Samael

History
Samael's name has the somewhat contradictory meaning of "Splendorous poisonous

one." A very mysterious and confusing angel from Hebrew mythology. Samael

appears as a huge winged snake, and while being an angel is a leader of demons

as well. Some interpret him as being a fallen angel, and later Jewish

interpretations have him as the Serpent in the Garden of Eden myth, but that

does not match up with a lot of his descriptions within earlier Hebrew

scriptures. The common belief among mythologians is that he originated as a

"good" angel and over time evolved to an "angel representing the cruel/vengeful

aspect of God" to outright "demon."