indicate how the "Dead people = Angels" confusion/argument has been going on at least for the last two thousand years.
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Angels in Literature/TheBible can belong to several classes. Literature/TheBible doesn't mention an exact ranking for these classes; only the "archangel" class is mentioned as being higher than the others, with the other classes presumably being of the same rank but having different job descriptions.
Note also that in the Old Testament, many MysteriousStranger characters actually do not identify themselves as angels. They can be labeled angels only by oral tradition (a good clue is a plot-pivotal character whose origins are not stated, and who deflects any questions about his name).
In Revelation, it says:
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Revelation 12:4
The tail in this passage is talking about the tail of Satan as a cosmic dragon, and him drawing out 1/3 angels to rebel and fall with him. Notice the Bible calls them "stars", as in stars of space, the second heaven. The implication here is that angels are the stars of space themselves incarnate, which ties in why the Bible is against divination through horoscopes and astrology.
* ''Archangel'' — The highest class. [[ArchangelMichael Michael]] is the only angel specified to hold this rank in the Protestant and Jewish [[Literature/TheBible Bible]] canons. It's worth noting that "arch-" as a prefix has a dictionary definition along the lines of "preeminent among all others of its kind," so linguistically there should only ever be one archangel (or arch-Enemy, or arch-Anything).
* ''Elders'' — There are 24 of this class as mentioned in Revelation.
* ''Living Creatures''
** Ezekiel mentions a set of four angels of this class, sometimes thought to be cherubim, having four faces: that of a lion, ox, man, and eagle. They also have two pairs of wings. Each is stationed alongside one of the four ''Ophanim'', meaning "wheels", which look like eye-covered interlocking chariot wheels at the four corners of God's "chariot". The latter are sometimes described or thought to be [=UFOs=] by the general public or conspiracy theorists.
** In Revelation, John mentions another set of four angels classified among the ''Seraphim'', similar yet different to those mentioned in Ezekiel. These each have a single face: one with the face of a lion, another an ox, another a man, and the last an eagle. These have three pairs of wings that are covered in eyes. They are stationed around God's throne.
* ''Cherubim'' — (singular ''Cherub'') Literature/TheBible is not clear on if Cherubim are a separate class from the aforementioned living creatures or not, but according to Jewish tradition, normal angels of this choir could look and often did look, human. Both TheArkOfTheCovenant and Solomon's Temple included images of angels of this class in their design that seem a little closer to Ezekiel's description though.
* ''Seraphim'' — (singular ''Seraph'') Mentioned by Isaiah to have six wings, four of which are used to cover themselves. Their name means "burning ones".
* ''Angels'' — These are the ordinary inhabitants of Heaven; if something needs doing on earth, these are the guys who generally do it. Also often used as a generic term for all members of the heavenly hosts, of whatever rank or species.
There is also a traditional ''celestial hierarchy'' of angels, which comes from an early [[WordOfDante Christian writing by one "Dionysius"]] (thus, the ranking and some of the angelic classes themselves are not found in Literature/TheBible). It divides angels into the following nine "Choirs" ordered from greatest to least, of which only the first and last two are commonly seen in art and literature:
* ''Seraphim'' -- (singular ''Seraph'') Traditionally six-winged, red, and fiery; represent God's love. The reason they have six wings is to cover [[OneWingedAngel their true form]], which is so bright and glorious that [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm all who gaze upon it (sometimes including lesser angels) are incinerated instantly]]. They are also associated with snakes (their name is a corruption of "sarap," "fiery," more often than not connected with the word "nahash," "serpent"), and are outrightly described as [[OurDragonsAreDifferent draconic]] in appearance (see 2 Enoch and gnostic texts, for instance). Some traditions say their leader is Seraphiel, others say it's Michael. (Michael is an "archangel", but this doesn't necessarily mean he belongs to the second-lowest choir.) Satan ''used'' to be one of these (hence his six wings in Dante's ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''). If they're ''not'' covered and won't set you on fire, they're described as handsome... but tall, terrifying, fiery, and speaking in Earth-shaking (quite literally) voices.
* ''Cherubim'' -- (singular ''Cherub'') Tend to be depicted in blue, or ''as'' blue (or red, or lots of different colors); represent God's knowledge and act as soldiers and [[GuardianEntity guardian angels]]. St. Gabriel is Head Cherub. In TheMiddleAges, often misunderstood to be a single angel ''named'' "Cherubin." In UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance, the ''Putti'', chubby little children or even a chubby face between two or more wings, were later [[SadlyMythtaken confused]] with Cherubim (or even Seraphim, as in [[http://www.lib-art.com/imgpainting/7/0/10507-stigmata-of-st-francis-domenico-ghirlandaio.jpg this painting]] by Ghirlandaio).
* ''Thrones'' or ''Ophanim'' -- Hold up God's throne, or are the living wheels of His chariot. They serve as the [[GeniusLoci headquarters]] of the Virtues and the Upper Choirs and control the natural laws as well as being the bringers of God's justice who represent His authority (and badassery). They have the most alien physical descriptions of all the angels: wheels nested within wheels, constantly spinning, with rims covered in eyes. They may be "beryl-colored" (probably a greeny-yellow) and/or on fire. See page image.
* ''Dominions'' -- Possibly mentioned in Protestant (Col. 1:16) and Jewish [[Literature/TheBible Bible]] canons. Wear crowns; represent God's power. Each serves as the patron angel of a nation [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent and ruler of all angels assigned to that nation.]]
* ''Virtues'' -- Not mentioned in Protestant and Jewish [[Literature/TheBible Bible]] canons. Traditionally wear armor and swords and are considered to control the heavenly bodies. They live in the Thrones. The previous three choirs form the bulk of the heavenly army.
* ''Powers'' -- Possibly mentioned in Protestant (Col. 1:16) and Jewish [[Literature/TheBible Bible]] canons. Carry flaming swords and chains to bind TheDevil; serve as {{guardian|Entity}}s. In Christian tradition, the Angel with the FlamingSword in Eden was one of these, the Archangel Jophiel. Are considered [[InternalAffairs Angels Of Justice]] and are considered perfect, incorruptible ultimate angels created by God himself. ([[Franchise/RoboCop Sound familiar]]?) [[AIIsACrapshoot Naturally ]]some beliefs list [[TheDevil Satan]] as a former Power.
* ''Principalities'' -- Possibly mentioned as a group in Protestant (Col. 1:16) and Jewish [[Literature/TheBible Bible]] canons. The Book of Daniel refers to a spirit that Gabriel calls "the Prince of Persia."[[note]]Note that the "Prince of Persia" is mentioned as being ''in opposition'' to Michael and Gabriel, so the competing AlternativeCharacterInterpretation is that the "Prince of Persia" and later mentioned "Prince of Greece" are actually both ''[[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]]''.[[/note]] Gabriel also identifies Michael as the Prince of Israel. Principalities traditionally bear armor and swords and watch over rulers and nations. As well as acting as [[DaChief the head of a specific group of angels.]]
* ''Archangels'' -- According to apocryphal works there are seven, including [[ArchangelMichael Michael]], [[ArchangelGabriel Gabriel]] (mentioned in Literature/TheBible canon but only as a normal angel), and [[ArchangelRaphael Raphael]] (appears in the deuterocanonical book of Tobit). (Names for the others, such as Zadkiel, [[ArchangelUriel Uriel]], and Ithuriel, don't seem to have caught on.) Each archangel is the head of one of the remaining upper choirs. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, there are seven major archangels; however, other than the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael the names of the others vary radically. Also the arrangement of the choirs and the status of archangels vary. In Christianity, archangels often embody a particular function or idea: for instance, Raphael is the archangel of Healing, Raguel the archangel of justice and Jegudiel of politics.
* ''Angels'' -- Used as a name of an angelic choir, these are usually the lowest rung of the hierarchy. They function as messengers to and from Earth. Though of course, "angel" is also a general term for all members of the nine choirs, just as "archangel" is a general term for an angel in authority over other angels.
** An interesting note, in the book of Acts, Saint Peter was imprisoned by Herod. His friends all thought he was dead, so when divine intervention rescues him and he goes knocking on their door; they think that it is "his angel." The Bible simply lists them thinking this without stating that it's correct or incorrect, but it does indicate how the "Dead people = Angels" confusion/argument has been going on at least for the last two thousand years.
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* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': The Godhand's members are referred to as Five Angels despite looking demonic. Powerful elemental beings are also seen as angels by the CrystalDragonJesus church.
* The ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' angels take this to an extreme. The first few are skyscraper-sized humanoids, but then they descend into multi-eyed beasts, abstract shapes, '''nanoviruses''', formless... [[BuffySpeak things]], and, unbelievably enough, [[BishonenLine one that's easily mistaken for a human being]]. It's explained in the [[AllThereInTheManual Classified Information]], but basically [[spoiler:the Angels were born from [[EldritchAbomination Adam]], who is a Seed of Life, just like Lilith, the progenitor of all terrestrial life, including humans, hence why humanity as a whole, born from Lilith, are [[TomatoInTheMirror collectively the 18th Angel.]]]] However, in all honesty, aside from being called Angels and sharing some names, they don't seem to resemble Supernatural Cosmic Entities or Messengers/Servants of a Higher Power at all, but rather just Alien Invaders for all practical purposes. In Japanese, they are called the ''shito'', the term used for the disciples of Jesus by Japanese Christians, hence a more appropriate translation would be 'Apostles'. Though this still isn't a very apt description of what they are.
* ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'': Holy crap, these are not the angels you expected! They'd be cuter [[GrotesqueCute if they stopped maiming/killing]] Sakura-kun.
* ''Manga/AngelSanctuary'' -- Where they do drugs, have {{reincarnat|ion}}ed incestuous lesbian relationships and brainwash people through video games. Also, some have disabilities, some are born with only one wing, Metatron is a perpetual infant, and Rosiel doesn't just go batshit insane; [[spoiler:in the end, he starts aging backwards and decaying in the first place. Also, Rosiel's beauty is because he ''removed Alexiel's skin and grafted it onto his own body.'']] Let's face it, Rosiel is about as far into WTF territory as you can get.
* ''Manga/{{Bizenghast}}'' has the souls set free from torment turn into angels with long white robes and haloes of flame.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** Most of the angels in Digimon are pretty blond {{Winged Humanoid}}s, while most Fallen Angel Digimon are black-clad {{Winged Humanoid}}s with really sharp claws. The Angemon and Devimon "family" are quite large, mostly consisting of advanced, [[DistaffCounterpart female]], or {{Palette Swap}}ped versions of the original, with [[PowerGivesYouWings the number of wings increasing with the level of power]]. (Lucemon may look like a child, but he's got 12 wings to Angemon's six and is not a nice guy. [[OhCrap This is the part where you run away]].) Cherubimon's the exception to the rule. If they become corrupt, they evolve into fallen-angel counterparts. Oddly enough, the fallen angels outnumber the regular angels, thanks to EvilIsCool.
** Holydra/Magnadramon combines this with OurDragonsAreDifferent [[MixAndMatchCreatures and]] MegaNeko.
** Within the Adventure continuity, angel-type mons have a type advantage over [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Nightmare Soldiers]], which comes very much in handy.
** There is a list of the more well-known ones on Digimon's work page.
* The Angels of ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}'' appear to be a total aversion of the traditional angel archetype. They're [[spoiler:former male humans who have had a time spore put into them]], have flesh-like wings and monstrous features (including [[SupernaturalGoldEyes gold eyes]] with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red sclerae]]), work for the BigBad who [[AGodAmI considers himself to be a God]], but are monstrous creatures that continually hunt the immortal women of the story in order to [[spoiler:consume their time spores]]. However, right at the end of the series, [[spoiler:Rin ingests Tajimamori's angel time spore and sprouts feathery wings when she takes over as the protector of Yggdrasil]].
* Archangel/ cherubim Jophiel from ''Manga/LucuLucu'' is… somewhat different, as in: four faces, arms and wings. Plus he's essentially immaterial spirit who has to possess mortals to be able to stay in the mortal plane. Though, of course, [[OlderThanYouThink this is how cherubim were described in the Bible]].
* In ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', angels are called Ancients. They were the original inhabitants of the world and can take various shapes, from the typical WingedHumanoid (Michel) to the SmallAnnoyingCreature with a human head and halo who otherwise looks like a bird (Fuku). It's implied that the Winged Ones sometimes act as other mythological creatures ([[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]], [[TheFairFolk fairy]], etc.), are also Ancients from a certain point of view, but the species as a whole is given the stereotypical characteristics of angels.
* ''Earthian'''s angels oversee Earth in pairs from their place on Eden. Each pair is made up of an angel who gives humans (also called "[[TitleDrop Earthians]]") positive points for good deeds and another angel who gives them negative points for bad actions. If the total point tally ever reaches 10,000 negatives, the angels will destroy Earth. The angels are classic light-haired and white-winged humanoids, with the exception of one of the main characters who has dark hair and wings like those of Lucifers, or fallen angels. They're also forbidden from having same-sex relations, which creates a quandary for the two [[BoysLove very male main characters]].
* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'': Angels are WingedHumanoid {{Cute Mute}}s, except when [[MagicMusic singing]] -- or at least the audience can't hear their speaking voices. They serve as the personifications of goddesses' souls. They also hatch from minuscule eggs. It should be noted that since the goddesses (and demons) are actually ten-dimensional horrors who disguise themselves as human so that they don't scare everyone they meet shitless (they're scary enough to strip away a man's sanity), the angels are probably just as or even more terrifying.
* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
** Most angels appear to mostly be decent/lawful neutral guys, but if separated from Heaven, they will go absolutely berserk in their attempts to get back. While they will try to get back in the least destructive way possible, if all other options are lost, they literally have no choice but to cause widespread destruction (like ''nuclear war'' levels of destruction) in order to fuel their re-ascent. Also, NoBiologicalSex is in effect.
** The ArchangelGabriel is shown on Earth, having been dragged down from Heaven by an unintentional spell known as "Angel Fall", which would normally be impossible, if not for an unknown event in the recent past or distant future known as "The Distortion of the Elements". This swapped its natural element of water with fire and incarnated it [[HumanityEnsues into a female form]], weakening it significantly, but still leaving it one of the most powerful beings in existence. It was capable of turning day into night, and rearranging the stars to create a massive world-destroying magic circle, while idly fending off powerful attacks from Kanzaki Kaori, a powerful holy mage in her own right, at least by human standards.
** Chronologically, the first angel we see is an artificial science angel, born [[spoiler:from the Level-Upper Network]]. It is a strange, fetus-like creature that lashes out at anything nearby, and is driven by the collective rage and despair of [[spoiler:the ten thousand linked espers that created it]].
** [[spoiler:Kazakiri Hyouka]] is another artificial angel, born of the AIM Diffusion field. Although under normal circumstances she's just a human-shaped shell with a really good HealingFactor, with the right stimulus she can become a creature capable of putting an AntiMagic field over the entire city.
** Certain espers can also "Awaken," which allows them to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin awaken]] their angelic forms, presumably having something to do with AIM fields. [[spoiler:A level 6 esper is basically an angel]].
** In chapter 61 of ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'', using information gathered from the [[spoiler:Level Upper]] incident, [[spoiler:[[MindControl Misaki Shokuhou]]'s AmplifierArtifact is stolen and used to force Mikoto Misaka to join with the [[HiveMind MISAKA Network]], causing her to undergo the level 6 Shift and Awakening her angel form]]. It's explained that at 53%, she'll lose her human mind (presumably when she passes the point of no return and becomes a true angel), and at 100% she'll destroy herself and the city (when she tries to ascend to Heaven but fails because there is no more room for any more angels).
** There is the greatest secret of Academy City, known by the code-word DRAGON: [[spoiler:the otherworldly being known as Aiwass. It is an existence somewhat similar to an angel, but obviously different at the same time. Nobody really knows ''anything'' about Aiwass (YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm being in full effect), though what is known is that it is the single most powerful entity yet introduced]].
** In ''Manga/ACertainScientificAccelerator'', [[spoiler:a demon hijacks the Rosenthal family golem spell (with the help of an esper researcher desperate to get his sister back) and downloads the memories of the ten thousand deaths of the MISAKA Network in order to artificially increase its esper power and become a level 6. The result is a massive necrotic slug-like monster with angel wings]].
* In ''Anime/ShatteredAngels'', they come in the form of "Absolute Angels," a 4-girl strong race of genetically created superhumans capable of turning into a mecha style combat power armour or just transmorificating parts of their body into different parts of the mechas. Also, they feed by absorbing life force from normies through a kiss and are each [[spoiler:a warrior-slave to a member of the douchebaggy Ayanokojo family, except Tarlotte who's more of a daughter to her Ayanokoji]].
* ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'': In the anime version, [[spoiler:Father Remington]] claims that he's "not unlike an angel," leading many fans to speculate that he's a fallen angel. (He's shown to live over a century, so there's ''something'' up with him.)
* ''Manga/KamikazeKaitouJeanne'': Angels are the souls of strong people in Purgatory (sort of, since Heaven's actually a nice place). They can't consciously remember their human lives and are only allowed to be reborn in human form if they manage to gather enough sacred energy for God. Those who ''waste'' their sacred energy, though...
* ''Anime/ErgoProxy'': The Proxies are sort of like angels, although the word is never used. They exist to fulfill the will of a Creator [[spoiler:i.e., humans who fled from Earth in the far past,]] and have nearly god-like powers. Two of those shown, Kazki's Proxy and Monad Proxy have wings, and the former calls to mind FallenAngel imagery (he's an evil {{bishonen}} whose true form is a black, horned creature). There's also the fact that [[CharacterTitle Ergo Proxy]] [[spoiler:the protagonist Vincent, thus an AngelUnaware]] calls to mind the Angel of Death with his CatchPhrase, "I am Ergo Proxy, the agent of death."
* In ''Manga/KoiCupid'', cupids exist to bring couples together so their baby can be born.
* In ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'', both Cain and Abel can transform into 4-winged angel-like beings when their Crusnik powers are activated, with Cain having [[LightIsNotGood white wings]] and Abel having [[DarkIsNotEvil black wings]], respectively. Aside from the obvious CainAndAbel parallel, they also serve as analogies to other angels, for example, Cain is a fairly obvious stand-in for [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]], particularly with his "fell to Earth" backstory.
* In ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', Panty and Stocking spend their time engaging in [[SevenDeadlySins lust and gluttony]], respectively, and in a rather human form. They remove undergarments to use as weapons and assume a slightly more angelic form via [[TransformationSequence pole-dance]]. They did get banished from Heaven but did ''not'' become demons [[spoiler:(unless one counts Stocking in the mind-screwy GainaxEnding)]], instead hunting down ghosts to redeem their actions - ghosts who in this series are also [[OurGhostsAreDifferent quite different]].
* Nadeshiko Kinomoto from ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''. An already rather angelic-looking woman (by conventional Western definition of "angelic"), she died and got a pair of wings in {{Heaven}}.
** The moon-guardian Yue could arguably also count.
* ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'': our angels are, put bluntly, weird. In order: their morality is [[MoralMyopia myopic]] [[FantasticRacism at best]]; while some of them (most notably Apollonius, Touma, and Futaba) are {{Winged Humanoid}}s (and some of them even have feathers for hair), they vary enough to include sphinx-like figures and their Looming Menacing Bat-Winged Leader With The Helmet (™); yes, they are supernatural…kind of…we think; yes, most of them are indeed jerks; they are fairly humanesque, although they would vigorously deny this; and they cannot fall from any kind of divine grace ''per se'', although Apollonius certainly gave it his best effort. [[spoiler:Other differences: they are capable of breeding with humans, with a couple of major characters being descended from Apollonius and the human warrior Celiane; they reproduce by means of the Tree of Life, which has to be illuminated by Solarwing's power before it will be restored; their feathers can store information, and can be implanted into a human to grant superhuman piloting ability at the cost of hideous pain; and they treat humanity as livestock, harvesting us to feed our life energy to the Tree.]]
* ''Manga/BlackButler'': We have [[spoiler:Angela/Ash]], the [[GenderBender on-command gender-bending]] fallen angel. But of course, this one also has those [[WingedHumanoid big, white, feathery wings]] to make it [[SarcasmMode all better.]] [[spoiler:And is trying to purge England of the unclean and useless.]]
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has a few examples, the natives of Sky Island being the most obvious. Their wings are never seen or mentioned to be functional. In fact, the only person who seems to comment at all on their appearance is Sanji, and only with respect to the women. The fact that the Shandorians seem to have had wings even before they were, ahem, relocated just makes it more peculiar. Also, in the 10th movie, the villagers of the levitating islands suddenly sprout wings and fly [[spoiler:to freedom when their island prison is destroyed]]. Prior to this, the slight feathering on their arms is only tentatively described as existing because they "Wish to become birds."
* In ''Manga/BloodyCross'', the only pureblood angel shown is Tsuduki, who tends to act childish, immature and manipulative. He also doesn't appear to have wings or any other angelic features. The Manga also features a number of half-angels, who are all cursed to die when they turn 18 because of their heritage.
* ''Anime/AngelBeats'' only has one angel, [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep who is always referred to as "angel" in English or "tenshi" in Japanese]] [[spoiler:for the first few episodes]]. She tries to "obliterate" people to force them to leave the afterlife and get reincarnated, and has some {{Franchise/Pokemon}}-esque [[GratuitousEnglish "guard skills."]] [[spoiler:Eventually they learn that she isn't an angel--she rejects being called one, and is really more of a TechnoWizard--making the title a bit of a NonIndicativeName.]]
* ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'' has Ikaros, an "Angeloid" that fell out of the sky. She, like every Angeloid, grants [[MyMasterRightOrWrong every command the "master" gives]], even going so far as attempting to kill herself after mistaking a bad joke as a command. She has variable feathered wings, sometimes bright white and emanating energy. All angeloids are self-aware winged androids (hence the name) built for very specific purposes (which leads to them having various lackings in other areas such as weak body build, low intelligence or no emotions) and generally treated as products by their masters. These masters look like the more traditional angels, with two or four feathered wings. They are actually a highly technologically advanced ancient civilisation.
* In ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' [[spoiler:they look like little winged people without reproductive organs. They also have antennae that shoot lightning.]] Earth's god put an angel egg on the planet to ensure humanity would remain primitive since other species did terrible things with advanced technology. Angels can replicate by eating enough metal which ensures there would be none of that if human beings discovered how to refine ore.
* ''Manga/DragonBall'' has [[{{Crossover}} the same angels]] found in ''Dr Slump'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZRevivalOfF'' goes on to reveal slightly cuter variation of them that soothe souls who are being punished in {{hell}}. ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' reveals that the race of blue-skinned, white-haired people with violet eyes and blue {{Holy Halo}}s who serve as attendants to certain gods first revealed in ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' are themselves another type of angel. In addition to prodigious destructive power surpassing even gods of destruction, these have been shown to possess ThePowerOfCreation, usually associated with the Supreme Kais, making them some of the most versatile beings in the setting and much stronger than any of the protagonists.
* [[http://static.zerochan.net/Nyatenshi.full.653089.jpg Nyatenshi an angel cat]] from [[Anime/NyanpireTheAnimation ''The Gothic World of Nyanpire'']], is not your typical angel. He is actually a FallenAngel from Heaven and claims that he got kicked out by God because he was hanging out with another female cat that already has a husband. He is the second friend that Nyanpire befriends, and he would sometimes flirt with him which causes Masamunya to get very jealous of him. He would mostly make [[SmugSnake smug expressions around him friends]] and loves chasing a small cat with a stick.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'',
** One of the rare times Honda duels he uses a very impressive female monster called Command Angel, a tall, blonde, stern young woman dressed like a Green Beret with a midriff-bearing shirt and angelic wings. (Not a real card, and [[OneSceneWonder it only appeared in that duel]] but many fans have often expressed a desire for an OCG version.)
** The Creator God of Light, Horakhty, is basically an angel design-wise, though it is said to be a god and comes from a fusion of two dragons and whatever Obelisk the Tormentor is.
* The Sternritter from ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'' can enter [[OneWingedAngel Quincy: Vollständig]], giving them a [[HolyHalo halo]] and "holy wings" made of spiritual energy. Each member's Vollständig amplifies their unique ability and has a name fitting of an actual archangel. None of them have the archetypal angel wings, but rather take the form of pixels, jaws, thunderbolts, bones, hearts and even just rods. However, the Elite Guard gain said wings, [[spoiler:after being revived and strengthened by Yhwach through the sacrifice of almost all the other remaining Sternritters.]]
** Sternritter [[FacialMarkings X]], [[ColdSniper Lille Barro]], of the aforementioned Elite Guard, takes this UpToEleven with his Vollständig, "Jilliel" (ironically making him the closest interpretation to the original Bible's description among them), with an armored, armless form that [[{{Intangibility}} can't be hurt]], a halo, four pairs of wings reminiscent of a seraph, and holes all over his body and wings that unleash his [[UnblockableAttack power]]. He transforms even more when he gets damaged: into [[EldritchAbomination a giant owl with a long neck, deer-like legs, long and lanky humanoid arms, the wings from his first form, and a halo above his head]]. Taking the angel parallels even further, he states that, as he is the first Sternritter bestowed a Schrift by [[BigBad Yhwach]], he's the latter's greatest creation, and refers to himself as a "[[MouthOfSauron Messenger of God]]" with {{God}} being Yhwach.
* ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'' has the Flügel, ranked sixth among the Exceed races. The kanji for their name may be read as angels, but Sora notes their nature is rather contrary and more similar to demons since they hold powers of mass-destruction and massacred countless beings as the "god-killing weapons" of the Old Deus of war, Artosh, during the Great War 6,000 years ago. After the declaration of the Ten Pledges, the Flügel began collecting knowledge all over Disboard by robbing the other races of their books and were not interested in anything but searching for the unknown out there.
* ''Manga/PlatinumEnd'''s angels mostly fit the usual appearance of angels (young-looking and slender, with wings and a halo, bathed in light), but Nasse at least [[BlueAndOrangeMorality doesn't grok human moral standards or thought processes]] − doesn't seem to see anything wrong with stealing or even killing people if it's out of retribution, for example. It's unclear if this is just her, or a common thing among angels.
* The angels in ''Manga/ACentaursLife'' are human. Literally! They're considered a race of humans, just like imps, centaurs, satyrs, or mermaids, even able to interbreed. This is a world where there are no 'normal' humans. Angels are set apart from other humans by having feathered wings [[WingsDoNothing only useful for keeping warm]], no tails, hair that grows into the structure called a 'halo', and unique small round ears. Angels have no special powers but are very loosely associated with spirituality.
* 'Angels' in ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'' setting are essentially an answer to the question, "What would Christianity be like if there was no New Testament?" This is why the vast majority of angels are jerks. Other differences include their designation as 'goddesses', not angels ''per se'', and the Supreme Deity that they serve being female and very much not supreme (the Demon King being equal to her in power).
* ''Manhua/RetiredHeroes'': Angels are small pieces of primordial order that guide and teach humanity. Like demons, the primordial order doesn't have a huge effect on their personalities, and they don't really act much different from humans. But they are still convinced that they are superior and must guide humans while exterminating demons.
* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': Angels follow the typical fictional depiction (halo, white wings, more wings with increasing rank) but their names, roles, and hierarchy are [[ShownTheirWork based heavily on actual scripture]]. Said details are a bit of a [[InterfaithSmoothie slurry of everything Abrahamic]] but this is explained as an in-universe deception. Further, since [[spoiler:GodIsDead as a casualty to the GreatOffscreenWar]], there haven't been any new angels in far too long and their numbers continue to dwindle. To combat this, they developed the ability to create Brave Saints: artificial angels made by reincarnating faithful humans, working to a playing card motif[[labelnote:*]]To contrast with the Devils' ChessMotif.[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/InterspeciesReviewers'' gives us Crimvael, who goes by Crim, one of the main characters. He fell from heaven when the Godess accidentally sneezed in his direction and [[BrokenAngel broke his halo]], causing him to be stuck on the surface and unable to use any angelic powers. He has most of the regular angelic attributes, though the story develops them differently than the norm. First of all, he's OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous, being a {{Hermaphrodite}} with a gender-neutral intersex appearance. His wings also float detached from his body just like his halo, with him not actually flapping them to fly. He's also fully capable of having sex with people, something he ends up doing a lot of over the course of the series, since it's about reviewing brothels, without there being any potential risk of becoming a fallen angel.
* In ''Manga/HeavensDesignTeam'', angels serve as an intermediary between God and the Design Team. They look and act like regular humans, and don't seem to have any different physiology or powers than the AmbiguouslyHuman Animal Designers themselves.
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* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': The Godhand's members are referred to as Five Angels despite looking demonic. Powerful elemental beings are also seen as angels by the CrystalDragonJesus church.
* The ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' angels take this to an extreme. The first few are skyscraper-sized humanoids, but then they descend into multi-eyed beasts, abstract shapes, '''nanoviruses''', formless... [[BuffySpeak things]], and, unbelievably enough, [[BishonenLine one that's easily mistaken for a human being]]. It's explained in the [[AllThereInTheManual Classified Information]], but basically [[spoiler:the Angels were born from [[EldritchAbomination Adam]], who is a Seed of Life, just like Lilith, the progenitor of all terrestrial life, including humans, hence why humanity as a whole, born from Lilith, are [[TomatoInTheMirror collectively the 18th Angel.]]]] However, in all honesty, aside from being called Angels and sharing some names, they don't seem to resemble Supernatural Cosmic Entities or Messengers/Servants of a Higher Power at all, but rather just Alien Invaders for all practical purposes. In Japanese, they are called the ''shito'', the term used for the disciples of Jesus by Japanese Christians, hence a more appropriate translation would be 'Apostles'. Though this still isn't a very apt description of what they are.
* ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'': Holy crap, these are not the angels you expected! They'd be cuter [[GrotesqueCute if they stopped maiming/killing]] Sakura-kun.
* ''Manga/AngelSanctuary'' -- Where they do drugs, have {{reincarnat|ion}}ed incestuous lesbian relationships and brainwash people through video games. Also, some have disabilities, some are born with only one wing, Metatron is a perpetual infant, and Rosiel doesn't just go batshit insane; [[spoiler:in the end, he starts aging backwards and decaying in the first place. Also, Rosiel's beauty is because he ''removed Alexiel's skin and grafted it onto his own body.'']] Let's face it, Rosiel is about as far into WTF territory as you can get.
* ''Manga/{{Bizenghast}}'' has the souls set free from torment turn into angels with long white robes and haloes of flame.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** Most of the angels in Digimon are pretty blond {{Winged Humanoid}}s, while most Fallen Angel Digimon are black-clad {{Winged Humanoid}}s with really sharp claws. The Angemon and Devimon "family" are quite large, mostly consisting of advanced, [[DistaffCounterpart female]], or {{Palette Swap}}ped versions of the original, with [[PowerGivesYouWings the number of wings increasing with the level of power]]. (Lucemon may look like a child, but he's got 12 wings to Angemon's six and is not a nice guy. [[OhCrap This is the part where you run away]].) Cherubimon's the exception to the rule. If they become corrupt, they evolve into fallen-angel counterparts. Oddly enough, the fallen angels outnumber the regular angels, thanks to EvilIsCool.
** Holydra/Magnadramon combines this with OurDragonsAreDifferent [[MixAndMatchCreatures and]] MegaNeko.
** Within the Adventure continuity, angel-type mons have a type advantage over [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Nightmare Soldiers]], which comes very much in handy.
** There is a list of the more well-known ones on Digimon's work page.
* The Angels of ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}'' appear to be a total aversion of the traditional angel archetype. They're [[spoiler:former male humans who have had a time spore put into them]], have flesh-like wings and monstrous features (including [[SupernaturalGoldEyes gold eyes]] with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red sclerae]]), work for the BigBad who [[AGodAmI considers himself to be a God]], but are monstrous creatures that continually hunt the immortal women of the story in order to [[spoiler:consume their time spores]]. However, right at the end of the series, [[spoiler:Rin ingests Tajimamori's angel time spore and sprouts feathery wings when she takes over as the protector of Yggdrasil]].
* Archangel/ cherubim Jophiel from ''Manga/LucuLucu'' is… somewhat different, as in: four faces, arms and wings. Plus he's essentially immaterial spirit who has to possess mortals to be able to stay in the mortal plane. Though, of course, [[OlderThanYouThink this is how cherubim were described in the Bible]].
* In ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', angels are called Ancients. They were the original inhabitants of the world and can take various shapes, from the typical WingedHumanoid (Michel) to the SmallAnnoyingCreature with a human head and halo who otherwise looks like a bird (Fuku). It's implied that the Winged Ones sometimes act as other mythological creatures ([[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]], [[TheFairFolk fairy]], etc.), are also Ancients from a certain point of view, but the species as a whole is given the stereotypical characteristics of angels.
* ''Earthian'''s angels oversee Earth in pairs from their place on Eden. Each pair is made up of an angel who gives humans (also called "[[TitleDrop Earthians]]") positive points for good deeds and another angel who gives them negative points for bad actions. If the total point tally ever reaches 10,000 negatives, the angels will destroy Earth. The angels are classic light-haired and white-winged humanoids, with the exception of one of the main characters who has dark hair and wings like those of Lucifers, or fallen angels. They're also forbidden from having same-sex relations, which creates a quandary for the two [[BoysLove very male main characters]].
* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'': Angels are WingedHumanoid {{Cute Mute}}s, except when [[MagicMusic singing]] -- or at least the audience can't hear their speaking voices. They serve as the personifications of goddesses' souls. They also hatch from minuscule eggs. It should be noted that since the goddesses (and demons) are actually ten-dimensional horrors who disguise themselves as human so that they don't scare everyone they meet shitless (they're scary enough to strip away a man's sanity), the angels are probably just as or even more terrifying.
* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
** Most angels appear to mostly be decent/lawful neutral guys, but if separated from Heaven, they will go absolutely berserk in their attempts to get back. While they will try to get back in the least destructive way possible, if all other options are lost, they literally have no choice but to cause widespread destruction (like ''nuclear war'' levels of destruction) in order to fuel their re-ascent. Also, NoBiologicalSex is in effect.
** The ArchangelGabriel is shown on Earth, having been dragged down from Heaven by an unintentional spell known as "Angel Fall", which would normally be impossible, if not for an unknown event in the recent past or distant future known as "The Distortion of the Elements". This swapped its natural element of water with fire and incarnated it [[HumanityEnsues into a female form]], weakening it significantly, but still leaving it one of the most powerful beings in existence. It was capable of turning day into night, and rearranging the stars to create a massive world-destroying magic circle, while idly fending off powerful attacks from Kanzaki Kaori, a powerful holy mage in her own right, at least by human standards.
** Chronologically, the first angel we see is an artificial science angel, born [[spoiler:from the Level-Upper Network]]. It is a strange, fetus-like creature that lashes out at anything nearby, and is driven by the collective rage and despair of [[spoiler:the ten thousand linked espers that created it]].
** [[spoiler:Kazakiri Hyouka]] is another artificial angel, born of the AIM Diffusion field. Although under normal circumstances she's just a human-shaped shell with a really good HealingFactor, with the right stimulus she can become a creature capable of putting an AntiMagic field over the entire city.
** Certain espers can also "Awaken," which allows them to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin awaken]] their angelic forms, presumably having something to do with AIM fields. [[spoiler:A level 6 esper is basically an angel]].
** In chapter 61 of ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'', using information gathered from the [[spoiler:Level Upper]] incident, [[spoiler:[[MindControl Misaki Shokuhou]]'s AmplifierArtifact is stolen and used to force Mikoto Misaka to join with the [[HiveMind MISAKA Network]], causing her to undergo the level 6 Shift and Awakening her angel form]]. It's explained that at 53%, she'll lose her human mind (presumably when she passes the point of no return and becomes a true angel), and at 100% she'll destroy herself and the city (when she tries to ascend to Heaven but fails because there is no more room for any more angels).
** There is the greatest secret of Academy City, known by the code-word DRAGON: [[spoiler:the otherworldly being known as Aiwass. It is an existence somewhat similar to an angel, but obviously different at the same time. Nobody really knows ''anything'' about Aiwass (YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm being in full effect), though what is known is that it is the single most powerful entity yet introduced]].
** In ''Manga/ACertainScientificAccelerator'', [[spoiler:a demon hijacks the Rosenthal family golem spell (with the help of an esper researcher desperate to get his sister back) and downloads the memories of the ten thousand deaths of the MISAKA Network in order to artificially increase its esper power and become a level 6. The result is a massive necrotic slug-like monster with angel wings]].
* In ''Anime/ShatteredAngels'', they come in the form of "Absolute Angels," a 4-girl strong race of genetically created superhumans capable of turning into a mecha style combat power armour or just transmorificating parts of their body into different parts of the mechas. Also, they feed by absorbing life force from normies through a kiss and are each [[spoiler:a warrior-slave to a member of the douchebaggy Ayanokojo family, except Tarlotte who's more of a daughter to her Ayanokoji]].
* ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'': In the anime version, [[spoiler:Father Remington]] claims that he's "not unlike an angel," leading many fans to speculate that he's a fallen angel. (He's shown to live over a century, so there's ''something'' up with him.)
* ''Manga/KamikazeKaitouJeanne'': Angels are the souls of strong people in Purgatory (sort of, since Heaven's actually a nice place). They can't consciously remember their human lives and are only allowed to be reborn in human form if they manage to gather enough sacred energy for God. Those who ''waste'' their sacred energy, though...
* ''Anime/ErgoProxy'': The Proxies are sort of like angels, although the word is never used. They exist to fulfill the will of a Creator [[spoiler:i.e., humans who fled from Earth in the far past,]] and have nearly god-like powers. Two of those shown, Kazki's Proxy and Monad Proxy have wings, and the former calls to mind FallenAngel imagery (he's an evil {{bishonen}} whose true form is a black, horned creature). There's also the fact that [[CharacterTitle Ergo Proxy]] [[spoiler:the protagonist Vincent, thus an AngelUnaware]] calls to mind the Angel of Death with his CatchPhrase, "I am Ergo Proxy, the agent of death."
* In ''Manga/KoiCupid'', cupids exist to bring couples together so their baby can be born.
* In ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'', both Cain and Abel can transform into 4-winged angel-like beings when their Crusnik powers are activated, with Cain having [[LightIsNotGood white wings]] and Abel having [[DarkIsNotEvil black wings]], respectively. Aside from the obvious CainAndAbel parallel, they also serve as analogies to other angels, for example, Cain is a fairly obvious stand-in for [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]], particularly with his "fell to Earth" backstory.
* In ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', Panty and Stocking spend their time engaging in [[SevenDeadlySins lust and gluttony]], respectively, and in a rather human form. They remove undergarments to use as weapons and assume a slightly more angelic form via [[TransformationSequence pole-dance]]. They did get banished from Heaven but did ''not'' become demons [[spoiler:(unless one counts Stocking in the mind-screwy GainaxEnding)]], instead hunting down ghosts to redeem their actions - ghosts who in this series are also [[OurGhostsAreDifferent quite different]].
* Nadeshiko Kinomoto from ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''. An already rather angelic-looking woman (by conventional Western definition of "angelic"), she died and got a pair of wings in {{Heaven}}.
** The moon-guardian Yue could arguably also count.
* ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'': our angels are, put bluntly, weird. In order: their morality is [[MoralMyopia myopic]] [[FantasticRacism at best]]; while some of them (most notably Apollonius, Touma, and Futaba) are {{Winged Humanoid}}s (and some of them even have feathers for hair), they vary enough to include sphinx-like figures and their Looming Menacing Bat-Winged Leader With The Helmet (™); yes, they are supernatural…kind of…we think; yes, most of them are indeed jerks; they are fairly humanesque, although they would vigorously deny this; and they cannot fall from any kind of divine grace ''per se'', although Apollonius certainly gave it his best effort. [[spoiler:Other differences: they are capable of breeding with humans, with a couple of major characters being descended from Apollonius and the human warrior Celiane; they reproduce by means of the Tree of Life, which has to be illuminated by Solarwing's power before it will be restored; their feathers can store information, and can be implanted into a human to grant superhuman piloting ability at the cost of hideous pain; and they treat humanity as livestock, harvesting us to feed our life energy to the Tree.]]
* ''Manga/BlackButler'': We have [[spoiler:Angela/Ash]], the [[GenderBender on-command gender-bending]] fallen angel. But of course, this one also has those [[WingedHumanoid big, white, feathery wings]] to make it [[SarcasmMode all better.]] [[spoiler:And is trying to purge England of the unclean and useless.]]
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has a few examples, the natives of Sky Island being the most obvious. Their wings are never seen or mentioned to be functional. In fact, the only person who seems to comment at all on their appearance is Sanji, and only with respect to the women. The fact that the Shandorians seem to have had wings even before they were, ahem, relocated just makes it more peculiar. Also, in the 10th movie, the villagers of the levitating islands suddenly sprout wings and fly [[spoiler:to freedom when their island prison is destroyed]]. Prior to this, the slight feathering on their arms is only tentatively described as existing because they "Wish to become birds."
* In ''Manga/BloodyCross'', the only pureblood angel shown is Tsuduki, who tends to act childish, immature and manipulative. He also doesn't appear to have wings or any other angelic features. The Manga also features a number of half-angels, who are all cursed to die when they turn 18 because of their heritage.
* ''Anime/AngelBeats'' only has one angel, [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep who is always referred to as "angel" in English or "tenshi" in Japanese]] [[spoiler:for the first few episodes]]. She tries to "obliterate" people to force them to leave the afterlife and get reincarnated, and has some {{Franchise/Pokemon}}-esque [[GratuitousEnglish "guard skills."]] [[spoiler:Eventually they learn that she isn't an angel--she rejects being called one, and is really more of a TechnoWizard--making the title a bit of a NonIndicativeName.]]
* ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'' has Ikaros, an "Angeloid" that fell out of the sky. She, like every Angeloid, grants [[MyMasterRightOrWrong every command the "master" gives]], even going so far as attempting to kill herself after mistaking a bad joke as a command. She has variable feathered wings, sometimes bright white and emanating energy. All angeloids are self-aware winged androids (hence the name) built for very specific purposes (which leads to them having various lackings in other areas such as weak body build, low intelligence or no emotions) and generally treated as products by their masters. These masters look like the more traditional angels, with two or four feathered wings. They are actually a highly technologically advanced ancient civilisation.
* In ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' [[spoiler:they look like little winged people without reproductive organs. They also have antennae that shoot lightning.]] Earth's god put an angel egg on the planet to ensure humanity would remain primitive since other species did terrible things with advanced technology. Angels can replicate by eating enough metal which ensures there would be none of that if human beings discovered how to refine ore.
* ''Manga/DragonBall'' has [[{{Crossover}} the same angels]] found in ''Dr Slump'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZRevivalOfF'' goes on to reveal slightly cuter variation of them that soothe souls who are being punished in {{hell}}. ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' reveals that the race of blue-skinned, white-haired people with violet eyes and blue {{Holy Halo}}s who serve as attendants to certain gods first revealed in ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' are themselves another type of angel. In addition to prodigious destructive power surpassing even gods of destruction, these have been shown to possess ThePowerOfCreation, usually associated with the Supreme Kais, making them some of the most versatile beings in the setting and much stronger than any of the protagonists.
* [[http://static.zerochan.net/Nyatenshi.full.653089.jpg Nyatenshi an angel cat]] from [[Anime/NyanpireTheAnimation ''The Gothic World of Nyanpire'']], is not your typical angel. He is actually a FallenAngel from Heaven and claims that he got kicked out by God because he was hanging out with another female cat that already has a husband. He is the second friend that Nyanpire befriends, and he would sometimes flirt with him which causes Masamunya to get very jealous of him. He would mostly make [[SmugSnake smug expressions around him friends]] and loves chasing a small cat with a stick.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'',
** One of the rare times Honda duels he uses a very impressive female monster called Command Angel, a tall, blonde, stern young woman dressed like a Green Beret with a midriff-bearing shirt and angelic wings. (Not a real card, and [[OneSceneWonder it only appeared in that duel]] but many fans have often expressed a desire for an OCG version.)
** The Creator God of Light, Horakhty, is basically an angel design-wise, though it is said to be a god and comes from a fusion of two dragons and whatever Obelisk the Tormentor is.
* The Sternritter from ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'' can enter [[OneWingedAngel Quincy: Vollständig]], giving them a [[HolyHalo halo]] and "holy wings" made of spiritual energy. Each member's Vollständig amplifies their unique ability and has a name fitting of an actual archangel. None of them have the archetypal angel wings, but rather take the form of pixels, jaws, thunderbolts, bones, hearts and even just rods. However, the Elite Guard gain said wings, [[spoiler:after being revived and strengthened by Yhwach through the sacrifice of almost all the other remaining Sternritters.]]
** Sternritter [[FacialMarkings X]], [[ColdSniper Lille Barro]], of the aforementioned Elite Guard, takes this UpToEleven with his Vollständig, "Jilliel" (ironically making him the closest interpretation to the original Bible's description among them), with an armored, armless form that [[{{Intangibility}} can't be hurt]], a halo, four pairs of wings reminiscent of a seraph, and holes all over his body and wings that unleash his [[UnblockableAttack power]]. He transforms even more when he gets damaged: into [[EldritchAbomination a giant owl with a long neck, deer-like legs, long and lanky humanoid arms, the wings from his first form, and a halo above his head]]. Taking the angel parallels even further, he states that, as he is the first Sternritter bestowed a Schrift by [[BigBad Yhwach]], he's the latter's greatest creation, and refers to himself as a "[[MouthOfSauron Messenger of God]]" with {{God}} being Yhwach.
* ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'' has the Flügel, ranked sixth among the Exceed races. The kanji for their name may be read as angels, but Sora notes their nature is rather contrary and more similar to demons since they hold powers of mass-destruction and massacred countless beings as the "god-killing weapons" of the Old Deus of war, Artosh, during the Great War 6,000 years ago. After the declaration of the Ten Pledges, the Flügel began collecting knowledge all over Disboard by robbing the other races of their books and were not interested in anything but searching for the unknown out there.
* ''Manga/PlatinumEnd'''s angels mostly fit the usual appearance of angels (young-looking and slender, with wings and a halo, bathed in light), but Nasse at least [[BlueAndOrangeMorality doesn't grok human moral standards or thought processes]] − doesn't seem to see anything wrong with stealing or even killing people if it's out of retribution, for example. It's unclear if this is just her, or a common thing among angels.
* The angels in ''Manga/ACentaursLife'' are human. Literally! They're considered a race of humans, just like imps, centaurs, satyrs, or mermaids, even able to interbreed. This is a world where there are no 'normal' humans. Angels are set apart from other humans by having feathered wings [[WingsDoNothing only useful for keeping warm]], no tails, hair that grows into the structure called a 'halo', and unique small round ears. Angels have no special powers but are very loosely associated with spirituality.
* 'Angels' in ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'' setting are essentially an answer to the question, "What would Christianity be like if there was no New Testament?" This is why the vast majority of angels are jerks. Other differences include their designation as 'goddesses', not angels ''per se'', and the Supreme Deity that they serve being female and very much not supreme (the Demon King being equal to her in power).
* ''Manhua/RetiredHeroes'': Angels are small pieces of primordial order that guide and teach humanity. Like demons, the primordial order doesn't have a huge effect on their personalities, and they don't really act much different from humans. But they are still convinced that they are superior and must guide humans while exterminating demons.
* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': Angels follow the typical fictional depiction (halo, white wings, more wings with increasing rank) but their names, roles, and hierarchy are [[ShownTheirWork based heavily on actual scripture]]. Said details are a bit of a [[InterfaithSmoothie slurry of everything Abrahamic]] but this is explained as an in-universe deception. Further, since [[spoiler:GodIsDead as a casualty to the GreatOffscreenWar]], there haven't been any new angels in far too long and their numbers continue to dwindle. To combat this, they developed the ability to create Brave Saints: artificial angels made by reincarnating faithful humans, working to a playing card motif[[labelnote:*]]To contrast with the Devils' ChessMotif.[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/InterspeciesReviewers'' gives us Crimvael, who goes by Crim, one of the main characters. He fell from heaven when the Godess accidentally sneezed in his direction and [[BrokenAngel broke his halo]], causing him to be stuck on the surface and unable to use any angelic powers. He has most of the regular angelic attributes, though the story develops them differently than the norm. First of all, he's OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous, being a {{Hermaphrodite}} with a gender-neutral intersex appearance. His wings also float detached from his body just like his halo, with him not actually flapping them to fly. He's also fully capable of having sex with people, something he ends up doing a lot of over the course of the series, since it's about reviewing brothels, without there being any potential risk of becoming a fallen angel.
* In ''Manga/HeavensDesignTeam'', angels serve as an intermediary between God and the Design Team. They look and act like regular humans, and don't seem to have any different physiology or powers than the AmbiguouslyHuman Animal Designers themselves.
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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'':
** Angels are a staple White type, the most famous of which is the classic [[https://scryfall.com/card/dom/33/serra-angel Serra Angel]]. Almost all of them (and definitely all the recent ones) are female, with the exception being, well, exceptional in some way (for example, the MirrorUniverse [[https://scryfall.com/card/plc/24/malach-of-the-dawn Malach of the Dawn]]). While most are under the domain of White, there are other more atypical ones such as the [[https://scryfall.com/card/mb1/1449/maelstrom-archangel Maelstrom Archangel]] and the [[https://scryfall.com/card/cn2/214/platinum-angel Platinum Angel]]. A MirrorUniverse version of [[KnightTemplar Akroma]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/a25/2/akroma-angel-of-wrath Angel of Wrath]] is [[https://scryfall.com/card/a25/119/akroma-angel-of-fury mono-Red]] instead of White. Of course, Black also has its share of {{Fallen Angel}}s, but in recent years a design philosophy has come down that all new angels must be at least partly White. The uniqueness of each plane's environs often leads to each plane's angels being further divergent from the standard mold.
** Mirrodin has [[https://scryfall.com/card/mrd/15/luminous-angel cyborg angels]] and even one robot angel (the above Platinum Angel).
** The rebirth of Mirrodin into New Phyrexia features the angels being surgically rebuilt into near-mindless killing machines... that are still pure White -- appropriate enough, given that Phyrexia is basically a freakin' horror refinery.
** Alara's are more the "classical" ''Magic'' type of winged female humanoids, but some [[https://scryfall.com/card/c16/199/filigree-angel were cyberneticized]] during the Conflux.
** All but the most powerful of Zendikar's angels were shackled by [[EldritchAbomination the Eldrazi]], their [[https://scryfall.com/card/cma/15/lightkeeper-of-emeria haloes actually being blindfolds]].
** The standard Serra family of angels come from an artificial plane created by the planeswalker Serra that was invaded and scrapped by the Phyrexians, forcing them to relocate to Dominaria.
** Ravnica's angels are either [[https://scryfall.com/card/ima/199/firemane-angel Red and White]] and aligned with the crusaders of the Boros Legion or [[https://scryfall.com/card/gtc/153/deathpact-angel Black and White]] and aligned with the CorruptChurch of the Orzhov Syndicate.
** The angels of Innistrad are also more or less classical ''Magic'' angels, but [[https://scryfall.com/card/ima/11/avacyn-angel-of-hope Avacyn]], their leader, is basically a goddess in her own right (albeit [[DeityOfHumanOrigin a created one]], by the vampire Sorin Markov), lording not only over her church but also over the plane's WhiteMagic, down to the fact that the other angels are much weaker without her. She's also a lunar deity (think [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Selene]], only more protective), and because she was created by a vampire, a bit gothy in appearance. And while the rest of the angels in Innistrad are the traditional WingedHumanoid sort, Innistradi angels are further divided into three groups: Flight Alabaster (BarrierMaiden and occasional {{psychopomp}}s), Flight Goldnight (ChurchMilitant), and Flight of Herons (healing and scouting)
** While technically not angels, ''MTG'''s [[OurArchonsAreDifferent Archons]] do take their role as the large [[LightEmUp White]] aligned beings wherever angels do not resonate well with the flavour like the Myth/ClassicalMythology inspired ''Theros'' Block. They definitely more closely resemble biblical angels, being unfathomable incarnations of White mana that represent its more [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill oppressive side]], and are definitely very otherworldly and weird.
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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'':
** Angels are a staple White type, the most famous of which is the classic [[https://scryfall.com/card/dom/33/serra-angel Serra Angel]]. Almost all of them (and definitely all the recent ones) are female, with the exception being, well, exceptional in some way (for example, the MirrorUniverse [[https://scryfall.com/card/plc/24/malach-of-the-dawn Malach of the Dawn]]). While most are under the domain of White, there are other more atypical ones such as the [[https://scryfall.com/card/mb1/1449/maelstrom-archangel Maelstrom Archangel]] and the [[https://scryfall.com/card/cn2/214/platinum-angel Platinum Angel]]. A MirrorUniverse version of [[KnightTemplar Akroma]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/a25/2/akroma-angel-of-wrath Angel of Wrath]] is [[https://scryfall.com/card/a25/119/akroma-angel-of-fury mono-Red]] instead of White. Of course, Black also has its share of {{Fallen Angel}}s, but in recent years a design philosophy has come down that all new angels must be at least partly White. The uniqueness of each plane's environs often leads to each plane's angels being further divergent from the standard mold.
** Mirrodin has [[https://scryfall.com/card/mrd/15/luminous-angel cyborg angels]] and even one robot angel (the above Platinum Angel).
** The rebirth of Mirrodin into New Phyrexia features the angels being surgically rebuilt into near-mindless killing machines... that are still pure White -- appropriate enough, given that Phyrexia is basically a freakin' horror refinery.
** Alara's are more the "classical" ''Magic'' type of winged female humanoids, but some [[https://scryfall.com/card/c16/199/filigree-angel were cyberneticized]] during the Conflux.
** All but the most powerful of Zendikar's angels were shackled by [[EldritchAbomination the Eldrazi]], their [[https://scryfall.com/card/cma/15/lightkeeper-of-emeria haloes actually being blindfolds]].
** The standard Serra family of angels come from an artificial plane created by the planeswalker Serra that was invaded and scrapped by the Phyrexians, forcing them to relocate to Dominaria.
** Ravnica's angels are either [[https://scryfall.com/card/ima/199/firemane-angel Red and White]] and aligned with the crusaders of the Boros Legion or [[https://scryfall.com/card/gtc/153/deathpact-angel Black and White]] and aligned with the CorruptChurch of the Orzhov Syndicate.
** The angels of Innistrad are also more or less classical ''Magic'' angels, but [[https://scryfall.com/card/ima/11/avacyn-angel-of-hope Avacyn]], their leader, is basically a goddess in her own right (albeit [[DeityOfHumanOrigin a created one]], by the vampire Sorin Markov), lording not only over her church but also over the plane's WhiteMagic, down to the fact that the other angels are much weaker without her. She's also a lunar deity (think [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Selene]], only more protective), and because she was created by a vampire, a bit gothy in appearance. And while the rest of the angels in Innistrad are the traditional WingedHumanoid sort, Innistradi angels are further divided into three groups: Flight Alabaster (BarrierMaiden and occasional {{psychopomp}}s), Flight Goldnight (ChurchMilitant), and Flight of Herons (healing and scouting)
** While technically not angels, ''MTG'''s [[OurArchonsAreDifferent Archons]] do take their role as the large [[LightEmUp White]] aligned beings wherever angels do not resonate well with the flavour like the Myth/ClassicalMythology inspired ''Theros'' Block. They definitely more closely resemble biblical angels, being unfathomable incarnations of White mana that represent its more [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill oppressive side]], and are definitely very otherworldly and weird.
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* ''Literature/BookOfImaginaryBeings'':
** The prophet Ezekiel was visited by four angelic beings in a vision, each of which had four faces — one human, one leonine, one taurine and one aquiline. In addition, they were accompanied by four wheels or rings that were filled with eyes. They are referred to collectively as the Hayoth, although Kabbalistic tradition names them Haniel, Kafziel, Azriel and Aniel, and are said to have been used by God to create the world.
** According to Emanuel Swedenborg, angels are the souls of the righteous who have been admitted into Heaven. They can communicate without words, and are minute Heavens in themselves; likewise, Heaven is itself like an angel. They are always face to face with God no matter where they turn, and if two people loved each other in life they become a single angel in Heaven.
* ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil'': Angels apparently come in choirs -- we know of Fortitude, Mercy, Compassion, Judgement and Contrition -- that affect not only their mindset and powers but that of their chosen Heroes. We've only (yet) seen an Angel of Contrition on screen when [[spoiler:the process of summoning it was interrupted.]] They also have a BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood effect on those exposed to them. GoodIsNotNice is in effect.
* ''Literature/{{Unsong}}'': Angels live in FluffyCloudHeaven and are AlwaysLawfulGood on a deep and fundamental psychological level - they're [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil almost completely incapable of understanding concepts like "deception"]]. Angels who are exposed to the harsh realities of the world eventually [[BrokenAngel lose the ability to fly]]. On the other hand, they're really good at killing demons with flaming swords. Angels falling after being exposed to humanity eventually became such a problem that the United States government had to establish a "Strategic Angel Reserve".
* ''Literature/AstralDawn'': The Aash Ra are essentially angels. Many of the Aash Ra even use angelic names from countless worlds, including Earth. In truth, they are highly powerful extradimensional aliens who can exist outside of the multiverse.
* ''Literature/DoraWilkSeries'': Angels look like beautiful humans and only the most powerful (or lucky if God's in good mood) have wings and ability to turn on their evil-punishing BattleAura. They are not {{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le, although only an archangelic blade can [[KilledOffForReal kill them for real]] and their super-strong muscles make them formidable enemies. They're granted free will, although God can punish them with the Fall if they screw up massively.
* ''Literature/{{Dragons}}'': [[spoiler:Alexa]]. She's pretty much an AllLovingHero and a RealityWarper rolled into one tiny five-year-old package.
* Thomas Sniegoski's ''Literature/TheFallen'' series deals with a HalfHumanHybrid [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]] being hunted down by the [[KnightTemplar Powers]], helped by a DeadpanSnarker angel and a talking dog, trying to redeem the {{fallen angel}}s. The angels and the {{Nephilim}} have certain powers, such as speaking every language (including animal "languages"), throwing fireballs, and conjuring flaming swords out of thin air. They also have wings that allow them to fly, although fallen angels had those cut off before they were exiled.
* In Thomas E. Sniegoski's ''Remy Chandler'' series, the title character is the Archangel Remiel, who has opted to give up being an angel and live as human. The angels of the series have a collection of special spiritual abilities that Remy can call on, at the cost of losing his sense of humanity.
* In David Almond's ''Literature/{{Skellig}}'', a boy who moves to a new house discovers an angel in the crumbling garage. Said angel is trapped behind furniture, covered in dust and dead bluebottles, his wings confined under a tattered suit coat; it's unclear how long he's been there, or how sane he is. [[spoiler:In the end he proves himself a benevolent guardian, curing the heart condition that threatens the protagonist's baby sister, before disappearing from the derelict house he shares with a few dozen owls.]]
* In ''Literature/PenrynAndTheEndOfDays'', the angels are winged humanoids who brought doom among the humans. They have very light bodies, heightened senses of smell, hearing, and sight, are superhumanly strong, heal very fast, and are extremely beautiful. However, they think of humans as mere monkeys.
* Similarly, it is implied that the titular character of ''Literature/WhatHappenedToLaniGarver'' might be a "floating angel," which is sort of an ambiguously gendered {{asexual|ity}} teen guardian angel. [[spoiler:This issue is never really resolved in the book.]]
* In Terence Blacker's ''Literature/TheAngelFactory'', Thomas Wisdom discovers that a number of humans on Earth, including his parents, are actually angels created by an alien race. They don't have wings or supernatural powers, but they're more predisposed than "imperfect" humans to be good and kind, and their creators from above believe they are the key to stopping mankind from [[HumansAreBastards destroying itself]]. [[spoiler:In the end, Thomas rejects their offer to run things on Earth, and all the angels living on Earth gradually become human.]]
* Meljean Brook's ''Literature/{{The Guardians|MeljeanBrook}}'' series features human beings who were saved and given some angelic powers, wings, ''etc''. and hang around in a heaven-like area. They can elect to move on to the beyond or Fall back to being a human again. Actual angels exist but do not interact with humans, as their holiness leads humans to mistake them for gods. The Guardians are human-angel hybrids working on their behalf.
* Creator/NeilGaiman's ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'' has the angel Islington who pretty much fits the angel stereotype: divinely beautiful, unfailingly kind and caring, and frequently associated with light. [[spoiler:On first impression, that is. Let's just say that there's a reason why Islington's in a secluded room in London Below and not in Heaven with the other angels: he's AxCrazy.]]
* Creator/SimonRGreen:
** In ''Literature/DrinkingMidnightWine'', angels are impossibly different and indescribable unless they are fallen, in which case they are distinguishable from humans only by their NighInvulnerability. Memorably described as God's Storm Troopers.
** In the Literature/{{Nightside}} series (which uses the same cosmology, like all his books) the second book ''Agents of Light and Darkness'' has the angels of heaven and hell duking it out in the streets. Casualties among the innocent bystanders are high, and there's no obvious way to tell which side a given angel is on. Also, some who see the angels too close up turn to salt, like Lot's wife in Genesis.
* Creator/MadeleineLEngle:
** Though not an "angel" per se (actually "a singular cherubim," and no, that's not an error), Proginoskes from ''Literature/AWindInTheDoor'' matches Ezekiel's idea of an angel: a composite of wind and flame at his heart, extending into dozens of immense wings and myriad, blinking eyes. (He finds it easier to not be corporeal at all, and scorns the human idea of "little pigs with wings.") Proginoskes' great skill is to Name people, and the key to naming is [[ThePowerOfLove love.]] After all, Cherubim are supposed to be the embodiments of God's love.
** By contrast, the seraphim and nephilim in the later book ''Literature/ManyWaters'' are more like what a contemporary audience would think of as angels, being winged humanoids, but correspond to "the sons of God" as described in Genesis 6:4 rather than current stereotypes. The seraphim are basically servants of God on earth and usually have eyes and wings coloured in some variant of gold, silver or blue. The nephilim, which are implied to be fallen angels, have eyes and wings of more vivid colours like red and violet. They are all immortal, and not outright antagonistic with each other, but the nephilim are trapped on earth where the seraphim can return to heaven. Nephilim are male and enjoy sleeping with human women and fathering children on them; seraphim are androgynous and celibate (although they sometimes fall in love). Also, each one, seraphim and nephilim, has an animal form into which he can change -- though the nephilim take the shapes of [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute worms, snakes, dragons, and other ugly things.]]
** Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which in ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'', the first in the series, ''might'' be angels as well. It's the closest to identifying them the characters get. They don't like to materialize very much and one of them [[spoiler:used to be a star!]]
* Creator/CSLewis provides one of the more original examples in ''Literature/TheSpaceTrilogy'':
** Angels, or ''eldila'' (singular ''eldil'') are beings whose bodies are purportedly made out of light, and occupy a different state of matter, [[EnergyBeings moving with respect to the universe]] (rather than with respect to a planet's surface). Human eyes can barely detect them as shimmers of light, only allowing themselves to be seen for what they are when the purpose serves them.
** The ''Oyeresu'' (singular ''Oyarsa'') are more powerful beings [[GeniusLoci that control the nature of each planet]] in the solar system. Although most are benevolent and love their subjects, the Oyarsa of Thulcandra (earth) is clearly {{Satan}} and, unlike the others, is actually trapped within the moon's orbit to prevent further harm. The Oyeresu, like the eldila, have no genders but some have masculine and feminine identities. Furthermore, they have the ability to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting manifest themselves as they choose]]; at the close of [[Literature/{{Perelandra}} the second book]], the Oyeresu of Mars and Venus manifest as white, fiery giants.
** Further complicating the picture, the Oyeresu, as described in ''Literature/ThatHideousStrength'', have a sort of shadow presence on each planet, which seems to act more or less independently. ''These'' are the "gods" that some Tellurians have reportedly met.
* The short story "[[http://salvoblue.homestead.com/wings.html A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings]]" by Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez features ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The "angel," as he is referred to by the villagers who find him, is an old, flea-infested, wrinkled man with no teeth and crippled, barren wings. He could be injured, ate food (albeit mashed up as he couldn't chew), did not recognize men of the cloth, and spoke in a strange tongue. Note that the whole point of the story is the question of whether the man was really an angel or not.
* ''Literature/GoodOmens'':
** The book has the angel Aziraphale whose most noteworthy actions include giving away his FlamingSword to Adam and Eve, befriending the demon responsible for tempting them, and working to avert the Apocalypse against his superiors' wishes. In short, he's the [[FriendlyEnemy not-as-holy-as-he-should-be]] angel who's NotSoDifferent from the [[NobleDemon not-as-evil-as-he-should-be]] demon Crowley.
** Aziraphale is also specifically stated to be a Principality, but doesn't like to tell people because they make jokes. Given how the Guardians of the Gates of Eden were ''Cherubim'', it's likely he got demoted after the whole "FlamingSword incident."
** ''Good Omens'' also states that angels are sexless unless they really want to make an effort.
** Also worth noting, when angels fall in the ''Good Omens'' universe they become demons. Demons look ''exactly'' the same as Angels, but their wings tend to be more well-groomed, on account of the whole ''vanity'' thing.
--->Adam glanced up. In one sense there was just clear air overhead. In another, stretching off to infinity, were the hosts of Heaven and Hell, wingtip to wingtip. If you looked really closely, and had been specially trained, you could tell the difference.
* ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' -- Angels aren't really divine higher powers (though they like to tell you they are)! They're actually self-aware incarnations of the AppliedPhlebotinum that feed off sentience and powers the universe. They can either just spring into existence or, a ghost, with the help of another angel, can rise to angelic status. They die, [[WeAreAsMayflies have immeasurably long lifespans]], and envy humans for our bodies -- angels have no real bodies, so they cannot experience real sensations. They appear in the books as translucent, winged humans but this is simply for the convenience of humans, and because human minds are too tiny to comprehend their true appearance; their real forms are described as being somewhat like architecture. And sometimes they're [[YaoiGuys very, very gay.]] Undebatably gay, since they do really have psychosocially formed genders and the lack of sex in Balthamos and Baruch's relationship doesn't make them less gay.
* Dawn from ''Literature/TheRadiantDawn'', though closer to a [[ThePaladin paladin]] wielding a [[ForgedByTheGods divine artifact]], is visually similar to an angel. She meets many of the qualifications: winged humanoid, flies, wields light powers and a [[CoolSword sword that consumes magic on hit]], and she's [[LampshadeHanging referred to as one by]] [[BigBad Aaron and Stacie]] multiple times.
* The Ainur in Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium are Arda's equivalent of angels, with the [[CelestialParagonsAndArchangels highest tier]] called Valar and the rank-and-file angels called Maiar. They are incorporeal spirits, but are able to take on any physical form they choose to. None of them follow the usual feathered-wings-and-halo motif: Gandalf and the other wizards, the Balrog, and Sauron (and possibly the dragons and giant eagles) are all Maiar. Of course, the Balrog is a pretty traditional [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]]. They marry, usually each other; Melian is a Maia who married an elf-king named Thingol and became the mother of Lúthien, the ancestor of the lineage of Elrond, Arwen and Aragorn.
* In ''Literature/{{Weaveworld}}'', the nigh-omnipotent entity Uriel ''claims'' to be an angel. It's probably wrong.
* Cynthia Leitich Smith's ''Eternal.'' Guardian angels go on to a new charge when their old one dies, and might just fall in love with them. And they can be temporarily made human, kickstarting the romance. Which can even happen if their beloved is no longer in their charge and has become a vampire -- and yes, vampires are satanic. Forbidden lovers anyone? ([[spoiler:the girl involved manages to redeem herself and die before her vampire nature destroys her soul completely. It's a bittersweet TearJerker.]])
* In ''Literature/MysteriousWaysADivineComedy'', angels are a type of bird that evolved a human-like form and a serious case of HolierThanThou. They are legally required to either train to serve the Judeo-Christian God or have their wings cut off and their magic stripped away. Naturally, most of them decide to go through training.
* In Laura Anne Gilman's ''Literature/{{Retriever}}" series angels are just one of many nonhuman races known as the Fatae although they're among the oldest and most powerful. They are also (by reputation, the only one actually met is dead at the time) a race of {{jerkass}}es.
* Angels in Sharon Shinn's ''Literature/{{Samaria}}'' series are genetically engineered from human stock, have wings and can fly and are the only ones who can call upon their god to grant such things as weather control, healing medicine, or holy lightning [[spoiler:which are actually particle beam weapons since "god" is actually a spaceship orbiting the planet]].
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
** While Harry Dresden tends to have to deal with the more demonic side of the supernatural spectrum, he's also encountered ArchangelUriel five times now in the books and short stories (and been given the ability to use heavenly Soulfire). We also know that ArchangelMichael personally gave out at least one of the three swords to the Knights of the Cross.
*** Raphael and Gabriel are the other two archangels Harry knows to exist in-Verse, and he's implied that the Devil ''used'' to be a fifth.
** Plus all the fallen angels he winds up dealing with. Each time an Angel appears, they usually take a form best for the human mind to comprehend them. In modern times, Guardian Angels in America are white-suited with silver plated guns at their sides. When Harry tries using his Wizard Sight to see the True Form, he gets as far as the gun becoming a silver sword before the angel stops him with a word [[GoMadFromTheRevelation to prevent him from hurting himself at the sight.]]
** Uriel is specified as [[TheSpymaster "Heaven's spook"]]. He is a pretty pleasant guy to hang around when not on the job... which is pretty rare. [[TheFairFolk Queen Mab of the Winter Court]], known to be cruel and heartless bitch even if a honorable one admits to like the guy - which tales volumes. He pretty much serves as Heaven's wetworks guy and assassin, doing the ugly, dirty jobs necessary to advance divine agenda. He's a nice guy (has a good sense of humour)[[note]]He admits to enjoying ''Star Wars'' because it makes him feel young.[[/note]], but you also have to remember he could wipe out all life on earth with very little effort and your really, really shouldn't [[BerserkButton shorten his name]]. In regards to being the guardian of free will, [[spoiler:when a Fallen, which is a matter of debate, ''lied'' to Harry with seven words and these words led Harry to kill himself, Uriel was able to tell a revived Harry seven words of Absolute Truth to counter this infraction]].
** Also in the series, Harry has encountered an Angel of Death who Knows Harry's TrueName and when he believes her to be the cause of a person's death, she politely but firmly corrects his assumption. She is there simply to guard the soul if it is time for the person to die. She states that not even the Prince of Darkness would be able to claim the soul from her protection.
** There are also Guardian Angels stationed around certain places, such as the Carpenter House. However, they are limited to stopping non-mortal assaults. If mortal mooks with no supernatural aide tried tossing molotov cocktails at the Carpenter house, the angels could do little, if anything, to stop them, because they cannot interfere with human free will.
*** The graphic novel ''Ghoul, Goblin'' features a ''genie'' who fulfilled the traditional role of a "guardian angel" for an Egyptian tour guide, [[spoiler:at least until it slacked off to indulge in some InterspeciesRomance with a mortal woman]].
* The first volume of the encyclopedia series "Man, Myth, and Magic" describes angels and how peoples' perceptions of them changed over time. One part of the entry described a female angel who's [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever 96 miles tall]] (that's 506,880 feet for those who are curious).
* Novelist/Irish Catholic priest Andrew M. Greeley wrote a trilogy of novels, ''Angel Fire'', ''Angel Light'', and ''Contract With an Angel'', in which he depicts angels as benevolent {{Sufficiently Advanced Alien}}s, immense EnergyBeings who can assume (or project a simulation of) human form, are capable of love and reproduction among themselves, and enjoy playing matchmaker among humans. Although they are aliens, they claim to be in direct communication with, and employment by, God. Notably, ''Angel Light'' is a modern retelling of the book of Tobit, one of the books of the Apocrypha, the non-canonical stories of the Bible.
* ''Literature/ILucifer'' features angels who are not winged humanoids but rather celestial beings of metaphysical energy. Angels suffer from pain if they commit evil acts (Angelic Pain), as well as corrupt their essence. This means demons are ''technically'' still Angels but are consumed with unimaginable pain constantly and their visage is a horrific reflection of their nature. They are also immortal and their numbers are unchanged since God brought them into existence.
* The PowersThatBe of the ''Literature/YoungWizards'' series can be considered angels, given that: 1) they're immortal spiritual entities, 2) they work for {{God}}, 3) they were created by {{God}} before time began, 4) the BigBad is [[{{Satan}} a fallen Power]], and 5) it's heavily implied that they're the inspiration for Abrahamic angels (though it's ''also'' heavily implied [[AllMythsAreTrue that they're the inspiration for the gods in all of the non-Abrahamic religions]]). A fully manifested Power [[AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder will look different to each person looking at it]], unless the Power consciously chooses an appearance for that particular manifestation, or if the currently surrounding events are all related to a particular mythology, in which case its appearance will be drawn from that mythology. The most powerful of the Powers suffer from TimeDissonance since they mainly exist outside of time, with whatever the mortals are interacting with being mere fragments of the whole.
* The angels of Sarah Douglass' ''The Crucible'' trilogy manipulate humanity for their amusement and impregnate women while despising sex. "God" doesn't actually exist but is just the pooled will of the angels.
* In contrast in Matthew Stover's ''Literature/JerichoMoon'' it's the angels who are just basically mindless facets of Yahweh.
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[Literature/ProsperosDaughter Prospero Lost]]'' and ''[[Literature/ProsperosDaughter Prospero in Hell]]'', Miranda is accustomed to her father's summoning angels. Once, an angel even appeared to her without being summoned. (The traditional nine-fold hierarchy is in effect.)
* In ''Angelology'' angels fall into three political categories: the loyal, who it is suggested are all female; the rebellious, who were apparently destroyed; and the Watchers, who also fell by mating with human women and producing the {{Nephilim}}. The Watchers were imprisoned on Earth in a deep cave system which is where the story of Hell comes from. Meanwhile, the Nephilim spread and enslaved humanity until they were wiped out in the Flood--except for one who killed Noah's son Japheth and took his place. All Caucasians are descended either from Japheth's human children or from the Nephilim who killed him. The descendants have manipulated and ruled humanity from behind the scenes ever since.
* In ''Literature/ParadiseLost'' Lucifer (who is quite distinctly an angel, albeit one who waged a very ill-conceived war on God) is described as being "in bulk as huge" as an island, winged, and armed with a spear as tall as a mighty ship's mast. Beyond this, he looks like a physically inspiring leader. Other angels are imposing, but less so.
* ''Literature/{{Mogworld}}'''s plot largely revolves around mysterious, angelic creatures that herd the undead back to their bodies and can delete things from existence. [[spoiler:These actually turn out to be anthropomorphized programs that drive the game's AI and act as game master tools for the developers.]]
* The only angel we really see in the Creator/ChristopherMoore [[TheVerse verse]] is Raziel, who appears to be a traditional, beautiful WingedHumanoid, but whose defining characteristic is being dumb as a bag of hammers. The narrator in ''Literature/LambTheGospelAccordingToBiff'' says Raziel's stupidity is so staggering that he's the [[UrExample reason]] the world has blonde jokes. What other angels are mentioned don't seem half so incompetent, but they do sound like snarky bastards.
* In Elizabeth Bear's ''Literature/JacobsLadderTrilogy'', angels are [=AIs=] who run various aspects of the worldship the books take place on and manifest bodies made of electromagnetic force.
* In Creator/SheriSTepper's ''Grass'' the main character has a dream/vision of heaven in which an angel has a conversation with God. Instead of the traditional bird wings it sports dragonfly wings which she notes make more anatomical sense.
* In Jacqueline Carey's ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'' books, the people of Terre d'Ange are all descendants of angels and accordingly beautiful. The angels themselves are mostly absent, aside from paintings and statues, but near the end of Kushiel's Avatar, the angel [[spoiler:Rahab]] makes an appearance, and is described as some sort of incomprehensible beauty, going with the WingedHumanoid image, albeit towering.
* In Kate Griffin's ''Literature/MatthewSwift'' series, the blue electric angels are actually the remnants of electricity, life force, stories and voices left behind in the telephone wires. With multiple personalities. When they start sharing a body with the titular Matthew Swift, things get complicated - not least, pronouns.
* ''Literature/TheBookOfAllHours'' - the Unkin. [[spoiler:humans that experienced an unique event in their life that allowed them to touch the Vellum underneath reality.]] In the multiverse inscribed on the surface of the Vellum, these meta-humans have long since taken up different roles, [[OurGodsAreDifferent presenting themselves]] to mortal humans [[OurDemonsAreDifferent in different ways]] in pursuit of power.
* In the web-novel ''Literature/{{Domina}}'', angels are humans who have used the [[BioAugmentation toy maker]] to gain [[LightEmUp the ability to emit bright light]], which is a useful weapon against the vampires. Originally, the vampires were bloodthirsty serial killers, and the angels were hailed as heroes for exterminating every one they came across. But over time, normal people began joining the vampires, but the angels continued [[FantasticRacism treating them as pure evil]]. By the time the series starts, the angels have been forced to move away from their anti-vampire stance a bit, but many of them still hold to the old party line. Ironically, the angels have no problem with the demons.
* L.A Weatherly's Angel Fire trilogy:
** Angels appear to be beautiful humanoids with wings and halos, but are in reality parasitic lifeforms that feed from the essence of human beings. Being touched by one results in getting Angel Burn, which manifests as either slowly increasing mental damage or various fatal and debilitating diseases. Angels are aware they do this and do not care, actively feeding on humanity and seeking to control them. They can take human form and cannot be killed in this form, but in turn cannot use their powers to kill. When in angel form they can be killed by the destruction of their halo. They are also not connected with God, they are actually beings from another dimension.
** [[spoiler:Half-Angels though are exceedingly rare, only two exist and it is unknown just how as angels do not reproduce sexually, but they are different. They do not cause Angel Burn and do not have halos, thus they cannot be killed unless their human side is killed. They manifest as people with two sides to themselves, both sentient and aware but in essence the same person. They are also able to read a person's future by touching them, but cannot see futures where they are more than passingly involved.]]
* Cynthia Hand's Hallowed series:
** There are three types of angels. Angels serve God and are typical angels. Blackwings are Fallen Angels, the Nephilim to be precise, who chose to mate with human women and caused the third kind of angel to exist, Angel-Bloods. Angel-bloods come in two types; Dimidius, a child of an angel and a human and Quartarius, a child of a Dimidius and a human. Angel-Bloods are born with a Purpose, the reason they were born, and will at some point receive dreams about it. They must fulfill their Purpose or they will become a Blackwing, an angel who has forsaken God. Blackwings are in constant misery due to their separation from heaven, are incapable of flight due to said misery but can shapeshift into different forms, and are at war with the Angels.
** [[spoiler:It is revealed that a third kind of Angel-Blood exists. Triplare, the child of a Dimidius and an Angel. They are exceedingly powerful, as close to an Angel as possible but they have free will. Only seven exist at a time. Three have been revealed in the series, the protagonist Clara, her brother Jeffrey and her romantic interest Christian.]]
* ''Jury Macntier'': The Angels in Cloudia all have certain powers, and some are not what you'd expect an angel to have. For example, Goldalocks is a Wealth Angel, and is incredibly greedy, cruel, and cold-hearted. When revealed that [[spoiler:Jury doesn't have magical powers or abilities]], she laughs at her and throws money at her. Another example is Maybella's friend, Saffron. Saffron is a Lust Angel, and since those are not permitted in Cloudia, Queen Lilac took away her magic, so Saffron is stuck on Cloudia without any lust or sex, what she wants the most. She normally hates on Jury and wears almost nothing but ribbons. Granted, the Angels aren't as bad as the Demons from Fireda. The Demons eat flesh, drink blood, steal, murder, etc. Compared to them, these Angels seem holy.
* In ''Literature/DirgeForPresterJohn'' Qaspiel calls itself an anthropteron. John's complete fascination with it confuses everyone.
* In Nalini Singh's ''Literature/GuildHunter'' series, there's something for everyone--angels exist and they're impossible to get away from. The world is divided up into territories, one for each Archangel, which they rule over as they see fit. In this universe, angels [[spoiler:produce a toxin that must be discharged regularly or they are driven insane]] so vampires are created from willing human populations. Guild Hunters exist to bring rogue vampires back to the angel that Made them, or destroy them if necessary.
* In Ted Chiang's novella ''Hell is the Absence of God'' angels look like writhing knots of white fire and operate on a BlueAndOrangeMorality, their presence causing miracles both good and bad without any discernable rhyme or reason. Fallen angels, on the other hand, are mysterious and close-mouthed about their reasons for rejecting God but do neither harm nor good.
* Angels apparently exist in ''Literature/ChildrenOfTheLamp'', and are said to be made of Light (just as {{Mu|ggles}}ndanes are made of Earth and Water and Djinn are made of Fire). They do serve God, but almost nothing else is known about them, except that they have powers that even Djinn find incredible, and sometimes disguise themselves as homeless people so they can find kind and generous humans to bless. We only meet one of: Afriel, the Angel of Youth, who is responsible for causing Miracles, Marvels, Omens, Eye-Openers, etc. (Except on Sundays, I never work on Sundays.)
* In the Brazilian fantasy novel ''Literature/ABatalhaDoApocalipse'' (and in the whole Spohrverse), angels are divided in castes and have no free will, being forced to follow the instincts of their respective caste. They also cannot be killed unless their mystical heart is destroyed. And some of them are quite genocidal with Michael being the responsible for the Great Flood and the destruction of Atlantis. They're also prone to using guns and do Saint Seiyaesque duels in bridges.
* [[spoiler:Jenny]] from ''Literature/TheTruthOfRockAndRoll'' becomes a Rock and Roll Angel - no wings, just wheels, but still a being of great power. She's also the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the Rebel Girl in rock & roll songs.
* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/JobAComedyOfJustice'', the angels Alex meets in Heaven are generally rather snobbish, ill-tempered bureaucrats. At the end of ''Literature/StrangerInAStrangeLand'' [[spoiler:Michael Smith is revealed to have been the Archangel Michael descended to the mortal realm]]
* In one of Karina Fabian's [=DragonEye=] P.I. stories ("Greater Treasures") they are of the original Biblical variety; the magically produced shadow of which sends a group of Neo-Nazis into mental breakdowns.
* [[Literature/RoTeO Ro.Te.O]] has angels using ElementalPowers. They're pretty much the equivalent to [[WingedHumanoid winged superheroes]] which [[NotWearingTights aren't wearing tights]]. However, they take some cues from the MagicalGirl genre which is just as crazy as it sounds.
* In the short story ''The World without Sleep'', from ''Literature/SomewhereBeneathThoseWaves'', demi-angels are essentially winged, beautiful and, for reasons unknown, blind priests in another plane of existence. They perceive themselves as protecting the underclass of "shadows" from exploitative vampire factory owners, and harbor prejudices against both vampires and goblins.
* ''Literature/TerminalWorld'' has angels that are actually bio-engineered, {{nano|machines}}technology-enhanced humans.
* In ''Literature/SandmanSlim'' angels are pretty much your traditional type. They are also arrogant schmucks.
* In ''Literature/FalconQuinn,'' angels are considered one of the types of monsters, although it is noted as being a particularly rare type of monstrosity. [[spoiler:Falcon himself is an angel, and it seems to be the result of his hybrid lineage--his monster parent, Crow, is a fearsome crowlike WingedHumanoid (with HumanoidAbomination tendencies), while his mother is a LightIsNotGood-flavored monster-hunting Guardian.]]
* Only two kinds of angels are described in Creator/AndreiBelyanin's ''Mozart''. The titular angel was actually created to sing in the heavenly choir, but his complete lack of a musical sense forced him to be reassigned to the Ninth Legion made up of warrior angels. Mozart has a surfer's build, but even he fails in comparison to a true warrior angel. None of them have wings, though, as it's kinda hard to blend in among the humans with wings. Their task is to fight any evil creatures, with vampires being the greatest enemy. It's noted that all angels lack nipples and bellybuttons. Despite this, no one notices Mozart's lack of those, even when he's walking around shirtless. Another strange thing about them is that angels do not dream, although Mozart has a dream near the end of the novel.
%% * ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices''.
* ''Literature/TheCosmere'':
** ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'':
*** Sylphrena might qualify, since as an honorspren, she's ''literally'' made out of the idea of honor. Usually takes the form of a human woman, but has also manifested as a flame, ribbon, or shower of petals. In addition, [[spoiler:she can take solid form as a Shardblade/Shardspear/Shardwhatever.]]
*** The Heralds of the Almighty also qualify. They were normal humans given divine powers by the Almighty (Honor) through a bond call the Oathpact. Vorin kingdoms worship them and believe that upon death they will travel to the Tranquiline Halls to help the Heralds reclaim them from the Voidbringers. The Heralds used to return on a regular basis to help humanity fight back [[TheEndoftheWorldasWeKnowIt the Desolations]], but the last Desolation occurred thousands of years ago at the start of the series.
*** The Vorin church teaches of the Dawnsingers, kindly spren sent by the Almighty to care for humans after they were forced out of the Tranquiline Halls. In ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}'', [[spoiler:it is revealed that the Dawnsingers were actually the parsh, the original inhabitants of Roshar, who took the humans in when the humans destroyed their own world. The humans turned on the Dawnsingers, so the Dawnsingers joined with Odium and became the Voidbringers. Because the Voidbringers are resurrected infinitely, the modern Fused are the same people who were first betrayed by the humans thousands of years ago]].
** ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'': There are creatures called Kandra, shapeshifters known as "Faceless Immortals" by the general population. They can take the form of human beings by eating their corpses and using their bones, are incredibly long lived (though not truly immortal), are virtually impossible to kill by conventional means (breaking their bones will force them to find a new set) and they carry out missions given to the by Harmony, the planets God. Notably many people who haven't personally interacted with them don't believe they exist as they can effectively blend in with humans perfectly. They aren't particularly angelic in terms of personality, being mostly like people with a bit of BlueAndOrangeMorality, particularly where corpses are involved.
* In ''Literature/LastMage'' they vary from [[EldritchAbomination Justice]] to GuileHero [[spoiler:Elijah]]. At least some can be killed, there is also one [[BigBad fallen angel]].
* The world of the ''Literature/RoseOfTheProphet'' trilogy is home to a large pantheon of gods. Each god has several Immortals under his command, which they may assign to different tasks as they see fit. The Christianity-based god Promenthas turned his Immortals into angels, ranked from the lesser ones who deal with humans the most, to the archangels, important enough to deal with Promenthas himself.
* The Grey Angels of ''Literature/TheDinosaurLords'' ''could'' be actually robots. At any rate, there's only seven of them, each is extremely powerful, giant and sapient, each can send dreams and manipulate memories and while they can't fly, it's implied they can walk through the walls and move unseen.
* In ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', angels take the shape of {{Winged Humanoid}}s that carry wands, shine burning light, fly faster than any bird, guard Mount Purgatory with {{Flaming Sword}}s, and live in the "Primum Mobile," the last sphere of the universe beyond which there is only [[{{God}} the Deep Mind]].
* Angels in the ''Literature/JessicaChrist'' series are born as and initially believe themselves to be normal humans. They can recognise other angels by their auras and sometimes have psychic insights that tells them how they can save people or otherwise do good. Morally, they are always basically good people in a general sense, but they can lose their tempers or make mistakes in the same way as anyone else. [[spoiler: Oh, and if a messiah goes to sleep and has an EroticDream nearby, they tend to [[DreamWalker get pulled into it.]]]]
* ''The Vorrh'' trilogy by Brian Catling has the Erstwhile, who are the broken and malformed remnants of the angels who failed to guard the Garden of Eden, cursed to remain in the eponymous forest for the rest of time. They can't normally be perceived by humans due to existing on a different level of time, but when they appear their appearances are pure BodyHorror, with some being described as resembling exceptionally stretched out, mummified humans with additional animal features such as claws and feathers. They are by and large shadows of their former selves, with most attempting to bury themselves underground as atonement for their failures, but they also retain some angelic powers such as the ability to heal diseases and reverse old age.
* ''[[Literature/{{Empirium}} The Empirium Trilogy]]'''s angels are winged, humanoid beings that cannot die by conventional means. Every angel has the ability to read, speak through, and control minds.
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* ''Literature/BookOfImaginaryBeings'':
** The prophet Ezekiel was visited by four angelic beings in a vision, each of which had four faces — one human, one leonine, one taurine and one aquiline. In addition, they were accompanied by four wheels or rings that were filled with eyes. They are referred to collectively as the Hayoth, although Kabbalistic tradition names them Haniel, Kafziel, Azriel and Aniel, and are said to have been used by God to create the world.
** According to Emanuel Swedenborg, angels are the souls of the righteous who have been admitted into Heaven. They can communicate without words, and are minute Heavens in themselves; likewise, Heaven is itself like an angel. They are always face to face with God no matter where they turn, and if two people loved each other in life they become a single angel in Heaven.
* ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil'': Angels apparently come in choirs -- we know of Fortitude, Mercy, Compassion, Judgement and Contrition -- that affect not only their mindset and powers but that of their chosen Heroes. We've only (yet) seen an Angel of Contrition on screen when [[spoiler:the process of summoning it was interrupted.]] They also have a BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood effect on those exposed to them. GoodIsNotNice is in effect.
* ''Literature/{{Unsong}}'': Angels live in FluffyCloudHeaven and are AlwaysLawfulGood on a deep and fundamental psychological level - they're [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil almost completely incapable of understanding concepts like "deception"]]. Angels who are exposed to the harsh realities of the world eventually [[BrokenAngel lose the ability to fly]]. On the other hand, they're really good at killing demons with flaming swords. Angels falling after being exposed to humanity eventually became such a problem that the United States government had to establish a "Strategic Angel Reserve".
* ''Literature/AstralDawn'': The Aash Ra are essentially angels. Many of the Aash Ra even use angelic names from countless worlds, including Earth. In truth, they are highly powerful extradimensional aliens who can exist outside of the multiverse.
* ''Literature/DoraWilkSeries'': Angels look like beautiful humans and only the most powerful (or lucky if God's in good mood) have wings and ability to turn on their evil-punishing BattleAura. They are not {{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le, although only an archangelic blade can [[KilledOffForReal kill them for real]] and their super-strong muscles make them formidable enemies. They're granted free will, although God can punish them with the Fall if they screw up massively.
* ''Literature/{{Dragons}}'': [[spoiler:Alexa]]. She's pretty much an AllLovingHero and a RealityWarper rolled into one tiny five-year-old package.
* Thomas Sniegoski's ''Literature/TheFallen'' series deals with a HalfHumanHybrid [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]] being hunted down by the [[KnightTemplar Powers]], helped by a DeadpanSnarker angel and a talking dog, trying to redeem the {{fallen angel}}s. The angels and the {{Nephilim}} have certain powers, such as speaking every language (including animal "languages"), throwing fireballs, and conjuring flaming swords out of thin air. They also have wings that allow them to fly, although fallen angels had those cut off before they were exiled.
* In Thomas E. Sniegoski's ''Remy Chandler'' series, the title character is the Archangel Remiel, who has opted to give up being an angel and live as human. The angels of the series have a collection of special spiritual abilities that Remy can call on, at the cost of losing his sense of humanity.
* In David Almond's ''Literature/{{Skellig}}'', a boy who moves to a new house discovers an angel in the crumbling garage. Said angel is trapped behind furniture, covered in dust and dead bluebottles, his wings confined under a tattered suit coat; it's unclear how long he's been there, or how sane he is. [[spoiler:In the end he proves himself a benevolent guardian, curing the heart condition that threatens the protagonist's baby sister, before disappearing from the derelict house he shares with a few dozen owls.]]
* In ''Literature/PenrynAndTheEndOfDays'', the angels are winged humanoids who brought doom among the humans. They have very light bodies, heightened senses of smell, hearing, and sight, are superhumanly strong, heal very fast, and are extremely beautiful. However, they think of humans as mere monkeys.
* Similarly, it is implied that the titular character of ''Literature/WhatHappenedToLaniGarver'' might be a "floating angel," which is sort of an ambiguously gendered {{asexual|ity}} teen guardian angel. [[spoiler:This issue is never really resolved in the book.]]
* In Terence Blacker's ''Literature/TheAngelFactory'', Thomas Wisdom discovers that a number of humans on Earth, including his parents, are actually angels created by an alien race. They don't have wings or supernatural powers, but they're more predisposed than "imperfect" humans to be good and kind, and their creators from above believe they are the key to stopping mankind from [[HumansAreBastards destroying itself]]. [[spoiler:In the end, Thomas rejects their offer to run things on Earth, and all the angels living on Earth gradually become human.]]
* Meljean Brook's ''Literature/{{The Guardians|MeljeanBrook}}'' series features human beings who were saved and given some angelic powers, wings, ''etc''. and hang around in a heaven-like area. They can elect to move on to the beyond or Fall back to being a human again. Actual angels exist but do not interact with humans, as their holiness leads humans to mistake them for gods. The Guardians are human-angel hybrids working on their behalf.
* Creator/NeilGaiman's ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'' has the angel Islington who pretty much fits the angel stereotype: divinely beautiful, unfailingly kind and caring, and frequently associated with light. [[spoiler:On first impression, that is. Let's just say that there's a reason why Islington's in a secluded room in London Below and not in Heaven with the other angels: he's AxCrazy.]]
* Creator/SimonRGreen:
** In ''Literature/DrinkingMidnightWine'', angels are impossibly different and indescribable unless they are fallen, in which case they are distinguishable from humans only by their NighInvulnerability. Memorably described as God's Storm Troopers.
** In the Literature/{{Nightside}} series (which uses the same cosmology, like all his books) the second book ''Agents of Light and Darkness'' has the angels of heaven and hell duking it out in the streets. Casualties among the innocent bystanders are high, and there's no obvious way to tell which side a given angel is on. Also, some who see the angels too close up turn to salt, like Lot's wife in Genesis.
* Creator/MadeleineLEngle:
** Though not an "angel" per se (actually "a singular cherubim," and no, that's not an error), Proginoskes from ''Literature/AWindInTheDoor'' matches Ezekiel's idea of an angel: a composite of wind and flame at his heart, extending into dozens of immense wings and myriad, blinking eyes. (He finds it easier to not be corporeal at all, and scorns the human idea of "little pigs with wings.") Proginoskes' great skill is to Name people, and the key to naming is [[ThePowerOfLove love.]] After all, Cherubim are supposed to be the embodiments of God's love.
** By contrast, the seraphim and nephilim in the later book ''Literature/ManyWaters'' are more like what a contemporary audience would think of as angels, being winged humanoids, but correspond to "the sons of God" as described in Genesis 6:4 rather than current stereotypes. The seraphim are basically servants of God on earth and usually have eyes and wings coloured in some variant of gold, silver or blue. The nephilim, which are implied to be fallen angels, have eyes and wings of more vivid colours like red and violet. They are all immortal, and not outright antagonistic with each other, but the nephilim are trapped on earth where the seraphim can return to heaven. Nephilim are male and enjoy sleeping with human women and fathering children on them; seraphim are androgynous and celibate (although they sometimes fall in love). Also, each one, seraphim and nephilim, has an animal form into which he can change -- though the nephilim take the shapes of [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute worms, snakes, dragons, and other ugly things.]]
** Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which in ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'', the first in the series, ''might'' be angels as well. It's the closest to identifying them the characters get. They don't like to materialize very much and one of them [[spoiler:used to be a star!]]
* Creator/CSLewis provides one of the more original examples in ''Literature/TheSpaceTrilogy'':
** Angels, or ''eldila'' (singular ''eldil'') are beings whose bodies are purportedly made out of light, and occupy a different state of matter, [[EnergyBeings moving with respect to the universe]] (rather than with respect to a planet's surface). Human eyes can barely detect them as shimmers of light, only allowing themselves to be seen for what they are when the purpose serves them.
** The ''Oyeresu'' (singular ''Oyarsa'') are more powerful beings [[GeniusLoci that control the nature of each planet]] in the solar system. Although most are benevolent and love their subjects, the Oyarsa of Thulcandra (earth) is clearly {{Satan}} and, unlike the others, is actually trapped within the moon's orbit to prevent further harm. The Oyeresu, like the eldila, have no genders but some have masculine and feminine identities. Furthermore, they have the ability to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting manifest themselves as they choose]]; at the close of [[Literature/{{Perelandra}} the second book]], the Oyeresu of Mars and Venus manifest as white, fiery giants.
** Further complicating the picture, the Oyeresu, as described in ''Literature/ThatHideousStrength'', have a sort of shadow presence on each planet, which seems to act more or less independently. ''These'' are the "gods" that some Tellurians have reportedly met.
* The short story "[[http://salvoblue.homestead.com/wings.html A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings]]" by Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez features ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The "angel," as he is referred to by the villagers who find him, is an old, flea-infested, wrinkled man with no teeth and crippled, barren wings. He could be injured, ate food (albeit mashed up as he couldn't chew), did not recognize men of the cloth, and spoke in a strange tongue. Note that the whole point of the story is the question of whether the man was really an angel or not.
* ''Literature/GoodOmens'':
** The book has the angel Aziraphale whose most noteworthy actions include giving away his FlamingSword to Adam and Eve, befriending the demon responsible for tempting them, and working to avert the Apocalypse against his superiors' wishes. In short, he's the [[FriendlyEnemy not-as-holy-as-he-should-be]] angel who's NotSoDifferent from the [[NobleDemon not-as-evil-as-he-should-be]] demon Crowley.
** Aziraphale is also specifically stated to be a Principality, but doesn't like to tell people because they make jokes. Given how the Guardians of the Gates of Eden were ''Cherubim'', it's likely he got demoted after the whole "FlamingSword incident."
** ''Good Omens'' also states that angels are sexless unless they really want to make an effort.
** Also worth noting, when angels fall in the ''Good Omens'' universe they become demons. Demons look ''exactly'' the same as Angels, but their wings tend to be more well-groomed, on account of the whole ''vanity'' thing.
--->Adam glanced up. In one sense there was just clear air overhead. In another, stretching off to infinity, were the hosts of Heaven and Hell, wingtip to wingtip. If you looked really closely, and had been specially trained, you could tell the difference.
* ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' -- Angels aren't really divine higher powers (though they like to tell you they are)! They're actually self-aware incarnations of the AppliedPhlebotinum that feed off sentience and powers the universe. They can either just spring into existence or, a ghost, with the help of another angel, can rise to angelic status. They die, [[WeAreAsMayflies have immeasurably long lifespans]], and envy humans for our bodies -- angels have no real bodies, so they cannot experience real sensations. They appear in the books as translucent, winged humans but this is simply for the convenience of humans, and because human minds are too tiny to comprehend their true appearance; their real forms are described as being somewhat like architecture. And sometimes they're [[YaoiGuys very, very gay.]] Undebatably gay, since they do really have psychosocially formed genders and the lack of sex in Balthamos and Baruch's relationship doesn't make them less gay.
* Dawn from ''Literature/TheRadiantDawn'', though closer to a [[ThePaladin paladin]] wielding a [[ForgedByTheGods divine artifact]], is visually similar to an angel. She meets many of the qualifications: winged humanoid, flies, wields light powers and a [[CoolSword sword that consumes magic on hit]], and she's [[LampshadeHanging referred to as one by]] [[BigBad Aaron and Stacie]] multiple times.
* The Ainur in Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium are Arda's equivalent of angels, with the [[CelestialParagonsAndArchangels highest tier]] called Valar and the rank-and-file angels called Maiar. They are incorporeal spirits, but are able to take on any physical form they choose to. None of them follow the usual feathered-wings-and-halo motif: Gandalf and the other wizards, the Balrog, and Sauron (and possibly the dragons and giant eagles) are all Maiar. Of course, the Balrog is a pretty traditional [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]]. They marry, usually each other; Melian is a Maia who married an elf-king named Thingol and became the mother of Lúthien, the ancestor of the lineage of Elrond, Arwen and Aragorn.
* In ''Literature/{{Weaveworld}}'', the nigh-omnipotent entity Uriel ''claims'' to be an angel. It's probably wrong.
* Cynthia Leitich Smith's ''Eternal.'' Guardian angels go on to a new charge when their old one dies, and might just fall in love with them. And they can be temporarily made human, kickstarting the romance. Which can even happen if their beloved is no longer in their charge and has become a vampire -- and yes, vampires are satanic. Forbidden lovers anyone? ([[spoiler:the girl involved manages to redeem herself and die before her vampire nature destroys her soul completely. It's a bittersweet TearJerker.]])
* In ''Literature/MysteriousWaysADivineComedy'', angels are a type of bird that evolved a human-like form and a serious case of HolierThanThou. They are legally required to either train to serve the Judeo-Christian God or have their wings cut off and their magic stripped away. Naturally, most of them decide to go through training.
* In Laura Anne Gilman's ''Literature/{{Retriever}}" series angels are just one of many nonhuman races known as the Fatae although they're among the oldest and most powerful. They are also (by reputation, the only one actually met is dead at the time) a race of {{jerkass}}es.
* Angels in Sharon Shinn's ''Literature/{{Samaria}}'' series are genetically engineered from human stock, have wings and can fly and are the only ones who can call upon their god to grant such things as weather control, healing medicine, or holy lightning [[spoiler:which are actually particle beam weapons since "god" is actually a spaceship orbiting the planet]].
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
** While Harry Dresden tends to have to deal with the more demonic side of the supernatural spectrum, he's also encountered ArchangelUriel five times now in the books and short stories (and been given the ability to use heavenly Soulfire). We also know that ArchangelMichael personally gave out at least one of the three swords to the Knights of the Cross.
*** Raphael and Gabriel are the other two archangels Harry knows to exist in-Verse, and he's implied that the Devil ''used'' to be a fifth.
** Plus all the fallen angels he winds up dealing with. Each time an Angel appears, they usually take a form best for the human mind to comprehend them. In modern times, Guardian Angels in America are white-suited with silver plated guns at their sides. When Harry tries using his Wizard Sight to see the True Form, he gets as far as the gun becoming a silver sword before the angel stops him with a word [[GoMadFromTheRevelation to prevent him from hurting himself at the sight.]]
** Uriel is specified as [[TheSpymaster "Heaven's spook"]]. He is a pretty pleasant guy to hang around when not on the job... which is pretty rare. [[TheFairFolk Queen Mab of the Winter Court]], known to be cruel and heartless bitch even if a honorable one admits to like the guy - which tales volumes. He pretty much serves as Heaven's wetworks guy and assassin, doing the ugly, dirty jobs necessary to advance divine agenda. He's a nice guy (has a good sense of humour)[[note]]He admits to enjoying ''Star Wars'' because it makes him feel young.[[/note]], but you also have to remember he could wipe out all life on earth with very little effort and your really, really shouldn't [[BerserkButton shorten his name]]. In regards to being the guardian of free will, [[spoiler:when a Fallen, which is a matter of debate, ''lied'' to Harry with seven words and these words led Harry to kill himself, Uriel was able to tell a revived Harry seven words of Absolute Truth to counter this infraction]].
** Also in the series, Harry has encountered an Angel of Death who Knows Harry's TrueName and when he believes her to be the cause of a person's death, she politely but firmly corrects his assumption. She is there simply to guard the soul if it is time for the person to die. She states that not even the Prince of Darkness would be able to claim the soul from her protection.
** There are also Guardian Angels stationed around certain places, such as the Carpenter House. However, they are limited to stopping non-mortal assaults. If mortal mooks with no supernatural aide tried tossing molotov cocktails at the Carpenter house, the angels could do little, if anything, to stop them, because they cannot interfere with human free will.
*** The graphic novel ''Ghoul, Goblin'' features a ''genie'' who fulfilled the traditional role of a "guardian angel" for an Egyptian tour guide, [[spoiler:at least until it slacked off to indulge in some InterspeciesRomance with a mortal woman]].
* The first volume of the encyclopedia series "Man, Myth, and Magic" describes angels and how peoples' perceptions of them changed over time. One part of the entry described a female angel who's [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever 96 miles tall]] (that's 506,880 feet for those who are curious).
* Novelist/Irish Catholic priest Andrew M. Greeley wrote a trilogy of novels, ''Angel Fire'', ''Angel Light'', and ''Contract With an Angel'', in which he depicts angels as benevolent {{Sufficiently Advanced Alien}}s, immense EnergyBeings who can assume (or project a simulation of) human form, are capable of love and reproduction among themselves, and enjoy playing matchmaker among humans. Although they are aliens, they claim to be in direct communication with, and employment by, God. Notably, ''Angel Light'' is a modern retelling of the book of Tobit, one of the books of the Apocrypha, the non-canonical stories of the Bible.
* ''Literature/ILucifer'' features angels who are not winged humanoids but rather celestial beings of metaphysical energy. Angels suffer from pain if they commit evil acts (Angelic Pain), as well as corrupt their essence. This means demons are ''technically'' still Angels but are consumed with unimaginable pain constantly and their visage is a horrific reflection of their nature. They are also immortal and their numbers are unchanged since God brought them into existence.
* The PowersThatBe of the ''Literature/YoungWizards'' series can be considered angels, given that: 1) they're immortal spiritual entities, 2) they work for {{God}}, 3) they were created by {{God}} before time began, 4) the BigBad is [[{{Satan}} a fallen Power]], and 5) it's heavily implied that they're the inspiration for Abrahamic angels (though it's ''also'' heavily implied [[AllMythsAreTrue that they're the inspiration for the gods in all of the non-Abrahamic religions]]). A fully manifested Power [[AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder will look different to each person looking at it]], unless the Power consciously chooses an appearance for that particular manifestation, or if the currently surrounding events are all related to a particular mythology, in which case its appearance will be drawn from that mythology. The most powerful of the Powers suffer from TimeDissonance since they mainly exist outside of time, with whatever the mortals are interacting with being mere fragments of the whole.
* The angels of Sarah Douglass' ''The Crucible'' trilogy manipulate humanity for their amusement and impregnate women while despising sex. "God" doesn't actually exist but is just the pooled will of the angels.
* In contrast in Matthew Stover's ''Literature/JerichoMoon'' it's the angels who are just basically mindless facets of Yahweh.
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[Literature/ProsperosDaughter Prospero Lost]]'' and ''[[Literature/ProsperosDaughter Prospero in Hell]]'', Miranda is accustomed to her father's summoning angels. Once, an angel even appeared to her without being summoned. (The traditional nine-fold hierarchy is in effect.)
* In ''Angelology'' angels fall into three political categories: the loyal, who it is suggested are all female; the rebellious, who were apparently destroyed; and the Watchers, who also fell by mating with human women and producing the {{Nephilim}}. The Watchers were imprisoned on Earth in a deep cave system which is where the story of Hell comes from. Meanwhile, the Nephilim spread and enslaved humanity until they were wiped out in the Flood--except for one who killed Noah's son Japheth and took his place. All Caucasians are descended either from Japheth's human children or from the Nephilim who killed him. The descendants have manipulated and ruled humanity from behind the scenes ever since.
* In ''Literature/ParadiseLost'' Lucifer (who is quite distinctly an angel, albeit one who waged a very ill-conceived war on God) is described as being "in bulk as huge" as an island, winged, and armed with a spear as tall as a mighty ship's mast. Beyond this, he looks like a physically inspiring leader. Other angels are imposing, but less so.
* ''Literature/{{Mogworld}}'''s plot largely revolves around mysterious, angelic creatures that herd the undead back to their bodies and can delete things from existence. [[spoiler:These actually turn out to be anthropomorphized programs that drive the game's AI and act as game master tools for the developers.]]
* The only angel we really see in the Creator/ChristopherMoore [[TheVerse verse]] is Raziel, who appears to be a traditional, beautiful WingedHumanoid, but whose defining characteristic is being dumb as a bag of hammers. The narrator in ''Literature/LambTheGospelAccordingToBiff'' says Raziel's stupidity is so staggering that he's the [[UrExample reason]] the world has blonde jokes. What other angels are mentioned don't seem half so incompetent, but they do sound like snarky bastards.
* In Elizabeth Bear's ''Literature/JacobsLadderTrilogy'', angels are [=AIs=] who run various aspects of the worldship the books take place on and manifest bodies made of electromagnetic force.
* In Creator/SheriSTepper's ''Grass'' the main character has a dream/vision of heaven in which an angel has a conversation with God. Instead of the traditional bird wings it sports dragonfly wings which she notes make more anatomical sense.
* In Jacqueline Carey's ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'' books, the people of Terre d'Ange are all descendants of angels and accordingly beautiful. The angels themselves are mostly absent, aside from paintings and statues, but near the end of Kushiel's Avatar, the angel [[spoiler:Rahab]] makes an appearance, and is described as some sort of incomprehensible beauty, going with the WingedHumanoid image, albeit towering.
* In Kate Griffin's ''Literature/MatthewSwift'' series, the blue electric angels are actually the remnants of electricity, life force, stories and voices left behind in the telephone wires. With multiple personalities. When they start sharing a body with the titular Matthew Swift, things get complicated - not least, pronouns.
* ''Literature/TheBookOfAllHours'' - the Unkin. [[spoiler:humans that experienced an unique event in their life that allowed them to touch the Vellum underneath reality.]] In the multiverse inscribed on the surface of the Vellum, these meta-humans have long since taken up different roles, [[OurGodsAreDifferent presenting themselves]] to mortal humans [[OurDemonsAreDifferent in different ways]] in pursuit of power.
* In the web-novel ''Literature/{{Domina}}'', angels are humans who have used the [[BioAugmentation toy maker]] to gain [[LightEmUp the ability to emit bright light]], which is a useful weapon against the vampires. Originally, the vampires were bloodthirsty serial killers, and the angels were hailed as heroes for exterminating every one they came across. But over time, normal people began joining the vampires, but the angels continued [[FantasticRacism treating them as pure evil]]. By the time the series starts, the angels have been forced to move away from their anti-vampire stance a bit, but many of them still hold to the old party line. Ironically, the angels have no problem with the demons.
* L.A Weatherly's Angel Fire trilogy:
** Angels appear to be beautiful humanoids with wings and halos, but are in reality parasitic lifeforms that feed from the essence of human beings. Being touched by one results in getting Angel Burn, which manifests as either slowly increasing mental damage or various fatal and debilitating diseases. Angels are aware they do this and do not care, actively feeding on humanity and seeking to control them. They can take human form and cannot be killed in this form, but in turn cannot use their powers to kill. When in angel form they can be killed by the destruction of their halo. They are also not connected with God, they are actually beings from another dimension.
** [[spoiler:Half-Angels though are exceedingly rare, only two exist and it is unknown just how as angels do not reproduce sexually, but they are different. They do not cause Angel Burn and do not have halos, thus they cannot be killed unless their human side is killed. They manifest as people with two sides to themselves, both sentient and aware but in essence the same person. They are also able to read a person's future by touching them, but cannot see futures where they are more than passingly involved.]]
* Cynthia Hand's Hallowed series:
** There are three types of angels. Angels serve God and are typical angels. Blackwings are Fallen Angels, the Nephilim to be precise, who chose to mate with human women and caused the third kind of angel to exist, Angel-Bloods. Angel-bloods come in two types; Dimidius, a child of an angel and a human and Quartarius, a child of a Dimidius and a human. Angel-Bloods are born with a Purpose, the reason they were born, and will at some point receive dreams about it. They must fulfill their Purpose or they will become a Blackwing, an angel who has forsaken God. Blackwings are in constant misery due to their separation from heaven, are incapable of flight due to said misery but can shapeshift into different forms, and are at war with the Angels.
** [[spoiler:It is revealed that a third kind of Angel-Blood exists. Triplare, the child of a Dimidius and an Angel. They are exceedingly powerful, as close to an Angel as possible but they have free will. Only seven exist at a time. Three have been revealed in the series, the protagonist Clara, her brother Jeffrey and her romantic interest Christian.]]
* ''Jury Macntier'': The Angels in Cloudia all have certain powers, and some are not what you'd expect an angel to have. For example, Goldalocks is a Wealth Angel, and is incredibly greedy, cruel, and cold-hearted. When revealed that [[spoiler:Jury doesn't have magical powers or abilities]], she laughs at her and throws money at her. Another example is Maybella's friend, Saffron. Saffron is a Lust Angel, and since those are not permitted in Cloudia, Queen Lilac took away her magic, so Saffron is stuck on Cloudia without any lust or sex, what she wants the most. She normally hates on Jury and wears almost nothing but ribbons. Granted, the Angels aren't as bad as the Demons from Fireda. The Demons eat flesh, drink blood, steal, murder, etc. Compared to them, these Angels seem holy.
* In ''Literature/DirgeForPresterJohn'' Qaspiel calls itself an anthropteron. John's complete fascination with it confuses everyone.
* In Nalini Singh's ''Literature/GuildHunter'' series, there's something for everyone--angels exist and they're impossible to get away from. The world is divided up into territories, one for each Archangel, which they rule over as they see fit. In this universe, angels [[spoiler:produce a toxin that must be discharged regularly or they are driven insane]] so vampires are created from willing human populations. Guild Hunters exist to bring rogue vampires back to the angel that Made them, or destroy them if necessary.
* In Ted Chiang's novella ''Hell is the Absence of God'' angels look like writhing knots of white fire and operate on a BlueAndOrangeMorality, their presence causing miracles both good and bad without any discernable rhyme or reason. Fallen angels, on the other hand, are mysterious and close-mouthed about their reasons for rejecting God but do neither harm nor good.
* Angels apparently exist in ''Literature/ChildrenOfTheLamp'', and are said to be made of Light (just as {{Mu|ggles}}ndanes are made of Earth and Water and Djinn are made of Fire). They do serve God, but almost nothing else is known about them, except that they have powers that even Djinn find incredible, and sometimes disguise themselves as homeless people so they can find kind and generous humans to bless. We only meet one of: Afriel, the Angel of Youth, who is responsible for causing Miracles, Marvels, Omens, Eye-Openers, etc. (Except on Sundays, I never work on Sundays.)
* In the Brazilian fantasy novel ''Literature/ABatalhaDoApocalipse'' (and in the whole Spohrverse), angels are divided in castes and have no free will, being forced to follow the instincts of their respective caste. They also cannot be killed unless their mystical heart is destroyed. And some of them are quite genocidal with Michael being the responsible for the Great Flood and the destruction of Atlantis. They're also prone to using guns and do Saint Seiyaesque duels in bridges.
* [[spoiler:Jenny]] from ''Literature/TheTruthOfRockAndRoll'' becomes a Rock and Roll Angel - no wings, just wheels, but still a being of great power. She's also the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the Rebel Girl in rock & roll songs.
* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/JobAComedyOfJustice'', the angels Alex meets in Heaven are generally rather snobbish, ill-tempered bureaucrats. At the end of ''Literature/StrangerInAStrangeLand'' [[spoiler:Michael Smith is revealed to have been the Archangel Michael descended to the mortal realm]]
* In one of Karina Fabian's [=DragonEye=] P.I. stories ("Greater Treasures") they are of the original Biblical variety; the magically produced shadow of which sends a group of Neo-Nazis into mental breakdowns.
* [[Literature/RoTeO Ro.Te.O]] has angels using ElementalPowers. They're pretty much the equivalent to [[WingedHumanoid winged superheroes]] which [[NotWearingTights aren't wearing tights]]. However, they take some cues from the MagicalGirl genre which is just as crazy as it sounds.
* In the short story ''The World without Sleep'', from ''Literature/SomewhereBeneathThoseWaves'', demi-angels are essentially winged, beautiful and, for reasons unknown, blind priests in another plane of existence. They perceive themselves as protecting the underclass of "shadows" from exploitative vampire factory owners, and harbor prejudices against both vampires and goblins.
* ''Literature/TerminalWorld'' has angels that are actually bio-engineered, {{nano|machines}}technology-enhanced humans.
* In ''Literature/SandmanSlim'' angels are pretty much your traditional type. They are also arrogant schmucks.
* In ''Literature/FalconQuinn,'' angels are considered one of the types of monsters, although it is noted as being a particularly rare type of monstrosity. [[spoiler:Falcon himself is an angel, and it seems to be the result of his hybrid lineage--his monster parent, Crow, is a fearsome crowlike WingedHumanoid (with HumanoidAbomination tendencies), while his mother is a LightIsNotGood-flavored monster-hunting Guardian.]]
* Only two kinds of angels are described in Creator/AndreiBelyanin's ''Mozart''. The titular angel was actually created to sing in the heavenly choir, but his complete lack of a musical sense forced him to be reassigned to the Ninth Legion made up of warrior angels. Mozart has a surfer's build, but even he fails in comparison to a true warrior angel. None of them have wings, though, as it's kinda hard to blend in among the humans with wings. Their task is to fight any evil creatures, with vampires being the greatest enemy. It's noted that all angels lack nipples and bellybuttons. Despite this, no one notices Mozart's lack of those, even when he's walking around shirtless. Another strange thing about them is that angels do not dream, although Mozart has a dream near the end of the novel.
%% * ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices''.
* ''Literature/TheCosmere'':
** ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'':
*** Sylphrena might qualify, since as an honorspren, she's ''literally'' made out of the idea of honor. Usually takes the form of a human woman, but has also manifested as a flame, ribbon, or shower of petals. In addition, [[spoiler:she can take solid form as a Shardblade/Shardspear/Shardwhatever.]]
*** The Heralds of the Almighty also qualify. They were normal humans given divine powers by the Almighty (Honor) through a bond call the Oathpact. Vorin kingdoms worship them and believe that upon death they will travel to the Tranquiline Halls to help the Heralds reclaim them from the Voidbringers. The Heralds used to return on a regular basis to help humanity fight back [[TheEndoftheWorldasWeKnowIt the Desolations]], but the last Desolation occurred thousands of years ago at the start of the series.
*** The Vorin church teaches of the Dawnsingers, kindly spren sent by the Almighty to care for humans after they were forced out of the Tranquiline Halls. In ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}'', [[spoiler:it is revealed that the Dawnsingers were actually the parsh, the original inhabitants of Roshar, who took the humans in when the humans destroyed their own world. The humans turned on the Dawnsingers, so the Dawnsingers joined with Odium and became the Voidbringers. Because the Voidbringers are resurrected infinitely, the modern Fused are the same people who were first betrayed by the humans thousands of years ago]].
** ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'': There are creatures called Kandra, shapeshifters known as "Faceless Immortals" by the general population. They can take the form of human beings by eating their corpses and using their bones, are incredibly long lived (though not truly immortal), are virtually impossible to kill by conventional means (breaking their bones will force them to find a new set) and they carry out missions given to the by Harmony, the planets God. Notably many people who haven't personally interacted with them don't believe they exist as they can effectively blend in with humans perfectly. They aren't particularly angelic in terms of personality, being mostly like people with a bit of BlueAndOrangeMorality, particularly where corpses are involved.
* In ''Literature/LastMage'' they vary from [[EldritchAbomination Justice]] to GuileHero [[spoiler:Elijah]]. At least some can be killed, there is also one [[BigBad fallen angel]].
* The world of the ''Literature/RoseOfTheProphet'' trilogy is home to a large pantheon of gods. Each god has several Immortals under his command, which they may assign to different tasks as they see fit. The Christianity-based god Promenthas turned his Immortals into angels, ranked from the lesser ones who deal with humans the most, to the archangels, important enough to deal with Promenthas himself.
* The Grey Angels of ''Literature/TheDinosaurLords'' ''could'' be actually robots. At any rate, there's only seven of them, each is extremely powerful, giant and sapient, each can send dreams and manipulate memories and while they can't fly, it's implied they can walk through the walls and move unseen.
* In ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', angels take the shape of {{Winged Humanoid}}s that carry wands, shine burning light, fly faster than any bird, guard Mount Purgatory with {{Flaming Sword}}s, and live in the "Primum Mobile," the last sphere of the universe beyond which there is only [[{{God}} the Deep Mind]].
* Angels in the ''Literature/JessicaChrist'' series are born as and initially believe themselves to be normal humans. They can recognise other angels by their auras and sometimes have psychic insights that tells them how they can save people or otherwise do good. Morally, they are always basically good people in a general sense, but they can lose their tempers or make mistakes in the same way as anyone else. [[spoiler: Oh, and if a messiah goes to sleep and has an EroticDream nearby, they tend to [[DreamWalker get pulled into it.]]]]
* ''The Vorrh'' trilogy by Brian Catling has the Erstwhile, who are the broken and malformed remnants of the angels who failed to guard the Garden of Eden, cursed to remain in the eponymous forest for the rest of time. They can't normally be perceived by humans due to existing on a different level of time, but when they appear their appearances are pure BodyHorror, with some being described as resembling exceptionally stretched out, mummified humans with additional animal features such as claws and feathers. They are by and large shadows of their former selves, with most attempting to bury themselves underground as atonement for their failures, but they also retain some angelic powers such as the ability to heal diseases and reverse old age.
* ''[[Literature/{{Empirium}} The Empirium Trilogy]]'''s angels are winged, humanoid beings that cannot die by conventional means. Every angel has the ability to read, speak through, and control minds.
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* ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' features most prominently the Beryls, who are God-like spirit beings of light who serve C'iel, the goddess of light. There're seven of them, who are named after -and identified with- the seven archangels of the [[CrystalDragonJesus Christianism of the setting]], all but one of them have adopted female gender, and each one of them have associated a set of ideas and concepts (for example, Gabriel represents among other things love, arts, and peace and Uriel -the unique male- freedom, independence, and free will)
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
** The catch-all term "celestial" is used to refer to beings from the Upper Planes, "angels" (or "aasimon" when 2nd Edition was trying to appease the MoralGuardians) are celestials who directly serve gods, and "asuras" are former angels who left their gods' service for various reasons (they're still on the side of good, [[GoodIsNotNice but don't take crap from anyone)]]. All are MadeOfGood and have innate supernatural abilities, and while celestials cannot [[DemonicPossession possess mortals like fiends can]], some mortal spellcasters learn to act as a {{Willing Channeler}}s for them. They are not infallible, however, and some celestials end up becoming {{Fallen Angel}}s, resulting in them being driven from their heavenly homes. Like the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent fiends]], celestials include several subtypes based upon CharacterAlignment, but while the [[LawfulEvil devils]], [[ChaoticEvil demons]] and [[NeutralEvil yugoloths]] wage the [[EvilVersusEvil Blood War]], the Upper Planes are free of that sort of vicious infighting -- even the most lawful of archons would rather tolerate the chaos of an eladrin than the evil of a devil.
*** Archons are LawfulGood celestials from the Seven Mounting Heavens of Celestia, serving the [[CouncilOfAngels Celestial Hebdomad]]. They vary greatly in appearance, from the human-looking Sword and Trumpet Archons, to animalistic Hound and Owl Archons, to the more abstract Lantern Archon.
*** Eladrins are ChaoticGood celestials from the Olympian Glades of Arborea, serving Queen Morwel and the Court of Stars, essentially a good version of TheFairFolk. They tend to look like supernatural elves - firre eladrin have fiery eyes, and shiradi eladrin have wings, for example - but can freely assume more fantastical forms like a pillar of flame or cloud of light shards.
*** Guardinals are NeutralGood celestials from the Blessed Fields of Elysium, serving [[KingOfBeasts Talisad]] and the Five Companions, who are more or less an epic-level adventuring party. Their ranks are made up of heavenly BeastMen - leonals, lupinals, equinals, ursinals, and so on.
*** Other celestial beings include devas, angels assigned to monitor and patrol specific planes, lillends, winged snake-women who defend art and unspoiled wilderness, bariaurs, ram-centaurs from [[WarriorHeaven Ysgard]], hollyphants, which can shift between the forms of a small, winged elephant and a winged mastodon, and moon dogs, intelligent hounds with a potent array of abilities to combat evil, dispell illusions, and heal wounds.
** Fourth Edition mixed things up by declaring angels to be "expressions of the Astral Sea," basically EnergyBeings who mostly act as servants and mercenaries for the gods on their own initiative according to their individual natures. They're depicted as glowy, winged, legless humanoids and can now be of any alignment, so yes, evil gods have their own angels. The term "archon" was reassigned to {{elemental|embodiment}} servants of the Primordials, while eladrins became an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elven subrace]] emphasizing their connection to the Feywild.
** Fifth Edition has had little in the way of celestials in its beastiaries thus far, with only the standard deva, solar and planetar appearing under a generic "Angel" entry. Eladrins remain a fey elven subrace, while the 4th Edition elemental archons have been renamed "elemental myrmidons." And player paladins who reach 20th level can temporary take up an angelic form as part of their Oath of Vengeance.
* There is a German RPG named ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engel_(role-playing_game) Engel]]'' (Angel) where you play... angels. Which are a bit different, to say the least.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Godbound}}'''s angels are ''pissed''. After humanity laid waste to Heaven in a hubristic bid for ultimate power, they declared war on humanity and intentionally spread false religions in disguise to ensure the maximum number of humans go to hell.
* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'' has no less than seven major types of Angels (called "choirs"), and two minor types. Some of these are practically humans with superpowers, while others are so alien that they consider the "human condition" something akin to a disease. They can be [[FallenAngel banished from Heaven]] if they act in defiance of their various natures, and will fall to become demons if they continue to do so as Outcasts. (An angel can also choose at any time to fall and become a demon- most don't.) While Outcasts can [[RedemptionQuest redeem themselves]] once they have healed the damage caused by their acts, its significantly harder for demons to ascend- but not impossible. The seven main types (from highest to lowest rank) are:
** [[CannotTellALie Seraphim]]: Serpents with six eyes and six feathered wings.
** [[MamaBear Cherubim]]: Winged animals, of any variety (try not to imagine what a bird-cherubim looks like...)
** [[DrivesLikeCrazy Ofanim]]: Constantly spinning wheels of flame.
** [[StrawVulcan Elohim]]: Hairless, androgynous humanoids with large, staring eyes. (Basically, TheGreys)
** [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Malakim]]: Shadowy human figures with black wings. The only choir unable to fall, perhaps due to how strictly they police themselves. (May or may not have already fallen and are just deluding themselves.)
** [[HiveMind Kyriotates]]: A whirling cloud of limbs and body parts.
** [[TheSocialExpert Mercurians]]: [[WingedHumanoid Winged Humanoids]] with halos and feathery wings.
* ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'':
** Some names and/or terms in [[EldritchAbomination Everblight's]] army contains occasional biblical words such as Messiah, and so there are such words as Seraphim and Angelius, which, in-game, are eyeless winged horrors.
** The Harbinger of Menoth is a more classical take on the angel, albeit wingless since she is human; basically, Menoth's [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]]. As he deemed her too holy to touch the earth, however, [[http://trow.cc/forum/uploads/post-2042-1299925671.jpg she does levitate]]!
* Hallow, one of the ''TabletopGame/LegendSystem'''s official settings, features enormous semi-sentient constructs of glass and metal called Angels. Their purpose is to oversee parts of the world, but the only part of that understood by humans is that they handle what happens to people and things that [[FloatingContinent fall off of plates]].
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has angels, [[LawfulGood archons]], agathions (NeutralGood and animal-themed -- equivalent to the guardinals in ''D&D''), and azatas (ChaoticGood and fey-themed equivalents to the eladrin). The manasaputras are unique to ''Pathfinder'' and are Hindu-inspired rather than vaguely Abrahamic.
* ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'': ''TabletopGame/{{Winterweir}}'' has the Celestials. A bunch of angry AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence former humans who believe in the total domination of all beings through orderly stability. They manipulate religions to think of them as divine servitors.
* From Creator/WhiteWolf, ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'''s equivalent of angels are the Hands of Aten (who is the Avatar of the Titan of Light). [[LightIsNotGood They are bad]]. Although the descriptions suggest that they are in fact [[LightIsNotGood Aten's]] attempt to copy angels as described by humans. So the stories of angels, true or false, came before the Hands.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' has the [[http://www.goblin-online.net/download/allumina.txt daemons of Alluminas]], one of the [[LightIsNotGood gods of law]], which resemble angels and are named after angelic classes.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
** The Living Saints are chosen vessels of the God-Emperor's might and meet all of the criteria for being angels. However, ''these'' angels are known for wielding flaming chainsaw-swords and declaring they will ''purge'' the land... monumental ass-kicking tends to ensue whenever one shows up. Except the whole "chosen of the Emperor" could easily just be [[SchizoTech misunderstood]] LostTechnology and warp powers [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve derived from the belief]] of the rather zealous [=SoB=].
** Funnily enough, the ones actually referred to as angels are [[SpaceMarine a million-strong army of 8 feet tall, fanatical]] {{super soldier}}s. And given [[BodyHorror what they]] [[TrainingFromHell go through]] to become that way, [[SelflessnessTropes the angels comparison is entirely apt]].
** Sanguinius is perhaps the closest thing to an actual angel; son of a PhysicalGod, feathery wings, totally {{bish|onen}}ie, and pretty nice [[BlackAndGrayMorality for that universe]]. But in his death throes, the [[SuperSoldier Space Marines]] made from his genetic material were afflicted with a propensity towards madness, and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a thirst for blood...]]
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Witchcraft}}'' and its sequel game ''Armageddon'', angels mostly conform to common beliefs as being {{Winged Humanoid}}s, both in their native plane (where they are actually EnergyBeings) and our world (where they have to incarnate themselves into physical bodies, but can easily hide their true natures). Both heavenly and {{fallen angel}}s (the latter and demons being one and the same) are split into two orders: the more powerful ones, created/born as angels (Seraphim) and the souls of mortals that went to Heaven or Hell which were transfigured into angelic forms (Cherubim and Qlippothim, respectively) to be field agents and footsoldiers.
* The "angels" (if they can still be called that; they sure think they can) of ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'' are split up into seven celestial Houses, based on which day of creation they had a role in (for instance, the Rabisu, responsible for the sixth day and all the creatures of the Earth, have control over animal life, plant life, and flesh). As the Quotes page indicates, the pre-Fall angels were quantum beings that existed in multiple states -- the actual debate that led to the Fall is described by one angel as simultaneously being a verbal debate ''and'' clashing elements of a symphony ''and'' a struggle between elemental forces. Actual angels have disappeared from Creation by the time the game begins, [[HaveYouSeenMyGod as has God]]. Perhaps Angels aren't as gone as you might think, depending on your Storyteller. One sidebar (and thus optional) in the final book gives stats for genuine blessed-by-God angels: a slight alteration from the standard Demon stats for thematic reasons, with the ass-kicking stats pegged at eleven. There is also a suggestion in one novel that the avatars of [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension mages]] are the remains of the angels.
* ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'':
** The core [=NWoD=] has an update called The God-Machine Chronicle, with new rules and an entire chronicle that focuses on the titular God-Machine. One aspect of this details the Angels that serve the God-Machine: [[DeusEstMachina Divine subroutines and programs running on its cosmic supercomputer]]. This will also be heavily relevant in the next [=NWoD=] game ''TabletopGame/DemonTheDescent'', where Angels seem to feature as the antagonists according to posts from the developers. What's been revealed thus far indicates that angels have no free will outside their orders (going against them, even in letter, causes them to fall and become demons), act as forces [[InMysteriousWays pushing things towards some arrayed purpose they can't possibly know]], take any number of forms corporeal and non-corporeal, and are sometimes set at cross purposes (one Actual Play has one angel assigned to protect a barista, another assigned to ''kill'' said barista, and both falling because of it). A playtest also features one who parleys with a demon to track down a badly damaged, AxCrazy angel who turns out to be trying to follow the Machine's orders.
** ''TabletopGame/PrometheanTheCreated'' features the ''qashmallim''. Despite the fact that the books make it very clear that they are ''not'' angels, they can take any number of forms (including Biblical-style renditions such as a man with four faces or a flaming chariot), they have powers that are Biblical in scope (such as calling down a rain of fire or turning a human into a pillar of salt), and they're made of the "Divine Fire" that powers the universe and act in service of a guiding force known as "the Principle." Just to be confusing, the books ''also'' make it very clear in some points that they ''are'' angels. [[MindScrew Sometimes in the same sentence]].
** ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' has Angels as being the inhabitants of the Supernal Realm of the Aether (where the Arcana of Forces and Prime originate) and are divided into the choirs of Seraphim (for Forces) and Cherubim (for Prime). The Seraphim are described as being powerful and furious, often manifesting in forms of wild, powerful energy, while the Cherubim are more patient and wise, often manifesting in gentler, softer forms. All angels are said to be forces of righteousness with high moral standards, although their ''particular'' view of morality can be sometimes a bit alien. The sample Cherubim are the Ophan (a nude, feminine figure, completely white and hairless and covered in hundreds of closed eyes which blaze with a blinding, blue light when open) and the Beast Keeper (a multi-armed, solidly-built masculine figure who has constantly shifting animal features). The sample Seraphim are the Metatron (described as a towering humanoid being of pure fire with countless wings constantly folding and unfolding behind it and constant electricity sparkling around it) and the Elemental (a being which can manifest as a pillar of fire, a ball of heat and light, a beast constructed from magma, or a swirling torrent of water). The other suggested angels have forms ranging from the typical (humanoid beings made from energy, burning bushes) to the unusual (a rubber ball constantly ricocheting off of surfaces, a structure made from marble and glass suspended in orbit) to the particularly alien (which greatly resemble the Angels from ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'').
** ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'' has the Nemeses, assassins serving Fate who kill anyone who tries to ScrewDestiny and manifest as {{Winged Humanoid}}s resembling their target. They're never explicitly called angels but the parallels are obvious.
** Ironically, the picture above is ''not'' an angel-rather, he's Gamugur, a spirit of primal chaos from ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'', who took that form to interact with a religious cult.
* Angels are a Type of Monster in the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game (called Fairies in the TCG) but while they have many that resemble classic, traditional ones, Konami seems to be very lax at what they can call an Angel.
** The Counter Fairies which are meant to work with Counter Traps, look like mechanical angels. Well-known ones include [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Layard_the_Liberator Layard the Liberator]], [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Bountiful_Artemis Bountiful Artemis]], and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Voltanis_the_Adjudicator Voltanis the Adjudicator.]]
** It's hard to say how a giant, ugly, man-eating (in the anime) scorpion-beast like Mystical Beast of Serket could be classified as a Fairy, except possibly because it's supposed to be a tomb guardian.
** The Arcana Force monsters, which use TarotMotifs, are a clear case of LightIsNotGood. Based on demons in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. they were used by the BigBad of the Second Season of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' and are ObviouslyEvil. Yet, they are still considered Angels. Some [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_I_-_The_Magician examples]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_III_-_THE_EMPRESS are]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_VII_-_The_Chariot seen]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_XXI_-_The_World here.]]
** The Zefra archetype consists of a winged giant penguin and dolphin with young girls as riders (Zeframpilica and Zefrawendi), a humanoid Dragon (Zefraxa), a knight with half [[KnightInShiningArmor bright]] and half [[BlackKnight dark]] armor and [[GoodWingsEvilWings the wings to match]] (Zefraroots), an old man with access to a FountainOfYouth (Zefrasaber), one of the 2 monsters responsible for the death of Sophia (and is now called Zefranaga), A humanoid bug that slightly got more humanoid (Zefraxition), a warrior that might be the human form of Chiwen, Light of the Yang Zing (Zefrathuban), and two dragons (Zefrainu and Zefraxi). None of them are even Fairy-type.
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* ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' features most prominently the Beryls, who are God-like spirit beings of light who serve C'iel, the goddess of light. There're seven of them, who are named after -and identified with- the seven archangels of the [[CrystalDragonJesus Christianism of the setting]], all but one of them have adopted female gender, and each one of them have associated a set of ideas and concepts (for example, Gabriel represents among other things love, arts, and peace and Uriel -the unique male- freedom, independence, and free will)
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
** The catch-all term "celestial" is used to refer to beings from the Upper Planes, "angels" (or "aasimon" when 2nd Edition was trying to appease the MoralGuardians) are celestials who directly serve gods, and "asuras" are former angels who left their gods' service for various reasons (they're still on the side of good, [[GoodIsNotNice but don't take crap from anyone)]]. All are MadeOfGood and have innate supernatural abilities, and while celestials cannot [[DemonicPossession possess mortals like fiends can]], some mortal spellcasters learn to act as a {{Willing Channeler}}s for them. They are not infallible, however, and some celestials end up becoming {{Fallen Angel}}s, resulting in them being driven from their heavenly homes. Like the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent fiends]], celestials include several subtypes based upon CharacterAlignment, but while the [[LawfulEvil devils]], [[ChaoticEvil demons]] and [[NeutralEvil yugoloths]] wage the [[EvilVersusEvil Blood War]], the Upper Planes are free of that sort of vicious infighting -- even the most lawful of archons would rather tolerate the chaos of an eladrin than the evil of a devil.
*** Archons are LawfulGood celestials from the Seven Mounting Heavens of Celestia, serving the [[CouncilOfAngels Celestial Hebdomad]]. They vary greatly in appearance, from the human-looking Sword and Trumpet Archons, to animalistic Hound and Owl Archons, to the more abstract Lantern Archon.
*** Eladrins are ChaoticGood celestials from the Olympian Glades of Arborea, serving Queen Morwel and the Court of Stars, essentially a good version of TheFairFolk. They tend to look like supernatural elves - firre eladrin have fiery eyes, and shiradi eladrin have wings, for example - but can freely assume more fantastical forms like a pillar of flame or cloud of light shards.
*** Guardinals are NeutralGood celestials from the Blessed Fields of Elysium, serving [[KingOfBeasts Talisad]] and the Five Companions, who are more or less an epic-level adventuring party. Their ranks are made up of heavenly BeastMen - leonals, lupinals, equinals, ursinals, and so on.
*** Other celestial beings include devas, angels assigned to monitor and patrol specific planes, lillends, winged snake-women who defend art and unspoiled wilderness, bariaurs, ram-centaurs from [[WarriorHeaven Ysgard]], hollyphants, which can shift between the forms of a small, winged elephant and a winged mastodon, and moon dogs, intelligent hounds with a potent array of abilities to combat evil, dispell illusions, and heal wounds.
** Fourth Edition mixed things up by declaring angels to be "expressions of the Astral Sea," basically EnergyBeings who mostly act as servants and mercenaries for the gods on their own initiative according to their individual natures. They're depicted as glowy, winged, legless humanoids and can now be of any alignment, so yes, evil gods have their own angels. The term "archon" was reassigned to {{elemental|embodiment}} servants of the Primordials, while eladrins became an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elven subrace]] emphasizing their connection to the Feywild.
** Fifth Edition has had little in the way of celestials in its beastiaries thus far, with only the standard deva, solar and planetar appearing under a generic "Angel" entry. Eladrins remain a fey elven subrace, while the 4th Edition elemental archons have been renamed "elemental myrmidons." And player paladins who reach 20th level can temporary take up an angelic form as part of their Oath of Vengeance.
* There is a German RPG named ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engel_(role-playing_game) Engel]]'' (Angel) where you play... angels. Which are a bit different, to say the least.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Godbound}}'''s angels are ''pissed''. After humanity laid waste to Heaven in a hubristic bid for ultimate power, they declared war on humanity and intentionally spread false religions in disguise to ensure the maximum number of humans go to hell.
* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'' has no less than seven major types of Angels (called "choirs"), and two minor types. Some of these are practically humans with superpowers, while others are so alien that they consider the "human condition" something akin to a disease. They can be [[FallenAngel banished from Heaven]] if they act in defiance of their various natures, and will fall to become demons if they continue to do so as Outcasts. (An angel can also choose at any time to fall and become a demon- most don't.) While Outcasts can [[RedemptionQuest redeem themselves]] once they have healed the damage caused by their acts, its significantly harder for demons to ascend- but not impossible. The seven main types (from highest to lowest rank) are:
** [[CannotTellALie Seraphim]]: Serpents with six eyes and six feathered wings.
** [[MamaBear Cherubim]]: Winged animals, of any variety (try not to imagine what a bird-cherubim looks like...)
** [[DrivesLikeCrazy Ofanim]]: Constantly spinning wheels of flame.
** [[StrawVulcan Elohim]]: Hairless, androgynous humanoids with large, staring eyes. (Basically, TheGreys)
** [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Malakim]]: Shadowy human figures with black wings. The only choir unable to fall, perhaps due to how strictly they police themselves. (May or may not have already fallen and are just deluding themselves.)
** [[HiveMind Kyriotates]]: A whirling cloud of limbs and body parts.
** [[TheSocialExpert Mercurians]]: [[WingedHumanoid Winged Humanoids]] with halos and feathery wings.
* ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'':
** Some names and/or terms in [[EldritchAbomination Everblight's]] army contains occasional biblical words such as Messiah, and so there are such words as Seraphim and Angelius, which, in-game, are eyeless winged horrors.
** The Harbinger of Menoth is a more classical take on the angel, albeit wingless since she is human; basically, Menoth's [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]]. As he deemed her too holy to touch the earth, however, [[http://trow.cc/forum/uploads/post-2042-1299925671.jpg she does levitate]]!
* Hallow, one of the ''TabletopGame/LegendSystem'''s official settings, features enormous semi-sentient constructs of glass and metal called Angels. Their purpose is to oversee parts of the world, but the only part of that understood by humans is that they handle what happens to people and things that [[FloatingContinent fall off of plates]].
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has angels, [[LawfulGood archons]], agathions (NeutralGood and animal-themed -- equivalent to the guardinals in ''D&D''), and azatas (ChaoticGood and fey-themed equivalents to the eladrin). The manasaputras are unique to ''Pathfinder'' and are Hindu-inspired rather than vaguely Abrahamic.
* ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'': ''TabletopGame/{{Winterweir}}'' has the Celestials. A bunch of angry AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence former humans who believe in the total domination of all beings through orderly stability. They manipulate religions to think of them as divine servitors.
* From Creator/WhiteWolf, ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'''s equivalent of angels are the Hands of Aten (who is the Avatar of the Titan of Light). [[LightIsNotGood They are bad]]. Although the descriptions suggest that they are in fact [[LightIsNotGood Aten's]] attempt to copy angels as described by humans. So the stories of angels, true or false, came before the Hands.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' has the [[http://www.goblin-online.net/download/allumina.txt daemons of Alluminas]], one of the [[LightIsNotGood gods of law]], which resemble angels and are named after angelic classes.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
** The Living Saints are chosen vessels of the God-Emperor's might and meet all of the criteria for being angels. However, ''these'' angels are known for wielding flaming chainsaw-swords and declaring they will ''purge'' the land... monumental ass-kicking tends to ensue whenever one shows up. Except the whole "chosen of the Emperor" could easily just be [[SchizoTech misunderstood]] LostTechnology and warp powers [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve derived from the belief]] of the rather zealous [=SoB=].
** Funnily enough, the ones actually referred to as angels are [[SpaceMarine a million-strong army of 8 feet tall, fanatical]] {{super soldier}}s. And given [[BodyHorror what they]] [[TrainingFromHell go through]] to become that way, [[SelflessnessTropes the angels comparison is entirely apt]].
** Sanguinius is perhaps the closest thing to an actual angel; son of a PhysicalGod, feathery wings, totally {{bish|onen}}ie, and pretty nice [[BlackAndGrayMorality for that universe]]. But in his death throes, the [[SuperSoldier Space Marines]] made from his genetic material were afflicted with a propensity towards madness, and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a thirst for blood...]]
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Witchcraft}}'' and its sequel game ''Armageddon'', angels mostly conform to common beliefs as being {{Winged Humanoid}}s, both in their native plane (where they are actually EnergyBeings) and our world (where they have to incarnate themselves into physical bodies, but can easily hide their true natures). Both heavenly and {{fallen angel}}s (the latter and demons being one and the same) are split into two orders: the more powerful ones, created/born as angels (Seraphim) and the souls of mortals that went to Heaven or Hell which were transfigured into angelic forms (Cherubim and Qlippothim, respectively) to be field agents and footsoldiers.
* The "angels" (if they can still be called that; they sure think they can) of ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'' are split up into seven celestial Houses, based on which day of creation they had a role in (for instance, the Rabisu, responsible for the sixth day and all the creatures of the Earth, have control over animal life, plant life, and flesh). As the Quotes page indicates, the pre-Fall angels were quantum beings that existed in multiple states -- the actual debate that led to the Fall is described by one angel as simultaneously being a verbal debate ''and'' clashing elements of a symphony ''and'' a struggle between elemental forces. Actual angels have disappeared from Creation by the time the game begins, [[HaveYouSeenMyGod as has God]]. Perhaps Angels aren't as gone as you might think, depending on your Storyteller. One sidebar (and thus optional) in the final book gives stats for genuine blessed-by-God angels: a slight alteration from the standard Demon stats for thematic reasons, with the ass-kicking stats pegged at eleven. There is also a suggestion in one novel that the avatars of [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension mages]] are the remains of the angels.
* ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'':
** The core [=NWoD=] has an update called The God-Machine Chronicle, with new rules and an entire chronicle that focuses on the titular God-Machine. One aspect of this details the Angels that serve the God-Machine: [[DeusEstMachina Divine subroutines and programs running on its cosmic supercomputer]]. This will also be heavily relevant in the next [=NWoD=] game ''TabletopGame/DemonTheDescent'', where Angels seem to feature as the antagonists according to posts from the developers. What's been revealed thus far indicates that angels have no free will outside their orders (going against them, even in letter, causes them to fall and become demons), act as forces [[InMysteriousWays pushing things towards some arrayed purpose they can't possibly know]], take any number of forms corporeal and non-corporeal, and are sometimes set at cross purposes (one Actual Play has one angel assigned to protect a barista, another assigned to ''kill'' said barista, and both falling because of it). A playtest also features one who parleys with a demon to track down a badly damaged, AxCrazy angel who turns out to be trying to follow the Machine's orders.
** ''TabletopGame/PrometheanTheCreated'' features the ''qashmallim''. Despite the fact that the books make it very clear that they are ''not'' angels, they can take any number of forms (including Biblical-style renditions such as a man with four faces or a flaming chariot), they have powers that are Biblical in scope (such as calling down a rain of fire or turning a human into a pillar of salt), and they're made of the "Divine Fire" that powers the universe and act in service of a guiding force known as "the Principle." Just to be confusing, the books ''also'' make it very clear in some points that they ''are'' angels. [[MindScrew Sometimes in the same sentence]].
** ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' has Angels as being the inhabitants of the Supernal Realm of the Aether (where the Arcana of Forces and Prime originate) and are divided into the choirs of Seraphim (for Forces) and Cherubim (for Prime). The Seraphim are described as being powerful and furious, often manifesting in forms of wild, powerful energy, while the Cherubim are more patient and wise, often manifesting in gentler, softer forms. All angels are said to be forces of righteousness with high moral standards, although their ''particular'' view of morality can be sometimes a bit alien. The sample Cherubim are the Ophan (a nude, feminine figure, completely white and hairless and covered in hundreds of closed eyes which blaze with a blinding, blue light when open) and the Beast Keeper (a multi-armed, solidly-built masculine figure who has constantly shifting animal features). The sample Seraphim are the Metatron (described as a towering humanoid being of pure fire with countless wings constantly folding and unfolding behind it and constant electricity sparkling around it) and the Elemental (a being which can manifest as a pillar of fire, a ball of heat and light, a beast constructed from magma, or a swirling torrent of water). The other suggested angels have forms ranging from the typical (humanoid beings made from energy, burning bushes) to the unusual (a rubber ball constantly ricocheting off of surfaces, a structure made from marble and glass suspended in orbit) to the particularly alien (which greatly resemble the Angels from ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'').
** ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'' has the Nemeses, assassins serving Fate who kill anyone who tries to ScrewDestiny and manifest as {{Winged Humanoid}}s resembling their target. They're never explicitly called angels but the parallels are obvious.
** Ironically, the picture above is ''not'' an angel-rather, he's Gamugur, a spirit of primal chaos from ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'', who took that form to interact with a religious cult.
* Angels are a Type of Monster in the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game (called Fairies in the TCG) but while they have many that resemble classic, traditional ones, Konami seems to be very lax at what they can call an Angel.
** The Counter Fairies which are meant to work with Counter Traps, look like mechanical angels. Well-known ones include [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Layard_the_Liberator Layard the Liberator]], [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Bountiful_Artemis Bountiful Artemis]], and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Voltanis_the_Adjudicator Voltanis the Adjudicator.]]
** It's hard to say how a giant, ugly, man-eating (in the anime) scorpion-beast like Mystical Beast of Serket could be classified as a Fairy, except possibly because it's supposed to be a tomb guardian.
** The Arcana Force monsters, which use TarotMotifs, are a clear case of LightIsNotGood. Based on demons in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. they were used by the BigBad of the Second Season of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' and are ObviouslyEvil. Yet, they are still considered Angels. Some [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_I_-_The_Magician examples]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_III_-_THE_EMPRESS are]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_VII_-_The_Chariot seen]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_XXI_-_The_World here.]]
** The Zefra archetype consists of a winged giant penguin and dolphin with young girls as riders (Zeframpilica and Zefrawendi), a humanoid Dragon (Zefraxa), a knight with half [[KnightInShiningArmor bright]] and half [[BlackKnight dark]] armor and [[GoodWingsEvilWings the wings to match]] (Zefraroots), an old man with access to a FountainOfYouth (Zefrasaber), one of the 2 monsters responsible for the death of Sophia (and is now called Zefranaga), A humanoid bug that slightly got more humanoid (Zefraxition), a warrior that might be the human form of Chiwen, Light of the Yang Zing (Zefrathuban), and two dragons (Zefrainu and Zefraxi). None of them are even Fairy-type.
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* In ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'', you have a little angel buddy you control in the city maintenance levels that acts as an intermediate between you and your people. Basically, it's a combination of a putto and a Christian angel: looking like the former, while performing the role of the latter. You use it do things like kill demonic creatures, bless your people's crops, or burn their houses down.
** In the sequel, you look like a angel, but are actually supposed to be god. The English version doesn't want you to [[{{Bowdlerise}} know that.]]
* In ''VideoGame/AfterTheWar'', Mark's diary mentions an Angel who came from beyond the Portal and revealed himself to him. [[spoiler:When you reach the end of the Portal, you're attacked by a Black Angel, an alien, sword-toting legless monster who can shoot electricity and tries to shank you.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Aion}}'', you start your character's life by {{ascend|ToAHigherPlaneOfExistence}}ing to become essentially an angel of your race's gods.
* A solar (the highest rank of angel in D&D, and thusly someone even your character, the [[spoiler:child of the god of death]], does not want to mess with) serves as MisterExposition in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII''; epic level spellcasters can also summon celestials.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}''[='s=] angels and demons are less about "Good" and "Evil" factions and more about [[LightIsNotGood "Light"]] and [[DarkIsNotEvil "Dark"]] and the unspoken agreement to try and not kill each other and mortals enough to cause an imbalance. Beyond that, it can be inferred that the angels are as much liars and tricksters as demons, under all that polite, self-righteous veneer. At first glance they have all the marble skin, gilded armor, and glowing halos of light (and [[OminousLatinChanting choral accompaniment]]). Beat them up, and all that falls off, leaving horrible monsters with dripping juices, exposed muscle tissue and eyes where they probably shouldn't be. An interesting side note here - angels are described in great detail in the Bible, and Bayonetta's development team has ShownTheirWork. Each category of angels looks the way it's described in the Bible, and the different types are helpfully and correctly identified the first time they show up.
* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'':
** One of the studio's cartoon stars is a [[MsFanservice shapely female]] named Alice [[SpeciesSurname Angel]], a HornedHumanoid with a HolyHalo but no wings who is "sent from above," dresses in a LittleBlackDress, and is noted for her talents in song and dance.
** Susie Campbell is a real-life version of the above character, who was introduced in Chapter 3. She's made of ink, deformed, and is definitely not good.
** Allison is also a real-life version of Alice. She's also made of ink, but she's [[NiceGal nice]] to [[PlayerCharacter Henry]] and helps him against the monsters at the studio. She also has a second HolyHalo that floats above her head. It can be seen through the seeing tool.
* ''VideoGame/BendyInNightmareRun'' is a spin-off of ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'', so it also has Alice Angel - the cartoon version. Her description in this game pegs her as bringing light to everything she touches.
* The final boss (if you ignore the optional ones) of ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' is Mergo's Wet Nurse, a winged, MultiArmedAndDangerous HumanoidAbomination with what appears to be a ''very'' long neck, judging by its cowl, but given that everything above its shoulders are invisible, we'll never know for sure. As implied by her "name," she's the attendant of Mergo, a stillborn, [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian god.]]
* In ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'', while traditional feather-winged angels do appear as [=NPCs=], the only character specifically referred to as an angel, [[spoiler:Cracky the Sky Queen]], looks more like a bizarre conglomeration of broken dolls. [[spoiler: She also turns out to be an antagonist.]]
* The angel girl the player controls in ''VideoGame/CatPlanet'' is a OneHitPointWonder and a friend to the collectible {{ridiculously cute|Critter}} cats.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' series:
** In ''VideoGame/{{Dark Souls II}}'', you can find the Darklurker located in the Dark Chasm of Old. A first for the Souls Series, it looks positively angelic with a bright white appearance, four arms, two wings, and a face shrouded by a white hood. Despite its holy appearance it uses Dark Sorcery, a type of magic based upon consuming souls to empower itself. Defeating it (which requires a perfect run through not only the toughest area in the game, but Darklurker can easily one shot most builds with any of its attacks) rewards you its soul, which downright states that whatever the Darklurker is, it shouldn't exist. And while it is found in the Abyss and wields Dark Sorcery it is ''not'' a creature of the Dark since its soul is a '''light''' soul -- which only adds to the wrongness.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Dark Souls III}},'' there appear to be at least two types. In item descriptions, beings referred too as Angels came to a character and inspired them to help found a new religion. In the DLC, we meet separate extremely hostile beings that shriek loudly and endlessly barrage you with beams of light whenever they spot you. And if you try to hide from their beams, they can cast a heavenly light upon you [[LightIsNotGood which ends up cursing you and killing you instantly.]] Except, those things aren't even the real angels, they're only illusions projected by [[BodyHorror a host growing out of a dead pilgrim's corpse]] somewhere in the area, and they can only die once you find the host and kill it. Furthermore a close look at the "angels" reveals that they are ''insectoid''. [[VoodooShark This creates more questions than it answers.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}},'' they are a powerful technologically advanced warrior race and among the enemies fought in the game. They are [[WingedHumanoid Winged Humanoids]] but the males are much more masculine than most depictions. One of them in the sequel is even downright obese. They apparently use Ortho (for all practical purposes [[CallARabbitASmeerp griffins)]] as mounts and military animals because at one point you [[UnexpectedShmupLevel steal one and ride on it.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', the security clearance levels of Majestic-12 correspond to the various choirs, with titles such as Angel/0A and Throne/6G.
* In the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' universe, demons with white-and-gold coloration (and usually feathers) are sometimes referred to as angels, usually by people convinced "angels" are the good guys. In [=DMC3=]:SE Vergil's katana is especially effective against such enemies due to ElementalRockPaperScissors. Angels are also referred to as one of the three "dominant races" of the universe (the other two being [[TheLegionsOfHell Demons]] and [[HumansAreSpecial Humans]]). However, none have actually appeared yet. Possibly a case of [[TheGodsMustBeLazy The Angels Must Be Lazy]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'':
** Their most notable variation is that instead of feathered wings, they have tendrils of light extending from their backs. They wear armor and cloaks and their faces (which are actually just harmonic resonances) are always in shadow. One novel adaptation of the series claims that they are not physical, but more made up of light and sound. Personality wise, the series generally portrays them with shades of KnightTemplar. They are more into order than good, and they care little for humans except as a tool to fight demons, with a couple of exceptions being introduced so far.
** [[http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/data/510/medium/1920x1200_NFR_Imperius_by_Holyknight30001.jpg Imperius]] (Valor) and Malthael (Wisdom) almost had mankind destroyed for being a "taint on creation" via a vote among the 5-Archangel council: Imperius voted for destruction, while Malthael abstained, which meant the same thing. Tyrael (Justice), the good angel of ''Diablo 2'', only turned to humanity's side after watching a particular human [[HeroicSacrifice blow himself up to save the world]]. The other two angels sided with him, opting to wait and observe how humans would develop.
** ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' reveals the other two Archangels who sided with humanity: Auriel (Hope), and Itherael (Fate). Both are pretty nice to the [[PlayerCharacter Nephalem]], but by that point [[spoiler:the Heavens are burning, the angels' doom is written in prophecy, and you're pretty much their ''only hope'']]. Tyrael was the first to see the value of humans, and even [[spoiler:became one]] when he became fed up with the Council's inaction.
** Mankind itself (originally called Nephalem) was created by the union of rebel demons and angels; the rebel leaders, Lilith and Inarius, saw the humans as soldiers and slaves/worshippers respectively, even though the humans had the potential power to defy fate and surpass both the angels and demons (which is why the Angiris Council considered wiping them out).
** Inarius also used the Worldstone to [[BroughtDownToNormal block]] the godlike Nephalem powers every human inherited from their supernatural parents, which would theoretically make humans more powerful than angels and demons combined. Yes, the Worldstone you've been ''protecting'' during ''Diablo 2''. The one that was said (by heavenly voices) to cause Armageddon if it were ever destroyed so the barbarian tribes dedicated their entire society to guarding it for eternity. The few humans who did learn of their heritage had their minds wiped by the Angiris Council. And that's why you still had to hack away at lightning enchanted gloams with a cracked sword instead of wishing them out of existence.
** ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' seems to be playing up the CrapsackWorld nature of the franchise for all it's worth.
** In ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', a cinematic reveals that angels don't have faces shrouded in shadow...''they don't have heads''. [[spoiler:Tyrael]] actually ''grows'' a head when he falls.
** One of the signs that Imperius isn't as friendly as Tyrael is that Imperius' wings seem to be made of ''fire'' instead of light.
** Then Malthael, after disappearing in the third game, up-and-up becomes the main antagonist of the expansion, intending to KillAllHumans...
* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' takes a winged humanoid approach. Morally, they're mostly good though with minor KnightTemplar tendencies (well intentioned but flawed).
* As with nearly every other creature, ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' throws its lot into this. They are exceedingly rare, obscure entities; most VideoGame/DwarfFortress players will eventually encounter demons, but angels are more often heard about than witnessed, tending to obscure corners of the world. Even the least of angels can obliterate an unprepared adventurer, and archangels are, bar none, [[BonusBoss the most powerful singular physical beings in the base game]]. Appearances vary, being randomly generated, but they will reflect their gods' spheres. This can lead angels of darker deities of, say, nightmares or death, to look more demonic than actual demons.
* ''Videogame/DoomEternal'' introduces the robot-like Makyrs, who are even referred to several times as being "Angels" or "Angelic". Native to the heaven-esque realm of Urdak, they were created by a god-like being known as "The Father", and are implied to be the originators of multiple religions across the universe, including the Abrahamic faiths. However, the Makyrs themselves are very much LightIsNotGood, [[spoiler:as they are directly collaborting with Hell to harvest souls]], and underneath their techno-angel exterior [[spoiler:is a rather demonic-looking creature complete with tentacles]].
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series has many [[OurGodsAreDifferent divine beings]] taking many forms and moralities. The closest to "angels" would be the lesser Aedra. The Aedra, meaning "Our Ancestors" in the [[ClassicalTongue old Aldmeri language]], are the pre-creation beings who sacrificed a large portion of their divine power in order to create Mundus, the mortal world. They were originally many in number, but only 8 of the most powerful survived the creation of Mundus. (And depending on the story, even they did not truly "survive," but they are dead and "dreaming they are alive.") These 8 are known as the "Divines" and would become the primary deities worshiped by the [[SaintlyChurch Church of the Divines]]. Many lesser Aedric beings have been known throughout history. The most famous is perhaps Morihaus, a "winged [[ALoadOfBull man-bull]]", said to be the demi-god son of Kynareth, one of the Divines. The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]], servants/fragments of [[DragonsAreDivine Akatosh]], the draconic god of time and [[TopGod chief deity]] of the Divines pantheon, are another. These beings are typically considered by many in-universe to be the equivalent of angelic beings. Dragons in particular play with the morality aspects of the trope, being creatures of [[DragonsAreDemonic aggression and domination]], and it's [[AlwaysChaoticEvil in their blood to be cruel and contemptuous]]. However, [[HeelFaceTurn they can fight against their baser nature]], as best exemplified by Paarthurnax.
* In the ''VideoGame/FallFromHeaven'' mod for ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} IV'', the higher angels like to call themselves gods and interfere in mortal affairs. Several other angels are mentioned, and some are actually faction leaders. Cassiel falls from grace for hating that the others are messing with mortals. He comes down to Erebus and forms his own LawfulNeutral faction, the Grigori, who reject the "gods." Cassiel's appearance is that of a sickly-pale man. On the other hand, the Bannor Empire is partly ruled by an angel named Sabathiel, who still serves the "gods." His appearance is that of an attractive winged man in gleaming gold armor. Then there's a whole faction of angels called Mercurians, which was cast down after its leader Basium rejected the Compact (an agreement that limited interfering in mortal affairs) in favor of a direct war with the demons. Basium is merciless to anyone worshiping demons or practicing demonic magic. The Mercurians themselves are so vicious that many mortals simply assume they are another sort of demon. Basium looks like a grey-skinned bodybuilder overdosed on steroids.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** Despite being a murderous, evil, insane and near world destroyer, in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Sephiroth's nickname is the "OneWingedAngel" and has his theme song named the same...although the mix of the song in Crisis Core is titled ''[[OmnicidalManiac The World's Enemy]]''. One could even argue that his [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels origins]], [[AGodAmI aspirations]], [[MoreThanMindControl abilities]] and [[{{Pride}} attitude]] point to [[{{Satan}} one angel in particular]].
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' Rinoa Heartilly gains a LimitBreak called "Angel Wing" which causes the white wings drawn on her dress to turn into actual wings. She then becomes a GameBreaker. This seems to correspond with the wing motifs used on the Sorceresses in this game as Rinoa's angelic wings contrast against BigBad Ultimecia's black wings. According to the game's history, all Sorceress received their powers from their creator the Great Hyne which would technically make them angels.
** From ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' we have Ultima, the Holy-elemental Esper. Her appearance is that of an angel with blue skin, six golden wings and a cannon under her skirt. She apparently led the other Espers in rebellion against the Occuria and was sealed away in Giruvegan. Before her rebellion, she was said to have a divine light which faded forever after she was cast out.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'''s Shadowbringers expansion has the Sin Eaters- angel-like monsters hellbent on consuming the Aether of living beings and enveloping the First in an apocalyptic Flood of Light. They are generally a far more formidable and terrifying threat than the demonic Voidsent, and those who are turned into Sin Eaters also happen to undergo an utterly horrifying transformation process.
* ''VideoGame/GalGun'' has angels who try to spread love throughout the world by shooting guys who have a less fortunate love life with Love Arrows a la Cupid. They even take orders from a LoveGoddess. Interestingly, the final exam for Angel Academy involves shooting someone with a Love Arrow.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Growlanser}}: Wayfarer of time'' the protagonist, Crevaniel, sees a six-winged angel in the sky. Apparently, only a select people can even see the angels.
* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'':
** Angels have been the traditional ultimate unit of the Human factions of the series since the third game. Their upgrade, the Archangel, boasts impressive speed, toughness, attack power, and the ability to resurrect troops once per battle. In the fifth game, angels and archangels are female and wielding [[{{BFS}} humongous swords]]; the DarkerAndEdgier alternate upgrade, the Seraph, wears red clothing, has ''blood-stained wings'', and ditches resurrection in favor of calling down the wrath of [[strike: God]] [[CrystalDragonJesus Elrath (Dragon of Light)]] on enemies.
** Angels first appear in the 2nd scenario of the first campaign of the third game. A little town called Fair Feather, otherwise completely undeveloped, had so far resisted Kreegan invasion attempts thanks to the one thing it ''does'' have: a Portal of Glory (the Angel summoning building). After getting control of Fair Feather (which can happen in the first two turns), the scenario becomes a [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp War]] in your favor.
** It can assumed that the Angels of the pre-HOMMV games (including just plain ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'') were... not all that supernatural that they might appear: WordOfGod stated that if you thought the Devils were bad, you'd find the truth of the Angels even worse -- and those Devils are {{Alien Inva|sion}}ders (though this doesn't mean the angels were ''evil'' -- the context points more to 'worse if you dislike the sci-fi elements of the franchise' rather than a judgement on the Angels' morality). In 2019, a former developer finally revealed what exactly the Angels were: [[spoiler: self-aware hunter-killer androids the [[{{Precursors}} Ancients]] designed to hunt Kreegan and released across the galaxy]]. That's why they first show up in the third game and the description in their introduction mentions angels were almost never seen before -- the Kreegan only arrived on the planet in-between the second and third games.
*** In fact, Angels of HOMMV-VII are a lot worse - games themselves and WordOfGod all but outright stated that they are "merely" a dying race of {{Knight Templar}}s usually ruled by a ManipulativeBastard. While they do have wings, light-aligned magic powers and endless (unless killed) lives, it's just their racial traits. They originally aligned with Humans only because at the time the latter was the only race gullible enough to be converted into Elrath worship and to believe Angels to be his messengers and the former really needed a place to hide. In a few centuries when they de facto ruled human Empire they introduced such lovely things as inquisition and crusades, tried to use souls and bodies of dead people to resurrect their own dead brethren and wished to start a world-scale genocidal war out of hatred to people who screwed their plans (and saved the world by doing that) thousands years ago. Oh, and [[AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder their beautiful looks is an illusion that changes depending on the viewer - an elf will see a winged elf for example]]. There is no information about their true form other than WordOfGod that their reproduction is completely different compared to any other race and that they cannot be mixing with anyone (at least their males doesn't even have necessary parts).
* In ''VideoGame/IllusionOfGaia'' you get to the Angel Village at one point. Their angels are basically really tall humans, no wings and no emotions, and live underground because they can't enter sunlight or they'll die. It's implied that they're descended from the inhabitants of Mu who fled the island in the same way that the protagonists did previously.
* While he's not actually stated to be any kind of angel, Jak's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Superpowered Good Side]] in ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'' uses light powers to heal and sprout massive radiant wings. This being [[DarkerAndEdgier a later Jak game]], Jak's "angelic" form has GlowingEyesOfDoom and usually [[{{BFG}} an]] [[MoreDakka extremely]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill large]] [[StuffBlowingUp gun]].
* Pit from the ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' series resembles [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Eros/Cupid]] and the putti of the Renaissance art. Later games added to the Myth/GreekMythology influences, but he is still referred to as an angel by other characters. Additionally, despite having wings, [[WingsDoNothing he can't fly without Palutena's blessing]], [[BerserkButton something which he usually doesn't like to talk about]].
* In the final level of ''VideoGame/{{Kingdom Hearts|I}}'', there's a breed of angel-like [[TheHeartless Heartless]]. That's right, Heartless with big, white wings and halos, using the light-based spell "Holy." They are still evil and trying to devour your hearts though. True to the trope, they don't look remotely humanoid..
* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' vampires started out as angelic beings before they were cursed with bloodthirst & immortality. And Kain's lieutenants are named after angels.
* ''VideoGame/LuminousArc'':
** Despite their conventional (and always female) depiction, angels are almost always evil/corrupted by evil. And if the character of Priel in the first game is any indication, they're also very, very stupid.
** Specifically, in the first game Priel was [[spoiler:a construct created by the [[GodIsEvil evil god]] BigBad to keep his human pawns in check, presumably given the form she was so they'd feel more comfortable following her and mark her off as stupid. Which she's not - under the thick ValleyGirl accent, she's a sadistic psychopath and the [[BigBad God's]] number one fangirl. The end of the story shows that the idea she was crucial to his plans was another false impression, she's completely disposable, and in fact, mass-produced]]. In the second game the sprite is reused as generic ranged {{Mooks}} called succubus (and variations thereof).
** Sion the Venus Magi played this straight by having kindness like a literal angel. Aulmorde's more like an alluring sprite and [[spoiler:Miria]] seems to be corrupted [[spoiler:but eventually reveal to be like Sion as well]].
* Angels in ''{{VideoGame/Lusternia}}'' are extraplanar entities that dwell on the beautiful plane of [[{{Arcadia}} Celestia]]. They are essentially baby versions of the [[PhysicalGod Elder Gods]] that - with the departure of the resident creator deity - will never grow to adulthood, and so spend their time helping out the city of [[LawfulGood New Celest]], via advice and angelic companions.
* ''VideoGame/TheMaidOfFairewellHeights'': According to the Angel costume, they have {{Holy Halo}}s and are {{Winged Humanoid}}s.
* ''VideoGame/{{Messiah}}'': Bob is basically a sassy, chubby kindergartener who can fly and possess people, but is by no means immune to damage. He is "different" in-universe, too--the manual notes that Bob is unlike other angels, because he has a human soul.
* ''VideoGame/NetHack'' features both Angels and Archons; if your character is not of lawful alignment, the latter are among the most powerful enemies you'll face in the game, equipped with a stunning gaze and the ability to summon swarms of monsters. The variant Slash'EM, as always, ups the danger level by adding Solars, who are even more powerful.
* Angels in ''[[VideoGame/NexusWar Nexus Clash]]'' are humans who have pledged loyalty to one of the [[CouncilOfAngels Good Elder Powers]] and must remain on the far upper end of the KarmaMeter to keep their angelic powers. They come in seven varieties, three derived from [[ThePaladin Paladin]] warriors, three from [[WhiteMagic Shepherd]] healers, and one of [[AscendedDemon defectors]] from the other side. Nexus angels are anything but light and fluffy and are a collection of deadly ClockPunk robotic constructs and divine-energy-wielding KnightTemplar crusaders. Only the Advocate resembles the pop-culture version, and even then it's [[LethalJokeCharacter only a resemblance]].
* In the VideoGame/OgreBattle series, Angels are winged humanoids that serve Heaven. In ''VideoGame/TacticsOgre'', they can be created but they are not considered true angels and the process itself is considered heretical.
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'': The extinct Celestials were very angelic, They had halos, yellow wings on their head, and lived a perfect life in a utopia. Four of them are seen in the game as ghosts.
* While Mercy from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' is a normal human, she's a support/healer character whose armor comes with wings, making her look like an angel.
* Furia from ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'' was a human who was transformed into a vengful angel after praying to the Pyre for guidance during her darkest hour. Now an agent of the eternal Pyre, she uses her divine powers to smite the Abyss and aid the Paladins in the civil war.
* A deva (a lower-ranking angel) also plays a major role in ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''. His sobriquet of Trias the [[spoiler:Betrayer]] says all you need to know, really.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': WordOfGod is that Gardevoir is based on an angel, though it has no wings and looks more like some sort of ballerina elf. It's also in the "indeterminate" egg group (the one populated by ghosts, sentient sludge, and electric eels) in addition to the "human-like" one, implying that while it ''looks'' human, it's something very otherworldly.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'' introduces one more angelic Pokemon: [[spoiler:Ultra-Necrozma, a dragon made of golden light who was a deity before something bad happened to it]].
** Reshiram is a fairly angelic looking dragon with its white color and feathered wings, especially since it's the counterpart of another ([[FallenAngel black]]) angelic dragon in a yin/yang theme
** Shedinja is a Pokemon that randomly appears in your party when you evolve Nincada into Ninjask. It appears to be Nincada's haunted bug shell, that evolved/changed form on its own and gained some angelic features (halo and wings) referencing the fact it's undead. Even the Pokedex calls it strange.
** Shaymin's Sky Forme could draw inspiration from angels due to its angel-like wings.
** Audino's Mega Evolution has a very angelic appearance in conjunction with its caring attitude — ears that look like wings, a yellow and gold color scheme, and an even more benevolent appearance than before.
* ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'' has Grim Angels, which look somewhat like anime versions of the stereotypical "humanoids with wings" angels. They function both as messengers of the Gods, and those that pass down the gods' judgments, leaving their morality in somewhat of a gray area in the game... [[spoiler:particularly when the head angel they're taking orders from turns out to be the BigBad]].
* In ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', the WingedHumanoid Icyene serves [[GodOfGood Saradomin]].
* ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' introduces angels relatively early on in the form of the Host; they look mostly human except for the fact that they can manifest wings of pure energy... except of course for [[{{Satan}} Eblis]], who appears in the form of a tall, white-skinned humanoid with [[BaldOfEvil no hair]], [[EyelessFace no eyes]], and [[BarbieDollAnatomy no genitals]]; it's not known if this was a result of him falling from grace and ending up in the Hell Dimension, or if this is some kind of GlamourFailure. In a very unusual twist, the Host weren't created by God - ''they'' created God in the form of the [[DeusEstMachina divine biocomputer]] [[BigGood Gaia]], along with most of the world as we know it. However, the matter of what to do with their creation has split the Host into two opposing factions: one faction, the Grigorii, only want to protect Gaia, while the Nephilim want to exploit her for all she's worth [[spoiler:by releasing [[EldritchAbomination the Dreamers]] from Gaia's captivity and [[HijackingCthulhu harnessing them for their own selfish purposes]] ]]; as such, the game begins with the player being visited by representatives of both factions in attempts to sway you to their way of thinking. There are only two members of the Host who are outside of this conflict, now considered {{Fallen Angel}}s: one is Eblis, who now rules over the Hell Dimensions and is trying to conquer Earth; the other is [[spoiler:Samael, who is now masquerading as Samuel Chandra, Founder and CEO of [[MegaCorp the Orochi Group]].]]
* ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'': Two [[BonusBoss optional boss battles]] are perverse versions of Seraphim and Cherubim, and then the ultimate fusion/BonusBoss Seraphic Radiance takes this to new heights.
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'':
** In the Devil Children subseries, angels are robotic, slightly humanoid creatures and are total {{Knight Templar}}s who massacred a bunch of creatures for playing in a casino.
** In general, the angelic hierarchies of ''Shin Megami Tensei'' tend to look like the WingedHumanoid archetype, often wielding weapons and shields. Of note: Virtues are creatures composed of blue light with a shimmering crimson heart; Thrones are rather evil-looking, gray-skinned and black-robed humanoids with no wings, but bound to an eternally-spinning flaming wheel; the Cherubs have at least once been seen as a robotic four-headed (a human head, a bull one, an eagle one, and a lion one) monstrosity; the Trumpeter from the Apocalypse is a winged ''skeleton''. Most named angels and archangels like Raphael, Uriel, and Michael, have skin and hair of inhuman color, and Gabriel is explicitly female. The highest-order angels, Metatron, Sandalphon, and Melchizedek, are MechanicalLifeforms.
** The Angels (as in the lowest order) are your standard blonde female winged humanoid, only [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/megamitensei/images/a/a2/Angel-P4.png/revision/latest?cb=20141211080506 blindfolded and wearing bondage gear]].
** In the first ''VideoGame/{{Persona|1}}'', Judgement Azrael, the Angel of Death, looks more like a [[StarfishAliens winged piece]] [[EldritchAbomination of modern art]] than anything even remotely resembling "living thing," let alone "human." In other games, he has four faces; two on his head, one on his torso, and one on the staff he wields.
** Lucifer (yes, that one) has several forms: an impossibly beautiful, six-winged human with horns, or a towering abomination with midnight-blue skin, fangs, talons, bat wings and barely humanoid look, or a small boy, or a wheelchair-bound older gentleman, or a woman... And [[WordOfGod Kazuma Kaneko]] says we still haven't seen his true form, a fusion of all his other forms.
** Satan's true form is even worse: an [[EldritchAbomination indescribable mess of leathery wings, tails, and assorted body parts]], Franchise/{{Alien}}-like head, too many breasts to count, and insectoid legs. Also, Satan is on the side of Law, while Lucifer's Chaos. While neither one is explicitly named as Evil or Good by the protagonists, YHVH and Satan are explicitly mentioned as interested in [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill stamping out all free will]], while Lucifer is working to destroy all laws and reduce Humanity to its barbaric essence. Therefore, neither side can honestly claim to be morally superior to the other.
** And, as of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', Music/LadyGaga [[ShoutOut has now]] ([[{{Expy}} apparently]]) [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110601195048/megamitensei/images/1/12/Judge_Zelenin.JPG joined the heavenly host]]. And if you're [[WithUsOrAgainstUs not with Law]], then [[OhCrap she don't wanna be friends]].
** Samael is a [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080705012920/megamitensei/images/b/b2/Samael.png Dragon that's a deep red color and has a serpent-like appearance in the series]]. Though whether he's a Angel or not depends on the game. Tzaphkiel is a [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110815200744/megamitensei/images/7/79/Tzaphkiel.jpg huge eyeball with wings]]and Kushiel is a [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110815200848/megamitensei/images/7/7d/Kushiel.jpg faceless humanoid.]]
** Of note, too - all of the angelic hierarchies are represented correctly in the games, from the lowly standard-issue WingedHumanoid Angel, to the multi-faced ''and'' multi-winged Seraphs. They tend to become significantly more and more inhuman the higher the hierarchy, except for exceptions such as the Four Archangels and Remiel. Differing artworks also tend to liberally interpret angelic description, producing very different beings from a single description.
** In fact, ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'' gives the Four Archangels a ''[[http://imageshack.us/a/img405/415/img0738resize.jpg much]]'' [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130623013553/megamitensei/images/2/2f/Michael_SMTIV.jpg more]] [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121012225244/megamitensei/images/c/cf/Smtiv_raphael.jpg eldritch]] [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130623013338/megamitensei/images/5/5d/Gabriel_SMTIV.png appearance]].
* The Nimbis in ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' are cute little guys who speak in YeOldeButcheredEnglish and live in the [[FluffyCloudHeaven Overthere]], where pure souls go after [[NeverSayDie their games are over]]. They answer to Grambi, the Overthere's benevolent, bearded ruler. [[spoiler:And it's heavily implied that Bonechill, the giant, monstrous boss of the level, is a fallen Nimbi.]]
* The ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'' games (specifically Z2 and Z3) have the angels from ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'', and [[spoiler:the OriginalGeneration called the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Four Angels (Doctrine, Tempti, Sacrifai, Advent)]] who are the result of an [[AssimilationPlot instrumentality like event]] that lead to them achieving Shinka]].
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' features as both Pit from ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' and Bayonetta from ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}''. The angels of both worlds are described above, but suffice it to say the two worlds have ''very'' different conceptions of the idea. This is milked for humor: Bayonetta's kill-on-sight policy towards the [[LightIsNotGood monstrous, psychopathic abominations that call themselves angels]] in her 'verse is completely justified, but she extends it to cover [[LightIsGood Pit and the rest of the forces of light]] as well, much to their chagrin.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' has two different stages of angel cosmology -- pre-spoilers, and post-spoilers. Pre-spoilers, the [[TheChosenOne Chosen of World Regeneration]] becomes a WingedHumanoid angel after awakening all of the summon spirits and regenerating the world. Post-spoilers, [[spoiler:becoming an angel involves using a parasitic stone to absorb one's soul from one's body. The angels try to reincarnate the "goddess" (actually the BigBad's deceased older sister) by {{Body Snatch|er}}ing the various Chosens emptied this way and eventually intend to turn all people into soulless angels to stop FantasticRacism]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', 'angels' refer to the celestial nymphs employed by the CelestialBureaucracy, and they exist to accompany and serve the ascended {{Celestial Paragons|AndArchangels}}. Tenshi is commonly seen with those angels.
* From ''VideoGame/UmJammerLammy'' and its soundtrack album ''Music/MakeItSweet'', the lyrics of "TASTE OF TERIYAKI" imply that its singer is haunted by unwanted sexual advances from a malevolent angel.
* In ''VideoGame/ValdisStoryAbyssalCity'' "angels" are simply humans that have given their soul to the Goddess of Light, Alagath. While they have a "holy" theme, they vary wildly in appearance and power depending on how many souls they have been given ([[PoweredByAForsakenChild or taken]]). As Alagath has been harvesting human souls en-masse to build an army against her sister, most humans think they're no better than demons.
* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'':
** The game has Angels that are, well, mysterious, to say the least... their nature and hand in events are only really gone into in the postgame content. Even then, all but the "lowest tier" is described to be completely incomprehensible and non-physical to humanity. Angels are even higher-up than the Composer, impossible for him to even see unless they downtune themselves to his frequency. Remember that the Composer is treated as God by everyone in the UG.
** The only Angel seen in the game itself, rather than just hinted at by the Secret Reports, is the writer of the Secret Reports himself, and the only Angel to have any hand in the Game itself, known officially as the Producer. His job is to assist the Composer, though he is forbidden by angelic law from actively interfering in the events of the Game itself. He is also the only Angel known to the Composer, and one of only two people who are supposed to know the Composer's identity. His true identity, given to us by these postgame reports, is [[spoiler:Sanae Hanekoma, AKA: CAT. And he is ''not'' in good standing with the Angels, having been branded a Fallen Angel for teaching Minamimoto how to make Taboo Noise and assisting his resurrection]].
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
** Arguably, the [[EnergyBeings Naaru]]. They look a bit like a winged, haloed man made out of geometric shapes. Their abilities seem to be limited to giving mortal races the powers of Paladins, and they seem quite unconcerned about who gets it. As for the unconcern, it turns out in the resolution of the ''Burning Crusade'' storyline that they are using the Blood Elves as part of a massive BatmanGambit to lure and destroy Kil'jaeden. As opposed to the uncaring, unchanging Titans, the Naaru are portrayed as unambiguously Good, albeit somewhat aloof.
** And under certain conditions, they turn into void creatures: beings of shadow and darkness that may or may not remain sane and/or good. They automatically absorb dead spirits that stray too close to them. Sometimes they manage to change back, sometimes not. WordOfGod is that the void transformation is extremely rare and a cause of great sadness among other Naaru.
** There are also the spirit healers who have the traditional winged female human appearance (though they are translucent, invisible to living characters, and roughly double the size of the largest playable races). When a player character dies, they will materialize in spirit form at the nearest spirit healer and be given the option to either be resurrected by her (with a significant hit to their equipment's durability and an unremovable debuff that reduces all their stats by 75% for 10 minutes) or travel back to the location of their body.
** Players of the priest class who are specced in the Holy tree have an ability that allows them to automatically assume the form of a spirit healer for 15 seconds upon their own death to keep healing their allies. Since spirit healers have a generically female appearance, a male priest who is using a gender-specific title will see his title change to the female equivalent during the 15 seconds that he is in spirit healer form.
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* In ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'', you have a little angel buddy you control in the city maintenance levels that acts as an intermediate between you and your people. Basically, it's a combination of a putto and a Christian angel: looking like the former, while performing the role of the latter. You use it do things like kill demonic creatures, bless your people's crops, or burn their houses down.
** In the sequel, you look like a angel, but are actually supposed to be god. The English version doesn't want you to [[{{Bowdlerise}} know that.]]
* In ''VideoGame/AfterTheWar'', Mark's diary mentions an Angel who came from beyond the Portal and revealed himself to him. [[spoiler:When you reach the end of the Portal, you're attacked by a Black Angel, an alien, sword-toting legless monster who can shoot electricity and tries to shank you.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Aion}}'', you start your character's life by {{ascend|ToAHigherPlaneOfExistence}}ing to become essentially an angel of your race's gods.
* A solar (the highest rank of angel in D&D, and thusly someone even your character, the [[spoiler:child of the god of death]], does not want to mess with) serves as MisterExposition in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII''; epic level spellcasters can also summon celestials.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}''[='s=] angels and demons are less about "Good" and "Evil" factions and more about [[LightIsNotGood "Light"]] and [[DarkIsNotEvil "Dark"]] and the unspoken agreement to try and not kill each other and mortals enough to cause an imbalance. Beyond that, it can be inferred that the angels are as much liars and tricksters as demons, under all that polite, self-righteous veneer. At first glance they have all the marble skin, gilded armor, and glowing halos of light (and [[OminousLatinChanting choral accompaniment]]). Beat them up, and all that falls off, leaving horrible monsters with dripping juices, exposed muscle tissue and eyes where they probably shouldn't be. An interesting side note here - angels are described in great detail in the Bible, and Bayonetta's development team has ShownTheirWork. Each category of angels looks the way it's described in the Bible, and the different types are helpfully and correctly identified the first time they show up.
* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'':
** One of the studio's cartoon stars is a [[MsFanservice shapely female]] named Alice [[SpeciesSurname Angel]], a HornedHumanoid with a HolyHalo but no wings who is "sent from above," dresses in a LittleBlackDress, and is noted for her talents in song and dance.
** Susie Campbell is a real-life version of the above character, who was introduced in Chapter 3. She's made of ink, deformed, and is definitely not good.
** Allison is also a real-life version of Alice. She's also made of ink, but she's [[NiceGal nice]] to [[PlayerCharacter Henry]] and helps him against the monsters at the studio. She also has a second HolyHalo that floats above her head. It can be seen through the seeing tool.
* ''VideoGame/BendyInNightmareRun'' is a spin-off of ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'', so it also has Alice Angel - the cartoon version. Her description in this game pegs her as bringing light to everything she touches.
* The final boss (if you ignore the optional ones) of ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' is Mergo's Wet Nurse, a winged, MultiArmedAndDangerous HumanoidAbomination with what appears to be a ''very'' long neck, judging by its cowl, but given that everything above its shoulders are invisible, we'll never know for sure. As implied by her "name," she's the attendant of Mergo, a stillborn, [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian god.]]
* In ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'', while traditional feather-winged angels do appear as [=NPCs=], the only character specifically referred to as an angel, [[spoiler:Cracky the Sky Queen]], looks more like a bizarre conglomeration of broken dolls. [[spoiler: She also turns out to be an antagonist.]]
* The angel girl the player controls in ''VideoGame/CatPlanet'' is a OneHitPointWonder and a friend to the collectible {{ridiculously cute|Critter}} cats.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' series:
** In ''VideoGame/{{Dark Souls II}}'', you can find the Darklurker located in the Dark Chasm of Old. A first for the Souls Series, it looks positively angelic with a bright white appearance, four arms, two wings, and a face shrouded by a white hood. Despite its holy appearance it uses Dark Sorcery, a type of magic based upon consuming souls to empower itself. Defeating it (which requires a perfect run through not only the toughest area in the game, but Darklurker can easily one shot most builds with any of its attacks) rewards you its soul, which downright states that whatever the Darklurker is, it shouldn't exist. And while it is found in the Abyss and wields Dark Sorcery it is ''not'' a creature of the Dark since its soul is a '''light''' soul -- which only adds to the wrongness.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Dark Souls III}},'' there appear to be at least two types. In item descriptions, beings referred too as Angels came to a character and inspired them to help found a new religion. In the DLC, we meet separate extremely hostile beings that shriek loudly and endlessly barrage you with beams of light whenever they spot you. And if you try to hide from their beams, they can cast a heavenly light upon you [[LightIsNotGood which ends up cursing you and killing you instantly.]] Except, those things aren't even the real angels, they're only illusions projected by [[BodyHorror a host growing out of a dead pilgrim's corpse]] somewhere in the area, and they can only die once you find the host and kill it. Furthermore a close look at the "angels" reveals that they are ''insectoid''. [[VoodooShark This creates more questions than it answers.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}},'' they are a powerful technologically advanced warrior race and among the enemies fought in the game. They are [[WingedHumanoid Winged Humanoids]] but the males are much more masculine than most depictions. One of them in the sequel is even downright obese. They apparently use Ortho (for all practical purposes [[CallARabbitASmeerp griffins)]] as mounts and military animals because at one point you [[UnexpectedShmupLevel steal one and ride on it.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', the security clearance levels of Majestic-12 correspond to the various choirs, with titles such as Angel/0A and Throne/6G.
* In the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' universe, demons with white-and-gold coloration (and usually feathers) are sometimes referred to as angels, usually by people convinced "angels" are the good guys. In [=DMC3=]:SE Vergil's katana is especially effective against such enemies due to ElementalRockPaperScissors. Angels are also referred to as one of the three "dominant races" of the universe (the other two being [[TheLegionsOfHell Demons]] and [[HumansAreSpecial Humans]]). However, none have actually appeared yet. Possibly a case of [[TheGodsMustBeLazy The Angels Must Be Lazy]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'':
** Their most notable variation is that instead of feathered wings, they have tendrils of light extending from their backs. They wear armor and cloaks and their faces (which are actually just harmonic resonances) are always in shadow. One novel adaptation of the series claims that they are not physical, but more made up of light and sound. Personality wise, the series generally portrays them with shades of KnightTemplar. They are more into order than good, and they care little for humans except as a tool to fight demons, with a couple of exceptions being introduced so far.
** [[http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/data/510/medium/1920x1200_NFR_Imperius_by_Holyknight30001.jpg Imperius]] (Valor) and Malthael (Wisdom) almost had mankind destroyed for being a "taint on creation" via a vote among the 5-Archangel council: Imperius voted for destruction, while Malthael abstained, which meant the same thing. Tyrael (Justice), the good angel of ''Diablo 2'', only turned to humanity's side after watching a particular human [[HeroicSacrifice blow himself up to save the world]]. The other two angels sided with him, opting to wait and observe how humans would develop.
** ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' reveals the other two Archangels who sided with humanity: Auriel (Hope), and Itherael (Fate). Both are pretty nice to the [[PlayerCharacter Nephalem]], but by that point [[spoiler:the Heavens are burning, the angels' doom is written in prophecy, and you're pretty much their ''only hope'']]. Tyrael was the first to see the value of humans, and even [[spoiler:became one]] when he became fed up with the Council's inaction.
** Mankind itself (originally called Nephalem) was created by the union of rebel demons and angels; the rebel leaders, Lilith and Inarius, saw the humans as soldiers and slaves/worshippers respectively, even though the humans had the potential power to defy fate and surpass both the angels and demons (which is why the Angiris Council considered wiping them out).
** Inarius also used the Worldstone to [[BroughtDownToNormal block]] the godlike Nephalem powers every human inherited from their supernatural parents, which would theoretically make humans more powerful than angels and demons combined. Yes, the Worldstone you've been ''protecting'' during ''Diablo 2''. The one that was said (by heavenly voices) to cause Armageddon if it were ever destroyed so the barbarian tribes dedicated their entire society to guarding it for eternity. The few humans who did learn of their heritage had their minds wiped by the Angiris Council. And that's why you still had to hack away at lightning enchanted gloams with a cracked sword instead of wishing them out of existence.
** ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' seems to be playing up the CrapsackWorld nature of the franchise for all it's worth.
** In ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', a cinematic reveals that angels don't have faces shrouded in shadow...''they don't have heads''. [[spoiler:Tyrael]] actually ''grows'' a head when he falls.
** One of the signs that Imperius isn't as friendly as Tyrael is that Imperius' wings seem to be made of ''fire'' instead of light.
** Then Malthael, after disappearing in the third game, up-and-up becomes the main antagonist of the expansion, intending to KillAllHumans...
* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' takes a winged humanoid approach. Morally, they're mostly good though with minor KnightTemplar tendencies (well intentioned but flawed).
* As with nearly every other creature, ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' throws its lot into this. They are exceedingly rare, obscure entities; most VideoGame/DwarfFortress players will eventually encounter demons, but angels are more often heard about than witnessed, tending to obscure corners of the world. Even the least of angels can obliterate an unprepared adventurer, and archangels are, bar none, [[BonusBoss the most powerful singular physical beings in the base game]]. Appearances vary, being randomly generated, but they will reflect their gods' spheres. This can lead angels of darker deities of, say, nightmares or death, to look more demonic than actual demons.
* ''Videogame/DoomEternal'' introduces the robot-like Makyrs, who are even referred to several times as being "Angels" or "Angelic". Native to the heaven-esque realm of Urdak, they were created by a god-like being known as "The Father", and are implied to be the originators of multiple religions across the universe, including the Abrahamic faiths. However, the Makyrs themselves are very much LightIsNotGood, [[spoiler:as they are directly collaborting with Hell to harvest souls]], and underneath their techno-angel exterior [[spoiler:is a rather demonic-looking creature complete with tentacles]].
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series has many [[OurGodsAreDifferent divine beings]] taking many forms and moralities. The closest to "angels" would be the lesser Aedra. The Aedra, meaning "Our Ancestors" in the [[ClassicalTongue old Aldmeri language]], are the pre-creation beings who sacrificed a large portion of their divine power in order to create Mundus, the mortal world. They were originally many in number, but only 8 of the most powerful survived the creation of Mundus. (And depending on the story, even they did not truly "survive," but they are dead and "dreaming they are alive.") These 8 are known as the "Divines" and would become the primary deities worshiped by the [[SaintlyChurch Church of the Divines]]. Many lesser Aedric beings have been known throughout history. The most famous is perhaps Morihaus, a "winged [[ALoadOfBull man-bull]]", said to be the demi-god son of Kynareth, one of the Divines. The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]], servants/fragments of [[DragonsAreDivine Akatosh]], the draconic god of time and [[TopGod chief deity]] of the Divines pantheon, are another. These beings are typically considered by many in-universe to be the equivalent of angelic beings. Dragons in particular play with the morality aspects of the trope, being creatures of [[DragonsAreDemonic aggression and domination]], and it's [[AlwaysChaoticEvil in their blood to be cruel and contemptuous]]. However, [[HeelFaceTurn they can fight against their baser nature]], as best exemplified by Paarthurnax.
* In the ''VideoGame/FallFromHeaven'' mod for ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} IV'', the higher angels like to call themselves gods and interfere in mortal affairs. Several other angels are mentioned, and some are actually faction leaders. Cassiel falls from grace for hating that the others are messing with mortals. He comes down to Erebus and forms his own LawfulNeutral faction, the Grigori, who reject the "gods." Cassiel's appearance is that of a sickly-pale man. On the other hand, the Bannor Empire is partly ruled by an angel named Sabathiel, who still serves the "gods." His appearance is that of an attractive winged man in gleaming gold armor. Then there's a whole faction of angels called Mercurians, which was cast down after its leader Basium rejected the Compact (an agreement that limited interfering in mortal affairs) in favor of a direct war with the demons. Basium is merciless to anyone worshiping demons or practicing demonic magic. The Mercurians themselves are so vicious that many mortals simply assume they are another sort of demon. Basium looks like a grey-skinned bodybuilder overdosed on steroids.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** Despite being a murderous, evil, insane and near world destroyer, in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Sephiroth's nickname is the "OneWingedAngel" and has his theme song named the same...although the mix of the song in Crisis Core is titled ''[[OmnicidalManiac The World's Enemy]]''. One could even argue that his [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels origins]], [[AGodAmI aspirations]], [[MoreThanMindControl abilities]] and [[{{Pride}} attitude]] point to [[{{Satan}} one angel in particular]].
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' Rinoa Heartilly gains a LimitBreak called "Angel Wing" which causes the white wings drawn on her dress to turn into actual wings. She then becomes a GameBreaker. This seems to correspond with the wing motifs used on the Sorceresses in this game as Rinoa's angelic wings contrast against BigBad Ultimecia's black wings. According to the game's history, all Sorceress received their powers from their creator the Great Hyne which would technically make them angels.
** From ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' we have Ultima, the Holy-elemental Esper. Her appearance is that of an angel with blue skin, six golden wings and a cannon under her skirt. She apparently led the other Espers in rebellion against the Occuria and was sealed away in Giruvegan. Before her rebellion, she was said to have a divine light which faded forever after she was cast out.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'''s Shadowbringers expansion has the Sin Eaters- angel-like monsters hellbent on consuming the Aether of living beings and enveloping the First in an apocalyptic Flood of Light. They are generally a far more formidable and terrifying threat than the demonic Voidsent, and those who are turned into Sin Eaters also happen to undergo an utterly horrifying transformation process.
* ''VideoGame/GalGun'' has angels who try to spread love throughout the world by shooting guys who have a less fortunate love life with Love Arrows a la Cupid. They even take orders from a LoveGoddess. Interestingly, the final exam for Angel Academy involves shooting someone with a Love Arrow.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Growlanser}}: Wayfarer of time'' the protagonist, Crevaniel, sees a six-winged angel in the sky. Apparently, only a select people can even see the angels.
* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'':
** Angels have been the traditional ultimate unit of the Human factions of the series since the third game. Their upgrade, the Archangel, boasts impressive speed, toughness, attack power, and the ability to resurrect troops once per battle. In the fifth game, angels and archangels are female and wielding [[{{BFS}} humongous swords]]; the DarkerAndEdgier alternate upgrade, the Seraph, wears red clothing, has ''blood-stained wings'', and ditches resurrection in favor of calling down the wrath of [[strike: God]] [[CrystalDragonJesus Elrath (Dragon of Light)]] on enemies.
** Angels first appear in the 2nd scenario of the first campaign of the third game. A little town called Fair Feather, otherwise completely undeveloped, had so far resisted Kreegan invasion attempts thanks to the one thing it ''does'' have: a Portal of Glory (the Angel summoning building). After getting control of Fair Feather (which can happen in the first two turns), the scenario becomes a [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp War]] in your favor.
** It can assumed that the Angels of the pre-HOMMV games (including just plain ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'') were... not all that supernatural that they might appear: WordOfGod stated that if you thought the Devils were bad, you'd find the truth of the Angels even worse -- and those Devils are {{Alien Inva|sion}}ders (though this doesn't mean the angels were ''evil'' -- the context points more to 'worse if you dislike the sci-fi elements of the franchise' rather than a judgement on the Angels' morality). In 2019, a former developer finally revealed what exactly the Angels were: [[spoiler: self-aware hunter-killer androids the [[{{Precursors}} Ancients]] designed to hunt Kreegan and released across the galaxy]]. That's why they first show up in the third game and the description in their introduction mentions angels were almost never seen before -- the Kreegan only arrived on the planet in-between the second and third games.
*** In fact, Angels of HOMMV-VII are a lot worse - games themselves and WordOfGod all but outright stated that they are "merely" a dying race of {{Knight Templar}}s usually ruled by a ManipulativeBastard. While they do have wings, light-aligned magic powers and endless (unless killed) lives, it's just their racial traits. They originally aligned with Humans only because at the time the latter was the only race gullible enough to be converted into Elrath worship and to believe Angels to be his messengers and the former really needed a place to hide. In a few centuries when they de facto ruled human Empire they introduced such lovely things as inquisition and crusades, tried to use souls and bodies of dead people to resurrect their own dead brethren and wished to start a world-scale genocidal war out of hatred to people who screwed their plans (and saved the world by doing that) thousands years ago. Oh, and [[AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder their beautiful looks is an illusion that changes depending on the viewer - an elf will see a winged elf for example]]. There is no information about their true form other than WordOfGod that their reproduction is completely different compared to any other race and that they cannot be mixing with anyone (at least their males doesn't even have necessary parts).
* In ''VideoGame/IllusionOfGaia'' you get to the Angel Village at one point. Their angels are basically really tall humans, no wings and no emotions, and live underground because they can't enter sunlight or they'll die. It's implied that they're descended from the inhabitants of Mu who fled the island in the same way that the protagonists did previously.
* While he's not actually stated to be any kind of angel, Jak's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Superpowered Good Side]] in ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'' uses light powers to heal and sprout massive radiant wings. This being [[DarkerAndEdgier a later Jak game]], Jak's "angelic" form has GlowingEyesOfDoom and usually [[{{BFG}} an]] [[MoreDakka extremely]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill large]] [[StuffBlowingUp gun]].
* Pit from the ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' series resembles [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Eros/Cupid]] and the putti of the Renaissance art. Later games added to the Myth/GreekMythology influences, but he is still referred to as an angel by other characters. Additionally, despite having wings, [[WingsDoNothing he can't fly without Palutena's blessing]], [[BerserkButton something which he usually doesn't like to talk about]].
* In the final level of ''VideoGame/{{Kingdom Hearts|I}}'', there's a breed of angel-like [[TheHeartless Heartless]]. That's right, Heartless with big, white wings and halos, using the light-based spell "Holy." They are still evil and trying to devour your hearts though. True to the trope, they don't look remotely humanoid..
* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' vampires started out as angelic beings before they were cursed with bloodthirst & immortality. And Kain's lieutenants are named after angels.
* ''VideoGame/LuminousArc'':
** Despite their conventional (and always female) depiction, angels are almost always evil/corrupted by evil. And if the character of Priel in the first game is any indication, they're also very, very stupid.
** Specifically, in the first game Priel was [[spoiler:a construct created by the [[GodIsEvil evil god]] BigBad to keep his human pawns in check, presumably given the form she was so they'd feel more comfortable following her and mark her off as stupid. Which she's not - under the thick ValleyGirl accent, she's a sadistic psychopath and the [[BigBad God's]] number one fangirl. The end of the story shows that the idea she was crucial to his plans was another false impression, she's completely disposable, and in fact, mass-produced]]. In the second game the sprite is reused as generic ranged {{Mooks}} called succubus (and variations thereof).
** Sion the Venus Magi played this straight by having kindness like a literal angel. Aulmorde's more like an alluring sprite and [[spoiler:Miria]] seems to be corrupted [[spoiler:but eventually reveal to be like Sion as well]].
* Angels in ''{{VideoGame/Lusternia}}'' are extraplanar entities that dwell on the beautiful plane of [[{{Arcadia}} Celestia]]. They are essentially baby versions of the [[PhysicalGod Elder Gods]] that - with the departure of the resident creator deity - will never grow to adulthood, and so spend their time helping out the city of [[LawfulGood New Celest]], via advice and angelic companions.
* ''VideoGame/TheMaidOfFairewellHeights'': According to the Angel costume, they have {{Holy Halo}}s and are {{Winged Humanoid}}s.
* ''VideoGame/{{Messiah}}'': Bob is basically a sassy, chubby kindergartener who can fly and possess people, but is by no means immune to damage. He is "different" in-universe, too--the manual notes that Bob is unlike other angels, because he has a human soul.
* ''VideoGame/NetHack'' features both Angels and Archons; if your character is not of lawful alignment, the latter are among the most powerful enemies you'll face in the game, equipped with a stunning gaze and the ability to summon swarms of monsters. The variant Slash'EM, as always, ups the danger level by adding Solars, who are even more powerful.
* Angels in ''[[VideoGame/NexusWar Nexus Clash]]'' are humans who have pledged loyalty to one of the [[CouncilOfAngels Good Elder Powers]] and must remain on the far upper end of the KarmaMeter to keep their angelic powers. They come in seven varieties, three derived from [[ThePaladin Paladin]] warriors, three from [[WhiteMagic Shepherd]] healers, and one of [[AscendedDemon defectors]] from the other side. Nexus angels are anything but light and fluffy and are a collection of deadly ClockPunk robotic constructs and divine-energy-wielding KnightTemplar crusaders. Only the Advocate resembles the pop-culture version, and even then it's [[LethalJokeCharacter only a resemblance]].
* In the VideoGame/OgreBattle series, Angels are winged humanoids that serve Heaven. In ''VideoGame/TacticsOgre'', they can be created but they are not considered true angels and the process itself is considered heretical.
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'': The extinct Celestials were very angelic, They had halos, yellow wings on their head, and lived a perfect life in a utopia. Four of them are seen in the game as ghosts.
* While Mercy from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' is a normal human, she's a support/healer character whose armor comes with wings, making her look like an angel.
* Furia from ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'' was a human who was transformed into a vengful angel after praying to the Pyre for guidance during her darkest hour. Now an agent of the eternal Pyre, she uses her divine powers to smite the Abyss and aid the Paladins in the civil war.
* A deva (a lower-ranking angel) also plays a major role in ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''. His sobriquet of Trias the [[spoiler:Betrayer]] says all you need to know, really.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': WordOfGod is that Gardevoir is based on an angel, though it has no wings and looks more like some sort of ballerina elf. It's also in the "indeterminate" egg group (the one populated by ghosts, sentient sludge, and electric eels) in addition to the "human-like" one, implying that while it ''looks'' human, it's something very otherworldly.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'' introduces one more angelic Pokemon: [[spoiler:Ultra-Necrozma, a dragon made of golden light who was a deity before something bad happened to it]].
** Reshiram is a fairly angelic looking dragon with its white color and feathered wings, especially since it's the counterpart of another ([[FallenAngel black]]) angelic dragon in a yin/yang theme
** Shedinja is a Pokemon that randomly appears in your party when you evolve Nincada into Ninjask. It appears to be Nincada's haunted bug shell, that evolved/changed form on its own and gained some angelic features (halo and wings) referencing the fact it's undead. Even the Pokedex calls it strange.
** Shaymin's Sky Forme could draw inspiration from angels due to its angel-like wings.
** Audino's Mega Evolution has a very angelic appearance in conjunction with its caring attitude — ears that look like wings, a yellow and gold color scheme, and an even more benevolent appearance than before.
* ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'' has Grim Angels, which look somewhat like anime versions of the stereotypical "humanoids with wings" angels. They function both as messengers of the Gods, and those that pass down the gods' judgments, leaving their morality in somewhat of a gray area in the game... [[spoiler:particularly when the head angel they're taking orders from turns out to be the BigBad]].
* In ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', the WingedHumanoid Icyene serves [[GodOfGood Saradomin]].
* ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' introduces angels relatively early on in the form of the Host; they look mostly human except for the fact that they can manifest wings of pure energy... except of course for [[{{Satan}} Eblis]], who appears in the form of a tall, white-skinned humanoid with [[BaldOfEvil no hair]], [[EyelessFace no eyes]], and [[BarbieDollAnatomy no genitals]]; it's not known if this was a result of him falling from grace and ending up in the Hell Dimension, or if this is some kind of GlamourFailure. In a very unusual twist, the Host weren't created by God - ''they'' created God in the form of the [[DeusEstMachina divine biocomputer]] [[BigGood Gaia]], along with most of the world as we know it. However, the matter of what to do with their creation has split the Host into two opposing factions: one faction, the Grigorii, only want to protect Gaia, while the Nephilim want to exploit her for all she's worth [[spoiler:by releasing [[EldritchAbomination the Dreamers]] from Gaia's captivity and [[HijackingCthulhu harnessing them for their own selfish purposes]] ]]; as such, the game begins with the player being visited by representatives of both factions in attempts to sway you to their way of thinking. There are only two members of the Host who are outside of this conflict, now considered {{Fallen Angel}}s: one is Eblis, who now rules over the Hell Dimensions and is trying to conquer Earth; the other is [[spoiler:Samael, who is now masquerading as Samuel Chandra, Founder and CEO of [[MegaCorp the Orochi Group]].]]
* ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'': Two [[BonusBoss optional boss battles]] are perverse versions of Seraphim and Cherubim, and then the ultimate fusion/BonusBoss Seraphic Radiance takes this to new heights.
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'':
** In the Devil Children subseries, angels are robotic, slightly humanoid creatures and are total {{Knight Templar}}s who massacred a bunch of creatures for playing in a casino.
** In general, the angelic hierarchies of ''Shin Megami Tensei'' tend to look like the WingedHumanoid archetype, often wielding weapons and shields. Of note: Virtues are creatures composed of blue light with a shimmering crimson heart; Thrones are rather evil-looking, gray-skinned and black-robed humanoids with no wings, but bound to an eternally-spinning flaming wheel; the Cherubs have at least once been seen as a robotic four-headed (a human head, a bull one, an eagle one, and a lion one) monstrosity; the Trumpeter from the Apocalypse is a winged ''skeleton''. Most named angels and archangels like Raphael, Uriel, and Michael, have skin and hair of inhuman color, and Gabriel is explicitly female. The highest-order angels, Metatron, Sandalphon, and Melchizedek, are MechanicalLifeforms.
** The Angels (as in the lowest order) are your standard blonde female winged humanoid, only [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/megamitensei/images/a/a2/Angel-P4.png/revision/latest?cb=20141211080506 blindfolded and wearing bondage gear]].
** In the first ''VideoGame/{{Persona|1}}'', Judgement Azrael, the Angel of Death, looks more like a [[StarfishAliens winged piece]] [[EldritchAbomination of modern art]] than anything even remotely resembling "living thing," let alone "human." In other games, he has four faces; two on his head, one on his torso, and one on the staff he wields.
** Lucifer (yes, that one) has several forms: an impossibly beautiful, six-winged human with horns, or a towering abomination with midnight-blue skin, fangs, talons, bat wings and barely humanoid look, or a small boy, or a wheelchair-bound older gentleman, or a woman... And [[WordOfGod Kazuma Kaneko]] says we still haven't seen his true form, a fusion of all his other forms.
** Satan's true form is even worse: an [[EldritchAbomination indescribable mess of leathery wings, tails, and assorted body parts]], Franchise/{{Alien}}-like head, too many breasts to count, and insectoid legs. Also, Satan is on the side of Law, while Lucifer's Chaos. While neither one is explicitly named as Evil or Good by the protagonists, YHVH and Satan are explicitly mentioned as interested in [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill stamping out all free will]], while Lucifer is working to destroy all laws and reduce Humanity to its barbaric essence. Therefore, neither side can honestly claim to be morally superior to the other.
** And, as of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', Music/LadyGaga [[ShoutOut has now]] ([[{{Expy}} apparently]]) [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110601195048/megamitensei/images/1/12/Judge_Zelenin.JPG joined the heavenly host]]. And if you're [[WithUsOrAgainstUs not with Law]], then [[OhCrap she don't wanna be friends]].
** Samael is a [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080705012920/megamitensei/images/b/b2/Samael.png Dragon that's a deep red color and has a serpent-like appearance in the series]]. Though whether he's a Angel or not depends on the game. Tzaphkiel is a [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110815200744/megamitensei/images/7/79/Tzaphkiel.jpg huge eyeball with wings]]and Kushiel is a [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110815200848/megamitensei/images/7/7d/Kushiel.jpg faceless humanoid.]]
** Of note, too - all of the angelic hierarchies are represented correctly in the games, from the lowly standard-issue WingedHumanoid Angel, to the multi-faced ''and'' multi-winged Seraphs. They tend to become significantly more and more inhuman the higher the hierarchy, except for exceptions such as the Four Archangels and Remiel. Differing artworks also tend to liberally interpret angelic description, producing very different beings from a single description.
** In fact, ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'' gives the Four Archangels a ''[[http://imageshack.us/a/img405/415/img0738resize.jpg much]]'' [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130623013553/megamitensei/images/2/2f/Michael_SMTIV.jpg more]] [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121012225244/megamitensei/images/c/cf/Smtiv_raphael.jpg eldritch]] [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130623013338/megamitensei/images/5/5d/Gabriel_SMTIV.png appearance]].
* The Nimbis in ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' are cute little guys who speak in YeOldeButcheredEnglish and live in the [[FluffyCloudHeaven Overthere]], where pure souls go after [[NeverSayDie their games are over]]. They answer to Grambi, the Overthere's benevolent, bearded ruler. [[spoiler:And it's heavily implied that Bonechill, the giant, monstrous boss of the level, is a fallen Nimbi.]]
* The ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'' games (specifically Z2 and Z3) have the angels from ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'', and [[spoiler:the OriginalGeneration called the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Four Angels (Doctrine, Tempti, Sacrifai, Advent)]] who are the result of an [[AssimilationPlot instrumentality like event]] that lead to them achieving Shinka]].
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' features as both Pit from ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' and Bayonetta from ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}''. The angels of both worlds are described above, but suffice it to say the two worlds have ''very'' different conceptions of the idea. This is milked for humor: Bayonetta's kill-on-sight policy towards the [[LightIsNotGood monstrous, psychopathic abominations that call themselves angels]] in her 'verse is completely justified, but she extends it to cover [[LightIsGood Pit and the rest of the forces of light]] as well, much to their chagrin.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' has two different stages of angel cosmology -- pre-spoilers, and post-spoilers. Pre-spoilers, the [[TheChosenOne Chosen of World Regeneration]] becomes a WingedHumanoid angel after awakening all of the summon spirits and regenerating the world. Post-spoilers, [[spoiler:becoming an angel involves using a parasitic stone to absorb one's soul from one's body. The angels try to reincarnate the "goddess" (actually the BigBad's deceased older sister) by {{Body Snatch|er}}ing the various Chosens emptied this way and eventually intend to turn all people into soulless angels to stop FantasticRacism]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', 'angels' refer to the celestial nymphs employed by the CelestialBureaucracy, and they exist to accompany and serve the ascended {{Celestial Paragons|AndArchangels}}. Tenshi is commonly seen with those angels.
* From ''VideoGame/UmJammerLammy'' and its soundtrack album ''Music/MakeItSweet'', the lyrics of "TASTE OF TERIYAKI" imply that its singer is haunted by unwanted sexual advances from a malevolent angel.
* In ''VideoGame/ValdisStoryAbyssalCity'' "angels" are simply humans that have given their soul to the Goddess of Light, Alagath. While they have a "holy" theme, they vary wildly in appearance and power depending on how many souls they have been given ([[PoweredByAForsakenChild or taken]]). As Alagath has been harvesting human souls en-masse to build an army against her sister, most humans think they're no better than demons.
* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'':
** The game has Angels that are, well, mysterious, to say the least... their nature and hand in events are only really gone into in the postgame content. Even then, all but the "lowest tier" is described to be completely incomprehensible and non-physical to humanity. Angels are even higher-up than the Composer, impossible for him to even see unless they downtune themselves to his frequency. Remember that the Composer is treated as God by everyone in the UG.
** The only Angel seen in the game itself, rather than just hinted at by the Secret Reports, is the writer of the Secret Reports himself, and the only Angel to have any hand in the Game itself, known officially as the Producer. His job is to assist the Composer, though he is forbidden by angelic law from actively interfering in the events of the Game itself. He is also the only Angel known to the Composer, and one of only two people who are supposed to know the Composer's identity. His true identity, given to us by these postgame reports, is [[spoiler:Sanae Hanekoma, AKA: CAT. And he is ''not'' in good standing with the Angels, having been branded a Fallen Angel for teaching Minamimoto how to make Taboo Noise and assisting his resurrection]].
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
** Arguably, the [[EnergyBeings Naaru]]. They look a bit like a winged, haloed man made out of geometric shapes. Their abilities seem to be limited to giving mortal races the powers of Paladins, and they seem quite unconcerned about who gets it. As for the unconcern, it turns out in the resolution of the ''Burning Crusade'' storyline that they are using the Blood Elves as part of a massive BatmanGambit to lure and destroy Kil'jaeden. As opposed to the uncaring, unchanging Titans, the Naaru are portrayed as unambiguously Good, albeit somewhat aloof.
** And under certain conditions, they turn into void creatures: beings of shadow and darkness that may or may not remain sane and/or good. They automatically absorb dead spirits that stray too close to them. Sometimes they manage to change back, sometimes not. WordOfGod is that the void transformation is extremely rare and a cause of great sadness among other Naaru.
** There are also the spirit healers who have the traditional winged female human appearance (though they are translucent, invisible to living characters, and roughly double the size of the largest playable races). When a player character dies, they will materialize in spirit form at the nearest spirit healer and be given the option to either be resurrected by her (with a significant hit to their equipment's durability and an unremovable debuff that reduces all their stats by 75% for 10 minutes) or travel back to the location of their body.
** Players of the priest class who are specced in the Holy tree have an ability that allows them to automatically assume the form of a spirit healer for 15 seconds upon their own death to keep healing their allies. Since spirit healers have a generically female appearance, a male priest who is using a gender-specific title will see his title change to the female equivalent during the 15 seconds that he is in spirit healer form.
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** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/dr-clef-s-proposal Dr. Clef's proposal for SCP-001]] is a titanic glowing figure with a variable number of wings (ranging from 2 to [[OneHundredAndEight 108]]) apparently guarding a gate and will destroy anything that approaches with his sword, including an ICBM; it is clearly meant to be a bona fide Judeo-Christian Angel as they were ORIGINALLY conceptualized. It's somewhat implied that it's specifically the angel which guards the gate back into Eden. According to what might have been a message from the future, it will eventually destroy the world. It actually has a name, too. Courtesy of [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki,]] meet [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jophiel Archangel Jophiel.]] That also makes him one of the Cherubim chiefs.
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** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/dr-clef-s-proposal Dr. Clef's proposal for SCP-001]] is a titanic glowing figure with a variable number of wings (ranging from 2 to [[OneHundredAndEight 108]]) 108) apparently guarding a gate and will destroy anything that approaches with his sword, including an ICBM; it is clearly meant to be a bona fide Judeo-Christian Angel as they were ORIGINALLY conceptualized. It's somewhat implied that it's specifically the angel which guards the gate back into Eden. According to what might have been a message from the future, it will eventually destroy the world. It actually has a name, too. Courtesy of [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki,]] meet [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jophiel Archangel Jophiel.]] That also makes him one of the Cherubim chiefs.
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* ''[[Literature/{{Empirium}} The Empirium Trilogy]]'''s angels are winged, humanoid beings that cannot die by conventional means. Every angel has the ability to read, speak through, and control minds.
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** In ''VideoGame/{{Dark Souls III}},'' they turn out to be extremely hostile beings that shriek loudly and endlessly barrage you with beams of light whenever they spot you. And if you try to hide from their beams, they can cast a heavenly light upon you [[LightIsNotGood which ends up cursing you and killing you instantly.]] Except, those things aren't even the real angels, they're only illusions projected by [[BodyHorror a host growing out of a dead pilgrim's corpse]] somewhere in the area, and they can only die once you find the host and kill it. Furthermore a close look at the "angels" reveals that they are ''insectoid''.
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** In ''VideoGame/{{Dark Souls III}},'' they turn out there appear to be at least two types. In item descriptions, beings referred too as Angels came to a character and inspired them to help found a new religion. In the DLC, we meet separate extremely hostile beings that shriek loudly and endlessly barrage you with beams of light whenever they spot you. And if you try to hide from their beams, they can cast a heavenly light upon you [[LightIsNotGood which ends up cursing you and killing you instantly.]] Except, those things aren't even the real angels, they're only illusions projected by [[BodyHorror a host growing out of a dead pilgrim's corpse]] somewhere in the area, and they can only die once you find the host and kill it. Furthermore a close look at the "angels" reveals that they are ''insectoid''. [[VoodooShark This creates more questions than it answers.]]
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* [[Franchise/{{Doom}} Doom]]:
** In [[Videogame/DoomEternal Doom Eternal]], we have the Maykr, a race of Angelic beings. While they may invoke LightIsNotGood [[spoiler: and StarfishAliens once you see the Khan Maykr’s face]], they’re the closest thing the Doom universe has to angels, down to even living in a heaven-like world and having been created by an apparently god-like being, The Father. They even get referred several times in the story as “Angels” or “Angelic”.
** In [[Videogame/DoomEternal Doom Eternal]], we have the Maykr, a race of Angelic beings. While they may invoke LightIsNotGood [[spoiler: and StarfishAliens once you see the Khan Maykr’s face]], they’re the closest thing the Doom universe has to angels, down to even living in a heaven-like world and having been created by an apparently god-like being, The Father. They even get referred several times in the story as “Angels” or “Angelic”.
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* [[Franchise/{{Doom}} Doom]]:
** In [[Videogame/DoomEternal Doom Eternal]], we have''Videogame/DoomEternal'' introduces the Maykr, a race of Angelic beings. While they may invoke LightIsNotGood [[spoiler: and StarfishAliens once you see the Khan Maykr’s face]], they’re the closest thing the Doom universe has to angels, down to robot-like Makyrs, who are even living in a heaven-like world and having been created by an apparently god-like being, The Father. They even get referred to several times in as being "Angels" or "Angelic". Native to the story heaven-esque realm of Urdak, they were created by a god-like being known as “Angels” or “Angelic”."The Father", and are implied to be the originators of multiple religions across the universe, including the Abrahamic faiths. However, the Makyrs themselves are very much LightIsNotGood, [[spoiler:as they are directly collaborting with Hell to harvest souls]], and underneath their techno-angel exterior [[spoiler:is a rather demonic-looking creature complete with tentacles]].
** In [[Videogame/DoomEternal Doom Eternal]], we have
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* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Angel isn't divine in any sense, has butterfly wings, and looks more like a Christmas ornament more than anything. She can also bring back the dead.
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** Once [[DefrostingIceQueen the ice between them begins to thaw a little,]] they both begin to talk a bit more freely to each other. She seems to be rather sensitive about her wings, because [[WingedHumanoid physics aren't on her side]] and the local ambient magic isn't strong enough for her to fly without a great deal of difficulty, and they make her feel clumsy and unbalanced. When she complains that they're more of a bother than they're worth at times, Paul responds [[ButYourWingsAreBeautiful predictably,]] followed immediately by a classic DidIJustSayThatOutLoud moment.
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** Once [[DefrostingIceQueen the ice between them begins to thaw a little,]] they both begin to talk a bit more freely to each other. She seems to be rather sensitive about her wings, because [[WingedHumanoid physics aren't on her side]] and the local ambient magic isn't strong enough for her to fly without a great deal of difficulty, and they make her feel clumsy and unbalanced. When she complains that they're more of a bother than they're worth at times, Paul responds [[ButYourWingsAreBeautiful [[FreakinessShame predictably,]] followed immediately by a classic DidIJustSayThatOutLoud moment.
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** The catch-all term "celestial" is used to refer to beings from the Upper Planes, "angels" (or "aasimon" when 2nd Edition was trying to appease the MoralGuardians) are celestials who directly serve gods, and "asuras" are former angels who left their gods' service for various reasons (they're still on the side of good, [[GoodIsNotNice but don't take crap from anyone)]]. All are MadeOfGood and have innate supernatural abilities, and while celestials cannot [[DemonicPossession possess mortals like fiends can]], some mortal spellcasters learn to act as a {{Willing Channeler}}s for them. They are not infallible, however, and some celestials end up becoming {{Fallen Angel}}s, resulting in them being driven from their heavenly homes. Like the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent fiends]], celestials include several subtypes based upon CharacterAlignment, but while the [[LawfulEvil devils]], [[ChaoticEvil demons]] and [[NeutralEvil yugoloths]] wage the [[EvilVersusEvil Blood War]], the Upper Planes are free of that sort of vicious infighting - even the most lawful of archons would rather tolerate the chaos of an eladrin than the evil of a devil.
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** The catch-all term "celestial" is used to refer to beings from the Upper Planes, "angels" (or "aasimon" when 2nd Edition was trying to appease the MoralGuardians) are celestials who directly serve gods, and "asuras" are former angels who left their gods' service for various reasons (they're still on the side of good, [[GoodIsNotNice but don't take crap from anyone)]]. All are MadeOfGood and have innate supernatural abilities, and while celestials cannot [[DemonicPossession possess mortals like fiends can]], some mortal spellcasters learn to act as a {{Willing Channeler}}s for them. They are not infallible, however, and some celestials end up becoming {{Fallen Angel}}s, resulting in them being driven from their heavenly homes. Like the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent fiends]], celestials include several subtypes based upon CharacterAlignment, but while the [[LawfulEvil devils]], [[ChaoticEvil demons]] and [[NeutralEvil yugoloths]] wage the [[EvilVersusEvil Blood War]], the Upper Planes are free of that sort of vicious infighting - -- even the most lawful of archons would rather tolerate the chaos of an eladrin than the evil of a devil.
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** Fourth Edition mixed things up by declaring angels to be "expressions of the Astral Sea," basically EnergyBeings who mostly act as servants and mercenaries for the gods on their own initiative according to their individual natures. They're depicted as glowy, winged, legless humanoids and can now be of any alignment, so yes, evil gods have their own angels. The term "archon" was reassigned to {{elemental|embodiment}} servants of the Primordials, while eladrins became an [[OurElvesAreBetter elven subrace]] emphasizing their connection to the Feywild.
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** Fourth Edition mixed things up by declaring angels to be "expressions of the Astral Sea," basically EnergyBeings who mostly act as servants and mercenaries for the gods on their own initiative according to their individual natures. They're depicted as glowy, winged, legless humanoids and can now be of any alignment, so yes, evil gods have their own angels. The term "archon" was reassigned to {{elemental|embodiment}} servants of the Primordials, while eladrins became an [[OurElvesAreBetter [[OurElvesAreDifferent elven subrace]] emphasizing their connection to the Feywild.
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Afraid of Monsters|Ozkosar}}'', angels are albino humanoids with one to three pairs of wings, and a third eye at the end of a tail. They appear to cry blood and have soothing auras around humans. They have powers based on Biblical references like miracles and plagues according to WordOfGod.
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Afraid of Monsters|Ozkosar}}'', ''Webcomic/AfraidOfMonstersOzkosar'', angels are albino humanoids with one to three pairs of wings, and a third eye at the end of a tail. They appear to cry blood and have soothing auras around humans. They have powers based on Biblical references like miracles and plagues according to WordOfGod.
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** Regular angels seem to be relatively normal people, if immortal and supernaturally empowered. The series has so far given us two PointyHairedBoss angels, plus one [[TheAtoner atoning]] for the (unauthorized) destruction of a city, one whose behavior is more representative of a succubus, and a total drunk who got kicked out of heaven for being stoned. Former associates of the atoner are either worse or much, much worse. It's no wonder [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God has abandoned them]]. They are all of the WingedHumanoid variety but can hide their wings to blend in with humans. They also have pointy ears like those of an [[OurElvesAreBetter elf]], but people [[InvisibleToNormals usually]] can't see them. They're also all white-haired. We also find out how angels [[BizarreAlienBiology come to exist]].
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** Regular angels seem to be relatively normal people, if immortal and supernaturally empowered. The series has so far given us two PointyHairedBoss angels, plus one [[TheAtoner atoning]] for the (unauthorized) destruction of a city, one whose behavior is more representative of a succubus, and a total drunk who got kicked out of heaven for being stoned. Former associates of the atoner are either worse or much, much worse. It's no wonder [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God has abandoned them]]. They are all of the WingedHumanoid variety but can hide their wings to blend in with humans. They also have pointy ears like those of an [[OurElvesAreBetter [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]], but people [[InvisibleToNormals usually]] can't see them. They're also all white-haired. We also find out how angels [[BizarreAlienBiology come to exist]].
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* The one angel in ''Webcomic/{{Reliquary}}'' resembles a skeletal corpse with flamelike wings and huge, black claws.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Reliquary}}'': The one angel in ''Webcomic/{{Reliquary}}'' resembles a skeletal corpse with flamelike wings and huge, black claws.
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* ''Webcomic/LotusCobraIsEvil'': A HolyHalo-wearing WingedHumanoid is named as an angel in [[https://i.imgur.com/gL9wUSx.jpg "Angel Beats"]], but the HolyHalo differences between types are noted in [[https://i.imgur.com/mzLYIHl.jpg "Induce Despair"]].
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*** Mirrodin has [[https://scryfall.com/card/mrd/15/luminous-angel cyborg angels]] and even one robot angel (the above Platinum Angel).
*** The rebirth of Mirrodin into New Phyrexia features the angels being surgically rebuilt into near-mindless killing machines... that are still pure White -- appropriate enough, given that Phyrexia is basically a freakin' horror refinery.
*** Alara's are more the "classical" ''Magic'' type of winged female humanoids, but some [[https://scryfall.com/card/c16/199/filigree-angel were cyberneticized]] during the Conflux.
*** All but the most powerful of Zendikar's angels were shackled by [[EldritchAbomination the Eldrazi]], their [[https://scryfall.com/card/cma/15/lightkeeper-of-emeria haloes actually being blindfolds]].
*** The standard Serra family of angels come from an artificial plane created by the planeswalker Serra that was invaded and scrapped by the Phyrexians, forcing them to relocate to Dominaria.
*** Ravnica's angels are either [[https://scryfall.com/card/ima/199/firemane-angel Red and White]] and aligned with the crusaders of the Boros Legion or [[https://scryfall.com/card/gtc/153/deathpact-angel Black and White]] and aligned with the CorruptChurch of the Orzhov Syndicate.
*** The angels of Innistrad are also more or less classical ''Magic'' angels, but [[https://scryfall.com/card/ima/11/avacyn-angel-of-hope Avacyn]], their leader, is basically a goddess in her own right (albeit [[DeityOfHumanOrigin a created one]], by the vampire Sorin Markov), lording not only over her church but also over the plane's WhiteMagic, down to the fact that the other angels are much weaker without her. She's also a lunar deity (think [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Selene]], only more protective), and because she was created by a vampire, a bit gothy in appearance. And while the rest of the angels in Innistrad are the traditional WingedHumanoid sort, Innistradi angels are further divided into three groups: Flight Alabaster (BarrierMaiden and occasional {{psychopomp}}s), Flight Goldnight (ChurchMilitant), and Flight of Herons (healing and scouting)
*** Avacyn is also technically not an angel. Unlike "true" angels, who are manifestations of Innistrad's mana, Avacyn was artificially created. So while true angels and demons reincarnate after a while, Avacyn would not.
*** While technically not angels, ''MTG'''s [[OurArchonsAreDifferent Archons]] do take their role as the large [[LightEmUp White]] aligned beings wherever angels do not resonate well with the flavour like the Myth/ClassicalMythology inspired ''Theros'' Block. They definitely more closely resemble biblical angels, being unfathomable incarnations of White mana that represent its more [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill oppressive side]], and are definitely very otherworldly and weird.
*** The rebirth of Mirrodin into New Phyrexia features the angels being surgically rebuilt into near-mindless killing machines... that are still pure White -- appropriate enough, given that Phyrexia is basically a freakin' horror refinery.
*** Alara's are more the "classical" ''Magic'' type of winged female humanoids, but some [[https://scryfall.com/card/c16/199/filigree-angel were cyberneticized]] during the Conflux.
*** All but the most powerful of Zendikar's angels were shackled by [[EldritchAbomination the Eldrazi]], their [[https://scryfall.com/card/cma/15/lightkeeper-of-emeria haloes actually being blindfolds]].
*** The standard Serra family of angels come from an artificial plane created by the planeswalker Serra that was invaded and scrapped by the Phyrexians, forcing them to relocate to Dominaria.
*** Ravnica's angels are either [[https://scryfall.com/card/ima/199/firemane-angel Red and White]] and aligned with the crusaders of the Boros Legion or [[https://scryfall.com/card/gtc/153/deathpact-angel Black and White]] and aligned with the CorruptChurch of the Orzhov Syndicate.
*** The angels of Innistrad are also more or less classical ''Magic'' angels, but [[https://scryfall.com/card/ima/11/avacyn-angel-of-hope Avacyn]], their leader, is basically a goddess in her own right (albeit [[DeityOfHumanOrigin a created one]], by the vampire Sorin Markov), lording not only over her church but also over the plane's WhiteMagic, down to the fact that the other angels are much weaker without her. She's also a lunar deity (think [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Selene]], only more protective), and because she was created by a vampire, a bit gothy in appearance. And while the rest of the angels in Innistrad are the traditional WingedHumanoid sort, Innistradi angels are further divided into three groups: Flight Alabaster (BarrierMaiden and occasional {{psychopomp}}s), Flight Goldnight (ChurchMilitant), and Flight of Herons (healing and scouting)
*** Avacyn is also technically not an angel. Unlike "true" angels, who are manifestations of Innistrad's mana, Avacyn was artificially created. So while true angels and demons reincarnate after a while, Avacyn would not.
*** While technically not angels, ''MTG'''s [[OurArchonsAreDifferent Archons]] do take their role as the large [[LightEmUp White]] aligned beings wherever angels do not resonate well with the flavour like the Myth/ClassicalMythology inspired ''Theros'' Block. They definitely more closely resemble biblical angels, being unfathomable incarnations of White mana that represent its more [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill oppressive side]], and are definitely very otherworldly and weird.
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*** The angels of Innistrad are also more or less classical ''Magic'' angels, but [[https://scryfall.com/card/ima/11/avacyn-angel-of-hope Avacyn]], their leader, is basically a goddess in her own right (albeit [[DeityOfHumanOrigin a created one]], by the vampire Sorin Markov), lording not only over her church but also over the plane's WhiteMagic, down to the fact that the other angels are much weaker without her. She's also a lunar deity (think [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Selene]], only more protective), and because she was created by a vampire, a bit gothy in appearance. And while the rest of the angels in Innistrad are the traditional WingedHumanoid sort, Innistradi angels are further divided into three groups: Flight Alabaster (BarrierMaiden and occasional {{psychopomp}}s), Flight Goldnight (ChurchMilitant), and Flight of Herons (healing and scouting).
** While technically not angels, ''MTG'''s [[OurArchonsAreDifferent Archons]] do take their role as the large [[LightEmUp White]] aligned beings wherever angels do not resonate well with the flavour like the Myth/ClassicalMythology inspired ''Theros'' Block. They definitely more closely resemble biblical angels, being unfathomable incarnations of White mana that represent its more [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill oppressive side]], and are definitely very otherworldly and weird.
** While technically not angels, ''MTG'''s [[OurArchonsAreDifferent Archons]] do take their role as the large [[LightEmUp White]] aligned beings wherever angels do not resonate well with the flavour like the Myth/ClassicalMythology inspired ''Theros'' Block. They definitely more closely resemble biblical angels, being unfathomable incarnations of White mana that represent its more [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill oppressive side]], and are definitely very otherworldly and weird.
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*** The angels of Innistrad are also more or less classical ''Magic'' angels, but [[https://scryfall.com/card/ima/11/avacyn-angel-of-hope Avacyn]], their leader, is basically a goddess in her own right (albeit [[DeityOfHumanOrigin a created one]], by the vampire Sorin Markov), lording not only over her church but also over the plane's WhiteMagic, down to the fact that the other angels are much weaker without her. She's also a lunar deity (think [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Selene]], only more protective), and because she was created by a vampire, a bit gothy in appearance. And while the rest of the angels in Innistrad are the traditional WingedHumanoid sort, Innistradi angels are further divided into three groups: Flight Alabaster (BarrierMaiden and occasional {{psychopomp}}s), Flight Goldnight (ChurchMilitant), and Flight of Herons (healing and scouting).
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*** While technically not angels, ''MTG'''s [[OurArchonsAreDifferent Archons]] do take their role as the large [[LightEmUp White]] aligned beings wherever angels do not resonate well with the flavour like the Myth/ClassicalMythology inspired ''Theros'' Block. They definitely more closely resemble biblical angels, being unfathomable incarnations of White mana that represent its more [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill oppressive side]], and are definitely very otherworldly and weird.
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**** Avacyn is also technically not an angel. Unlike "true" angels, who are manifestations of Innistrad's mana, Avacyn was artificially created. So while true angels and demons reincarnate after a while, Avacyn would not.
*** While technically not angels, ''MTG'''s [[OurArchonsAreDifferent Archons]] do take their role as the large [[LightEmUp White]] aligned beings wherever angels do not resonate well with the flavour like the Myth/ClassicalMythology inspired ''Theros'' Block. They definitely more closely resemble biblical angels, being unfathomable incarnations of White mana that represent its more [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill oppressive side]], and are definitely very otherworldly and weird.
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** The catch-all term "celestial" is used to refer to beings from the Upper Planes, "angels" (or "aasimon" when 2nd Edition was trying to appease the MoralGuardians) are celestials who directly serve gods, "devas" are angels assigned to a specific plane to serve as guardians or divine agents, and "asuras" are former angels who left their gods' service for various reasons (they're still on the side of good, [[GoodIsNotNice but don't take crap from anyone)]]. All are MadeOfGood and have innate supernatural abilities, and while celestials cannot [[DemonicPossession possess mortals like fiends can]], some mortal spellcasters learn to act as a {{Willing Channeler}}s for them. They are not infallible, however, and some celestials end up becoming {{Fallen Angel}}s, resulting in them being driven from their heavenly homes. Like the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent fiends]], celestials include several subtypes based upon CharacterAlignment, but while the [[LawfulEvil devils]], [[ChaoticEvil demons]] and [[NeutralEvil yugoloths]] wage the [[EvilVersusEvil Blood War]], the Upper Planes are free of that sort of vicious infighting - even the most lawful of archons would rather tolerate the chaos of an eladrin than the evil of a devil.
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** The catch-all term "celestial" is used to refer to beings from the Upper Planes, "angels" (or "aasimon" when 2nd Edition was trying to appease the MoralGuardians) are celestials who directly serve gods, "devas" are angels assigned to a specific plane to serve as guardians or divine agents, and "asuras" are former angels who left their gods' service for various reasons (they're still on the side of good, [[GoodIsNotNice but don't take crap from anyone)]]. All are MadeOfGood and have innate supernatural abilities, and while celestials cannot [[DemonicPossession possess mortals like fiends can]], some mortal spellcasters learn to act as a {{Willing Channeler}}s for them. They are not infallible, however, and some celestials end up becoming {{Fallen Angel}}s, resulting in them being driven from their heavenly homes. Like the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent fiends]], celestials include several subtypes based upon CharacterAlignment, but while the [[LawfulEvil devils]], [[ChaoticEvil demons]] and [[NeutralEvil yugoloths]] wage the [[EvilVersusEvil Blood War]], the Upper Planes are free of that sort of vicious infighting - even the most lawful of archons would rather tolerate the chaos of an eladrin than the evil of a devil.
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*** Guardinals are NeutralGood celestials from the Blessed Fields of Elysium, serving [[KingOfBeasts Talisad]] and the Five Companions, who are more or less an epic-level adventuring party. Their ranks are made up of heavenly BeastMen - leonals, lupinals, equinals, ursinals, and for on.
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*** Guardinals are NeutralGood celestials from the Blessed Fields of Elysium, serving [[KingOfBeasts Talisad]] and the Five Companions, who are more or less an epic-level adventuring party. Their ranks are made up of heavenly BeastMen - leonals, lupinals, equinals, ursinals, and for on.so on.
*** Other celestial beings include devas, angels assigned to monitor and patrol specific planes, lillends, winged snake-women who defend art and unspoiled wilderness, bariaurs, ram-centaurs from [[WarriorHeaven Ysgard]], hollyphants, which can shift between the forms of a small, winged elephant and a winged mastodon, and moon dogs, intelligent hounds with a potent array of abilities to combat evil, dispell illusions, and heal wounds.
*** Other celestial beings include devas, angels assigned to monitor and patrol specific planes, lillends, winged snake-women who defend art and unspoiled wilderness, bariaurs, ram-centaurs from [[WarriorHeaven Ysgard]], hollyphants, which can shift between the forms of a small, winged elephant and a winged mastodon, and moon dogs, intelligent hounds with a potent array of abilities to combat evil, dispell illusions, and heal wounds.
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* ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' features most prominently the Beryls, who are God-like spirit beings of light who serve C'iel, the goddess of light. There're seven of them, who are named after -and identified with- the seven archangels of the [[CrystalDragonJesus Christianism of the setting]], all but one of them have adopted female gender, and each one of them have associated a set of ideas and concepts (for example, Gabriel represents among other things love, arts, and peace and Uriel -the unique male- freedom, independence, and free will)
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** The game has multiple species of "celestials", which can be broken down into categories such as angels, [[NeutralGood guardinals]], [[ChaoticGood eladrin]], and [[LawfulGood archons]]. They're generally considered the servants of good-aligned gods. More specifically, angels (aasimon in old 2[[superscript:nd]] ed non-religiously-offensive terms) are direct servants of the gods and asuras are angels who left the service of the gods for various reasons (they're still, generally, good people, [[GoodIsNotNice but they don't take crap from anyone]]). Archons, guardinals, and eladrin are incarnations of lawful, neutral and chaotic good respectively; they don't serve gods but rather their own leaders, although they often do help them out when asked. Fiends follow a similar (but inverted) setup, although there is curiously enough no infernal counterpart to the angels themselves (fiends close the gap by being a ''lot'' more varied in their forms and abilities, and, it's implied, a '''LOT''' more numerous).
** Fourth Edition shakes things up by declaring angels to be "expressions of the Astral Sea," basically EnergyBeings who mostly act as servants and mercenaries for the gods on their own initiative according to their individual inherent natures. They're depicted as glowy, winged, legless humanoids and can now be of any alignment (yes, evil gods can have angelic servants, too). Some of the other older 'celestial' terms have had their meaning changed fairly radically, too -- 4E eladrin are now TheFairFolk [[OurElvesAreBetter elf subtype]] and available as a player character race, and 4E archons are elemental servants of the Primordials and thus technically ''enemies'' of the gods and those who work for them.
** Fifth Edition allows 20th level paladins of the Oath of Vengeance to take on a (temporary) angelic form.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has angels, [[LawfulGood archons]], agathions (NeutralGood and animal-themed -- equivalent to the guardinals in ''D&D''), and azatas (ChaoticGood and fey-themed equivalents to the eladrin). The manasaputras are unique to ''Pathfinder'' and are Hindu-inspired rather than vaguely Abrahamic.
** Fourth Edition shakes things up by declaring angels to be "expressions of the Astral Sea," basically EnergyBeings who mostly act as servants and mercenaries for the gods on their own initiative according to their individual inherent natures. They're depicted as glowy, winged, legless humanoids and can now be of any alignment (yes, evil gods can have angelic servants, too). Some of the other older 'celestial' terms have had their meaning changed fairly radically, too -- 4E eladrin are now TheFairFolk [[OurElvesAreBetter elf subtype]] and available as a player character race, and 4E archons are elemental servants of the Primordials and thus technically ''enemies'' of the gods and those who work for them.
** Fifth Edition allows 20th level paladins of the Oath of Vengeance to take on a (temporary) angelic form.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has angels, [[LawfulGood archons]], agathions (NeutralGood and animal-themed -- equivalent to the guardinals in ''D&D''), and azatas (ChaoticGood and fey-themed equivalents to the eladrin). The manasaputras are unique to ''Pathfinder'' and are Hindu-inspired rather than vaguely Abrahamic.
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** The game has multiple species of "celestials", which can be broken down into categories such as angels, [[NeutralGood guardinals]], [[ChaoticGood eladrin]], and [[LawfulGood archons]]. They're generally considered catch-all term "celestial" is used to refer to beings from the servants of good-aligned gods. More specifically, Upper Planes, "angels" (or "aasimon" when 2nd Edition was trying to appease the MoralGuardians) are celestials who directly serve gods, "devas" are angels (aasimon in old 2[[superscript:nd]] ed non-religiously-offensive terms) assigned to a specific plane to serve as guardians or divine agents, and "asuras" are direct servants of the gods and asuras are former angels who left the their gods' service of the gods for various reasons (they're still, generally, good people, still on the side of good, [[GoodIsNotNice but they don't take crap from anyone]]). Archons, guardinals, anyone)]]. All are MadeOfGood and eladrin are incarnations of lawful, neutral and chaotic good respectively; they don't serve gods but rather their own leaders, although they often do help them out when asked. Fiends follow a similar (but inverted) setup, although there is curiously enough no infernal counterpart to the angels themselves (fiends close the gap by being a ''lot'' more varied in their forms and have innate supernatural abilities, and, it's implied, and while celestials cannot [[DemonicPossession possess mortals like fiends can]], some mortal spellcasters learn to act as a '''LOT''' {{Willing Channeler}}s for them. They are not infallible, however, and some celestials end up becoming {{Fallen Angel}}s, resulting in them being driven from their heavenly homes. Like the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent fiends]], celestials include several subtypes based upon CharacterAlignment, but while the [[LawfulEvil devils]], [[ChaoticEvil demons]] and [[NeutralEvil yugoloths]] wage the [[EvilVersusEvil Blood War]], the Upper Planes are free of that sort of vicious infighting - even the most lawful of archons would rather tolerate the chaos of an eladrin than the evil of a devil.
*** Archons are LawfulGood celestials from the Seven Mounting Heavens of Celestia, serving the [[CouncilOfAngels Celestial Hebdomad]]. They vary greatly in appearance, from the human-looking Sword and Trumpet Archons, to animalistic Hound and Owl Archons, to the morenumerous).
abstract Lantern Archon.
*** Eladrins are ChaoticGood celestials from the Olympian Glades of Arborea, serving Queen Morwel and the Court of Stars, essentially a good version of TheFairFolk. They tend to look like supernatural elves - firre eladrin have fiery eyes, and shiradi eladrin have wings, for example - but can freely assume more fantastical forms like a pillar of flame or cloud of light shards.
*** Guardinals are NeutralGood celestials from the Blessed Fields of Elysium, serving [[KingOfBeasts Talisad]] and the Five Companions, who are more or less an epic-level adventuring party. Their ranks are made up of heavenly BeastMen - leonals, lupinals, equinals, ursinals, and for on.
** Fourth Editionshakes mixed things up by declaring angels to be "expressions of the Astral Sea," basically EnergyBeings who mostly act as servants and mercenaries for the gods on their own initiative according to their individual inherent natures. They're depicted as glowy, winged, legless humanoids and can now be of any alignment (yes, alignment, so yes, evil gods can have angelic servants, too). Some their own angels. The term "archon" was reassigned to {{elemental|embodiment}} servants of the other older 'celestial' terms have had their meaning changed fairly radically, too -- 4E eladrin are now TheFairFolk Primordials, while eladrins became an [[OurElvesAreBetter elf subtype]] and available as a player character race, and 4E archons are elemental servants of elven subrace]] emphasizing their connection to the Primordials and thus technically ''enemies'' of the gods and those who work for them.
Feywild.
** Fifth Editionallows has had little in the way of celestials in its beastiaries thus far, with only the standard deva, solar and planetar appearing under a generic "Angel" entry. Eladrins remain a fey elven subrace, while the 4th Edition elemental archons have been renamed "elemental myrmidons." And player paladins who reach 20th level paladins can temporary take up an angelic form as part of the their Oath of Vengeance Vengeance.
* There is a German RPG named ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engel_(role-playing_game) Engel]]'' (Angel) where you play... angels. Which are a bit different, totake say the least.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Godbound}}'''s angels are ''pissed''. After humanity laid waste to Heaven in a hubristic bid for ultimate power, they declared war ona (temporary) angelic form.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has angels, [[LawfulGood archons]], agathions (NeutralGoodhumanity and animal-themed -- equivalent intentionally spread false religions in disguise to ensure the guardinals in ''D&D''), and azatas (ChaoticGood and fey-themed equivalents maximum number of humans go to the eladrin). The manasaputras are unique to ''Pathfinder'' and are Hindu-inspired rather than vaguely Abrahamic.hell.
*** Archons are LawfulGood celestials from the Seven Mounting Heavens of Celestia, serving the [[CouncilOfAngels Celestial Hebdomad]]. They vary greatly in appearance, from the human-looking Sword and Trumpet Archons, to animalistic Hound and Owl Archons, to the more
*** Eladrins are ChaoticGood celestials from the Olympian Glades of Arborea, serving Queen Morwel and the Court of Stars, essentially a good version of TheFairFolk. They tend to look like supernatural elves - firre eladrin have fiery eyes, and shiradi eladrin have wings, for example - but can freely assume more fantastical forms like a pillar of flame or cloud of light shards.
*** Guardinals are NeutralGood celestials from the Blessed Fields of Elysium, serving [[KingOfBeasts Talisad]] and the Five Companions, who are more or less an epic-level adventuring party. Their ranks are made up of heavenly BeastMen - leonals, lupinals, equinals, ursinals, and for on.
** Fourth Edition
** Fifth Edition
* There is a German RPG named ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engel_(role-playing_game) Engel]]'' (Angel) where you play... angels. Which are a bit different, to
* ''TabletopGame/{{Godbound}}'''s angels are ''pissed''. After humanity laid waste to Heaven in a hubristic bid for ultimate power, they declared war on
** ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has angels, [[LawfulGood archons]], agathions (NeutralGood
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** [[TheSocialExpert Mercurians]]: [[WingedHumanoid Winged Humanoids]] with halos and feathery wings
* Angels are a Type of Monster in the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game (called Fairies in the TCG) but while they have many that resemble classic, traditional ones, Konami seems to be very lax at what they can call an Angel.
** The Counter Fairies which are meant to work with Counter Traps, look like mechanical angels. Well-known ones include [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Layard_the_Liberator Layard the Liberator]], [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Bountiful_Artemis Bountiful Artemis]], and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Voltanis_the_Adjudicator Voltanis the Adjudicator.]]
** It's hard to say how a giant, ugly, man-eating (in the anime) scorpion-beast like Mystical Beast of Serket could be classified as a Fairy, except possibly because it's supposed to be a tomb guardian.
** The Arcana Force monsters, which use TarotMotifs, are a clear case of LightIsNotGood. Based on demons in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. they were used by the BigBad of the Second Season of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' and are ObviouslyEvil. Yet, they are still considered Angels. Some [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_I_-_The_Magician examples]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_III_-_THE_EMPRESS are]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_VII_-_The_Chariot seen]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_XXI_-_The_World here.]]
** The Zefra archetype consists of a winged giant penguin and dolphin with young girls as riders (Zeframpilica and Zefrawendi), a humanoid Dragon (Zefraxa), a knight with half [[KnightInShiningArmor bright]] and half [[BlackKnight dark]] armor and [[GoodWingsEvilWings the wings to match]] (Zefraroots), an old man with access to a FountainOfYouth (Zefrasaber), one of the 2 monsters responsible for the death of Sophia (and is now called Zefranaga), A humanoid bug that slightly got more humanoid (Zefraxition), a warrior that might be the human form of Chiwen, Light of the Yang Zing (Zefrathuban), and two dragons (Zefrainu and Zefraxi). None of them are even Fairy-type.
* Angels are a Type of Monster in the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game (called Fairies in the TCG) but while they have many that resemble classic, traditional ones, Konami seems to be very lax at what they can call an Angel.
** The Counter Fairies which are meant to work with Counter Traps, look like mechanical angels. Well-known ones include [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Layard_the_Liberator Layard the Liberator]], [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Bountiful_Artemis Bountiful Artemis]], and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Voltanis_the_Adjudicator Voltanis the Adjudicator.]]
** It's hard to say how a giant, ugly, man-eating (in the anime) scorpion-beast like Mystical Beast of Serket could be classified as a Fairy, except possibly because it's supposed to be a tomb guardian.
** The Arcana Force monsters, which use TarotMotifs, are a clear case of LightIsNotGood. Based on demons in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. they were used by the BigBad of the Second Season of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' and are ObviouslyEvil. Yet, they are still considered Angels. Some [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_I_-_The_Magician examples]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_III_-_THE_EMPRESS are]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_VII_-_The_Chariot seen]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_XXI_-_The_World here.]]
** The Zefra archetype consists of a winged giant penguin and dolphin with young girls as riders (Zeframpilica and Zefrawendi), a humanoid Dragon (Zefraxa), a knight with half [[KnightInShiningArmor bright]] and half [[BlackKnight dark]] armor and [[GoodWingsEvilWings the wings to match]] (Zefraroots), an old man with access to a FountainOfYouth (Zefrasaber), one of the 2 monsters responsible for the death of Sophia (and is now called Zefranaga), A humanoid bug that slightly got more humanoid (Zefraxition), a warrior that might be the human form of Chiwen, Light of the Yang Zing (Zefrathuban), and two dragons (Zefrainu and Zefraxi). None of them are even Fairy-type.
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** [[TheSocialExpert Mercurians]]: [[WingedHumanoid Winged Humanoids]] with halos and feathery wings
wings.
*Angels ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'':
** Some names and/or terms in [[EldritchAbomination Everblight's]] army contains occasional biblical words such as Messiah, and so there area Type of Monster in the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game (called Fairies in the TCG) but while they have many that resemble classic, traditional ones, Konami seems to be very lax at what they can call an Angel.
such words as Seraphim and Angelius, which, in-game, are eyeless winged horrors.
** TheCounter Fairies which are meant to work with Counter Traps, look like mechanical angels. Well-known ones include [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Layard_the_Liberator Layard Harbinger of Menoth is a more classical take on the Liberator]], [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Bountiful_Artemis Bountiful Artemis]], and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Voltanis_the_Adjudicator Voltanis angel, albeit wingless since she is human; basically, Menoth's [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]]. As he deemed her too holy to touch the Adjudicator.]]
** It's hard to say how a giant, ugly, man-eating (in the anime) scorpion-beast like Mystical Beast of Serket could be classified as a Fairy, except possibly because it's supposed to be a tomb guardian.
** The Arcana Force monsters, which use TarotMotifs, are a clear case of LightIsNotGood. Based on demons in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. they were used by the BigBad of the Second Season of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' and are ObviouslyEvil. Yet, they are still considered Angels. Some [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_I_-_The_Magician examples]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_III_-_THE_EMPRESS are]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_VII_-_The_Chariot seen]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_XXI_-_The_World here.]]
** The Zefra archetype consists of a winged giant penguin and dolphin with young girls as riders (Zeframpilica and Zefrawendi), a humanoid Dragon (Zefraxa), a knight with half [[KnightInShiningArmor bright]] and half [[BlackKnight dark]] armor and [[GoodWingsEvilWings the wings to match]] (Zefraroots), an old man with access to a FountainOfYouth (Zefrasaber),earth, however, [[http://trow.cc/forum/uploads/post-2042-1299925671.jpg she does levitate]]!
* Hallow, one of the2 monsters responsible for the death ''TabletopGame/LegendSystem'''s official settings, features enormous semi-sentient constructs of Sophia (and is now glass and metal called Zefranaga), A humanoid bug that slightly got more humanoid (Zefraxition), a warrior that might be the human form of Chiwen, Light Angels. Their purpose is to oversee parts of the Yang Zing (Zefrathuban), world, but the only part of that understood by humans is that they handle what happens to people and two dragons (Zefrainu things that [[FloatingContinent fall off of plates]].
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has angels, [[LawfulGood archons]], agathions (NeutralGood andZefraxi). None animal-themed -- equivalent to the guardinals in ''D&D''), and azatas (ChaoticGood and fey-themed equivalents to the eladrin). The manasaputras are unique to ''Pathfinder'' and are Hindu-inspired rather than vaguely Abrahamic.
* ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'': ''TabletopGame/{{Winterweir}}'' has the Celestials. A bunch of angry AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence former humans who believe in the total domination of all beings through orderly stability. They manipulate religions to think of them as divine servitors.
* From Creator/WhiteWolf, ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'''s equivalent of angels areeven Fairy-type.the Hands of Aten (who is the Avatar of the Titan of Light). [[LightIsNotGood They are bad]]. Although the descriptions suggest that they are in fact [[LightIsNotGood Aten's]] attempt to copy angels as described by humans. So the stories of angels, true or false, came before the Hands.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' has the [[http://www.goblin-online.net/download/allumina.txt daemons of Alluminas]], one of the [[LightIsNotGood gods of law]], which resemble angels and are named after angelic classes.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
** The Living Saints are chosen vessels of the God-Emperor's might and meet all of the criteria for being angels. However, ''these'' angels are known for wielding flaming chainsaw-swords and declaring they will ''purge'' the land... monumental ass-kicking tends to ensue whenever one shows up. Except the whole "chosen of the Emperor" could easily just be [[SchizoTech misunderstood]] LostTechnology and warp powers [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve derived from the belief]] of the rather zealous [=SoB=].
** Funnily enough, the ones actually referred to as angels are [[SpaceMarine a million-strong army of 8 feet tall, fanatical]] {{super soldier}}s. And given [[BodyHorror what they]] [[TrainingFromHell go through]] to become that way, [[SelflessnessTropes the angels comparison is entirely apt]].
** Sanguinius is perhaps the closest thing to an actual angel; son of a PhysicalGod, feathery wings, totally {{bish|onen}}ie, and pretty nice [[BlackAndGrayMorality for that universe]]. But in his death throes, the [[SuperSoldier Space Marines]] made from his genetic material were afflicted with a propensity towards madness, and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a thirst for blood...]]
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Witchcraft}}'' and its sequel game ''Armageddon'', angels mostly conform to common beliefs as being {{Winged Humanoid}}s, both in their native plane (where they are actually EnergyBeings) and our world (where they have to incarnate themselves into physical bodies, but can easily hide their true natures). Both heavenly and {{fallen angel}}s (the latter and demons being one and the same) are split into two orders: the more powerful ones, created/born as angels (Seraphim) and the souls of mortals that went to Heaven or Hell which were transfigured into angelic forms (Cherubim and Qlippothim, respectively) to be field agents and footsoldiers.
*
** Some names and/or terms in [[EldritchAbomination Everblight's]] army contains occasional biblical words such as Messiah, and so there are
** The
** It's hard to say how a giant, ugly, man-eating (in the anime) scorpion-beast like Mystical Beast of Serket could be classified as a Fairy, except possibly because it's supposed to be a tomb guardian.
** The Arcana Force monsters, which use TarotMotifs, are a clear case of LightIsNotGood. Based on demons in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. they were used by the BigBad of the Second Season of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' and are ObviouslyEvil. Yet, they are still considered Angels. Some [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_I_-_The_Magician examples]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_III_-_THE_EMPRESS are]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_VII_-_The_Chariot seen]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_XXI_-_The_World here.]]
** The Zefra archetype consists of a winged giant penguin and dolphin with young girls as riders (Zeframpilica and Zefrawendi), a humanoid Dragon (Zefraxa), a knight with half [[KnightInShiningArmor bright]] and half [[BlackKnight dark]] armor and [[GoodWingsEvilWings the wings to match]] (Zefraroots), an old man with access to a FountainOfYouth (Zefrasaber),
* Hallow, one of the
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has angels, [[LawfulGood archons]], agathions (NeutralGood and
* ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'': ''TabletopGame/{{Winterweir}}'' has the Celestials. A bunch of angry AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence former humans who believe in the total domination of all beings through orderly stability. They manipulate religions to think of them as divine servitors.
* From Creator/WhiteWolf, ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'''s equivalent of angels are
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' has the [[http://www.goblin-online.net/download/allumina.txt daemons of Alluminas]], one of the [[LightIsNotGood gods of law]], which resemble angels and are named after angelic classes.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
** The Living Saints are chosen vessels of the God-Emperor's might and meet all of the criteria for being angels. However, ''these'' angels are known for wielding flaming chainsaw-swords and declaring they will ''purge'' the land... monumental ass-kicking tends to ensue whenever one shows up. Except the whole "chosen of the Emperor" could easily just be [[SchizoTech misunderstood]] LostTechnology and warp powers [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve derived from the belief]] of the rather zealous [=SoB=].
** Funnily enough, the ones actually referred to as angels are [[SpaceMarine a million-strong army of 8 feet tall, fanatical]] {{super soldier}}s. And given [[BodyHorror what they]] [[TrainingFromHell go through]] to become that way, [[SelflessnessTropes the angels comparison is entirely apt]].
** Sanguinius is perhaps the closest thing to an actual angel; son of a PhysicalGod, feathery wings, totally {{bish|onen}}ie, and pretty nice [[BlackAndGrayMorality for that universe]]. But in his death throes, the [[SuperSoldier Space Marines]] made from his genetic material were afflicted with a propensity towards madness, and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a thirst for blood...]]
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Witchcraft}}'' and its sequel game ''Armageddon'', angels mostly conform to common beliefs as being {{Winged Humanoid}}s, both in their native plane (where they are actually EnergyBeings) and our world (where they have to incarnate themselves into physical bodies, but can easily hide their true natures). Both heavenly and {{fallen angel}}s (the latter and demons being one and the same) are split into two orders: the more powerful ones, created/born as angels (Seraphim) and the souls of mortals that went to Heaven or Hell which were transfigured into angelic forms (Cherubim and Qlippothim, respectively) to be field agents and footsoldiers.
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* From Creator/WhiteWolf, ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'''s equivalent of angels are the Hands of Aten (who is the Avatar of the Titan of Light). [[LightIsNotGood They are bad]]. Although the descriptions suggest that they are in fact [[LightIsNotGood Aten's]] attempt to copy angels as described by humans. So the stories of angels, true or false, came before the Hands.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
** The Living Saints are chosen vessels of the God-Emperor's might and meet all of the criteria for being angels. However, ''these'' angels are known for wielding flaming chainsaw-swords and declaring they will ''purge'' the land... monumental ass-kicking tends to ensue whenever one shows up. Except the whole "chosen of the Emperor" could easily just be [[SchizoTech misunderstood]] LostTechnology and warp powers [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve derived from the belief]] of the rather zealous [=SoB=].
** Funnily enough, the ones actually referred to as angels are [[SpaceMarine a million-strong army of 8 feet tall, fanatical]] {{super soldier}}s. And given [[BodyHorror what they]] [[TrainingFromHell go through]] to become that way, [[SelflessnessTropes the angels comparison is entirely apt]].
** Sanguinius is perhaps the closest thing to an actual angel; son of a PhysicalGod, feathery wings, totally {{bish|onen}}ie, and pretty nice [[BlackAndGrayMorality for that universe]]. But in his death throes, the [[SuperSoldier Space Marines]] made from his genetic material were afflicted with a propensity towards madness, and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a thirst for blood...]]
* Meanwhile, TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} has the [[http://www.goblin-online.net/download/allumina.txt daemons of Alluminas]], one of the [[LightIsNotGood gods of law]], which resemble angels and are named after angelic classes.
* ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'': ''TabletopGame/{{Winterweir}}'' has the Celestials. A bunch of angry AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence former humans who believe in the total domination of all beings through orderly stability. They manipulate religions to think of them as divine servitors.
* There is a German RPG named ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engel_(role-playing_game) Engel]]'' (Angel) where you play... angels. Which are a bit different, to say the least.
* ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'':
** Some names and/or terms in [[EldritchAbomination Everblight's]] army contains occasional biblical words such as Messiah, and so there are such words as Seraphim and Angelius, which, in-game, are eyeless winged horrors.
** The Harbinger of Menoth is a more classical take on the angel, albeit wingless since she is human; basically, Menoth's [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]]. As he deemed her too holy to touch the earth, however, [[http://trow.cc/forum/uploads/post-2042-1299925671.jpg she does levitate]]!
* Hallow, one of the ''TabletopGame/LegendSystem'''s official settings, features enormous semi-sentient constructs of glass and metal called Angels. Their purpose is to oversee parts of the world, but the only part of that understood by humans is that they handle what happens to people and things that [[FloatingContinent fall off of plates]].
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Witchcraft}}'' and its sequel game ''Armageddon'', angels mostly conform to common beliefs as being {{Winged Humanoid}}s, both in their native plane (where they are actually EnergyBeings) and our world (where they have to incarnate themselves into physical bodies, but can easily hide their true natures). Both heavenly and {{fallen angel}}s (the latter and demons being one and the same) are split into two orders: the more powerful ones, created/born as angels (Seraphim) and the souls of mortals that went to Heaven or Hell which were transfigured into angelic forms (Cherubim and Qlippothim, respectively) to be field agents and footsoldiers.
* ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' features most prominently the Beryls, who are God-like spirit beings of light who serve C'iel, the goddess of light. There're seven of them, who are named after -and identified with- the seven archangels of the [[CrystalDragonJesus Christianism of the setting]], all but one of them have adopted female gender, and each one of them have associated a set of ideas and concepts (for example, Gabriel represents among other things love, arts, and peace and Uriel -the unique male- freedom, independence, and free will)
* ''TabletopGame/{{Godbound}}'''s angels are ''pissed''. After humanity laid waste to Heaven in a hubristic bid for ultimate power, they declared war on humanity and intentionally spread false religions in disguise to ensure the maximum number of humans go to hell.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
** The Living Saints are chosen vessels of the God-Emperor's might and meet all of the criteria for being angels. However, ''these'' angels are known for wielding flaming chainsaw-swords and declaring they will ''purge'' the land... monumental ass-kicking tends to ensue whenever one shows up. Except the whole "chosen of the Emperor" could easily just be [[SchizoTech misunderstood]] LostTechnology and warp powers [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve derived from the belief]] of the rather zealous [=SoB=].
** Funnily enough, the ones actually referred to as angels are [[SpaceMarine a million-strong army of 8 feet tall, fanatical]] {{super soldier}}s. And given [[BodyHorror what they]] [[TrainingFromHell go through]] to become that way, [[SelflessnessTropes the angels comparison is entirely apt]].
** Sanguinius is perhaps the closest thing to an actual angel; son of a PhysicalGod, feathery wings, totally {{bish|onen}}ie, and pretty nice [[BlackAndGrayMorality for that universe]]. But in his death throes, the [[SuperSoldier Space Marines]] made from his genetic material were afflicted with a propensity towards madness, and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a thirst for blood...]]
* Meanwhile, TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} has the [[http://www.goblin-online.net/download/allumina.txt daemons of Alluminas]], one of the [[LightIsNotGood gods of law]], which resemble angels and are named after angelic classes.
* ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'': ''TabletopGame/{{Winterweir}}'' has the Celestials. A bunch of angry AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence former humans who believe in the total domination of all beings through orderly stability. They manipulate religions to think of them as divine servitors.
* There is a German RPG named ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engel_(role-playing_game) Engel]]'' (Angel) where you play... angels. Which are a bit different, to say the least.
* ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'':
** Some names and/or terms in [[EldritchAbomination Everblight's]] army contains occasional biblical words such as Messiah, and so there are such words as Seraphim and Angelius, which, in-game, are eyeless winged horrors.
** The Harbinger of Menoth is a more classical take on the angel, albeit wingless since she is human; basically, Menoth's [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]]. As he deemed her too holy to touch the earth, however, [[http://trow.cc/forum/uploads/post-2042-1299925671.jpg she does levitate]]!
* Hallow, one of the ''TabletopGame/LegendSystem'''s official settings, features enormous semi-sentient constructs of glass and metal called Angels. Their purpose is to oversee parts of the world, but the only part of that understood by humans is that they handle what happens to people and things that [[FloatingContinent fall off of plates]].
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Witchcraft}}'' and its sequel game ''Armageddon'', angels mostly conform to common beliefs as being {{Winged Humanoid}}s, both in their native plane (where they are actually EnergyBeings) and our world (where they have to incarnate themselves into physical bodies, but can easily hide their true natures). Both heavenly and {{fallen angel}}s (the latter and demons being one and the same) are split into two orders: the more powerful ones, created/born as angels (Seraphim) and the souls of mortals that went to Heaven or Hell which were transfigured into angelic forms (Cherubim and Qlippothim, respectively) to be field agents and footsoldiers.
* ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' features most prominently the Beryls, who are God-like spirit beings of light who serve C'iel, the goddess of light. There're seven of them, who are named after -and identified with- the seven archangels of the [[CrystalDragonJesus Christianism of the setting]], all but one of them have adopted female gender, and each one of them have associated a set of ideas and concepts (for example, Gabriel represents among other things love, arts, and peace and Uriel -the unique male- freedom, independence, and free will)
* ''TabletopGame/{{Godbound}}'''s angels are ''pissed''. After humanity laid waste to Heaven in a hubristic bid for ultimate power, they declared war on humanity and intentionally spread false religions in disguise to ensure the maximum number of humans go to hell.
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* From Creator/WhiteWolf, ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'''s equivalent of angels Angels are a Type of Monster in the Hands of Aten (who is ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game (called Fairies in the Avatar TCG) but while they have many that resemble classic, traditional ones, Konami seems to be very lax at what they can call an Angel.
** The Counter Fairies which are meant to work with Counter Traps, look like mechanical angels. Well-known ones include [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Layard_the_Liberator Layard the Liberator]], [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Bountiful_Artemis Bountiful Artemis]], and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Voltanis_the_Adjudicator Voltanis the Adjudicator.]]
** It's hard to say how a giant, ugly, man-eating (in the anime) scorpion-beast like Mystical Beast of Serket could be classified as a Fairy, except possibly because it's supposed to be a tomb guardian.
** The Arcana Force monsters, which use TarotMotifs, are a clear case of LightIsNotGood. Based on demons in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. they were used by the BigBad of theTitan Second Season of Light). [[LightIsNotGood They ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' and are bad]]. Although the descriptions suggest that ObviouslyEvil. Yet, they are in fact [[LightIsNotGood Aten's]] attempt to copy angels as described by humans. So the stories of angels, true or false, came before the Hands.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
still considered Angels. Some [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_I_-_The_Magician examples]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_III_-_THE_EMPRESS are]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_VII_-_The_Chariot seen]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_XXI_-_The_World here.]]
** TheLiving Saints are chosen vessels of the God-Emperor's might and meet all of the criteria for being angels. However, ''these'' angels are known for wielding flaming chainsaw-swords and declaring they will ''purge'' the land... monumental ass-kicking tends to ensue whenever one shows up. Except the whole "chosen of the Emperor" could easily just be [[SchizoTech misunderstood]] LostTechnology and warp powers [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve derived from the belief]] of the rather zealous [=SoB=].
** Funnily enough, the ones actually referred to as angels are [[SpaceMarine a million-strong army of 8 feet tall, fanatical]] {{super soldier}}s. And given [[BodyHorror what they]] [[TrainingFromHell go through]] to become that way, [[SelflessnessTropes the angels comparison is entirely apt]].
** Sanguinius is perhaps the closest thing to an actual angel; sonZefra archetype consists of a PhysicalGod, feathery wings, totally {{bish|onen}}ie, winged giant penguin and pretty nice [[BlackAndGrayMorality for that universe]]. But in his death throes, the [[SuperSoldier Space Marines]] made from his genetic material were afflicted dolphin with a propensity towards madness, young girls as riders (Zeframpilica and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Zefrawendi), a thirst for blood...]]
* Meanwhile, TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} hashumanoid Dragon (Zefraxa), a knight with half [[KnightInShiningArmor bright]] and half [[BlackKnight dark]] armor and [[GoodWingsEvilWings the [[http://www.goblin-online.net/download/allumina.txt daemons of Alluminas]], wings to match]] (Zefraroots), an old man with access to a FountainOfYouth (Zefrasaber), one of the [[LightIsNotGood gods 2 monsters responsible for the death of law]], which resemble angels Sophia (and is now called Zefranaga), A humanoid bug that slightly got more humanoid (Zefraxition), a warrior that might be the human form of Chiwen, Light of the Yang Zing (Zefrathuban), and are named after angelic classes.
* ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'': ''TabletopGame/{{Winterweir}}'' has the Celestials. A bunch of angry AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence former humans who believe in the total domination of all beings through orderly stability. They manipulate religions to thinktwo dragons (Zefrainu and Zefraxi). None of them as divine servitors.
* There is a German RPG named ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engel_(role-playing_game) Engel]]'' (Angel) where you play... angels. Whichare a bit different, to say the least.
* ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'':
** Some names and/or terms in [[EldritchAbomination Everblight's]] army contains occasional biblical words such as Messiah, and so there are such words as Seraphim and Angelius, which, in-game, are eyeless winged horrors.
** The Harbinger of Menoth is a more classical take on the angel, albeit wingless since she is human; basically, Menoth's [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]]. As he deemed her too holy to touch the earth, however, [[http://trow.cc/forum/uploads/post-2042-1299925671.jpg she does levitate]]!
* Hallow, one of the ''TabletopGame/LegendSystem'''s official settings, features enormous semi-sentient constructs of glass and metal called Angels. Their purpose is to oversee parts of the world, but the only part of that understood by humans is that they handle what happens to people and things that [[FloatingContinent fall off of plates]].
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Witchcraft}}'' and its sequel game ''Armageddon'', angels mostly conform to common beliefs as being {{Winged Humanoid}}s, both in their native plane (where they are actually EnergyBeings) and our world (where they have to incarnate themselves into physical bodies, but can easily hide their true natures). Both heavenly and {{fallen angel}}s (the latter and demons being one and the same) are split into two orders: the more powerful ones, created/born as angels (Seraphim) and the souls of mortals that went to Heaven or Hell which were transfigured into angelic forms (Cherubim and Qlippothim, respectively) to be field agents and footsoldiers.
* ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' features most prominently the Beryls, who are God-like spirit beings of light who serve C'iel, the goddess of light. There're seven of them, who are named after -and identified with- the seven archangels of the [[CrystalDragonJesus Christianism of the setting]], all but one of them have adopted female gender, and each one of them have associated a set of ideas and concepts (for example, Gabriel represents among other things love, arts, and peace and Uriel -the unique male- freedom, independence, and free will)
* ''TabletopGame/{{Godbound}}'''s angels are ''pissed''. After humanity laid waste to Heaven in a hubristic bid for ultimate power, they declared war on humanity and intentionally spread false religions in disguise to ensure the maximum number of humans go to hell.even Fairy-type.
** The Counter Fairies which are meant to work with Counter Traps, look like mechanical angels. Well-known ones include [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Layard_the_Liberator Layard the Liberator]], [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Bountiful_Artemis Bountiful Artemis]], and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Voltanis_the_Adjudicator Voltanis the Adjudicator.]]
** It's hard to say how a giant, ugly, man-eating (in the anime) scorpion-beast like Mystical Beast of Serket could be classified as a Fairy, except possibly because it's supposed to be a tomb guardian.
** The Arcana Force monsters, which use TarotMotifs, are a clear case of LightIsNotGood. Based on demons in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. they were used by the BigBad of the
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
** The
** Funnily enough, the ones actually referred to as angels are [[SpaceMarine a million-strong army of 8 feet tall, fanatical]] {{super soldier}}s. And given [[BodyHorror what they]] [[TrainingFromHell go through]] to become that way, [[SelflessnessTropes the angels comparison is entirely apt]].
** Sanguinius is perhaps the closest thing to an actual angel; son
* Meanwhile, TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} has
* ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'': ''TabletopGame/{{Winterweir}}'' has the Celestials. A bunch of angry AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence former humans who believe in the total domination of all beings through orderly stability. They manipulate religions to think
* There is a German RPG named ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engel_(role-playing_game) Engel]]'' (Angel) where you play... angels. Which
* ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'':
** Some names and/or terms in [[EldritchAbomination Everblight's]] army contains occasional biblical words such as Messiah, and so there are such words as Seraphim and Angelius, which, in-game, are eyeless winged horrors.
** The Harbinger of Menoth is a more classical take on the angel, albeit wingless since she is human; basically, Menoth's [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]]. As he deemed her too holy to touch the earth, however, [[http://trow.cc/forum/uploads/post-2042-1299925671.jpg she does levitate]]!
* Hallow, one of the ''TabletopGame/LegendSystem'''s official settings, features enormous semi-sentient constructs of glass and metal called Angels. Their purpose is to oversee parts of the world, but the only part of that understood by humans is that they handle what happens to people and things that [[FloatingContinent fall off of plates]].
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Witchcraft}}'' and its sequel game ''Armageddon'', angels mostly conform to common beliefs as being {{Winged Humanoid}}s, both in their native plane (where they are actually EnergyBeings) and our world (where they have to incarnate themselves into physical bodies, but can easily hide their true natures). Both heavenly and {{fallen angel}}s (the latter and demons being one and the same) are split into two orders: the more powerful ones, created/born as angels (Seraphim) and the souls of mortals that went to Heaven or Hell which were transfigured into angelic forms (Cherubim and Qlippothim, respectively) to be field agents and footsoldiers.
* ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' features most prominently the Beryls, who are God-like spirit beings of light who serve C'iel, the goddess of light. There're seven of them, who are named after -and identified with- the seven archangels of the [[CrystalDragonJesus Christianism of the setting]], all but one of them have adopted female gender, and each one of them have associated a set of ideas and concepts (for example, Gabriel represents among other things love, arts, and peace and Uriel -the unique male- freedom, independence, and free will)
* ''TabletopGame/{{Godbound}}'''s angels are ''pissed''. After humanity laid waste to Heaven in a hubristic bid for ultimate power, they declared war on humanity and intentionally spread false religions in disguise to ensure the maximum number of humans go to hell.
