Seraph
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A seraph is a celestial or heavenly being originating in Ancient Judaism. The term plays a role in subsequent Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Bas relief of a seraph carrying a hot coal on the walls of the Jerusalem International YMCA.
Ancient Aramean six-winged deity, from Tell Halaf (10th century BCE)
Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the Petites Heures de Jean de Berry, a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by John, Duke of Berry.
St. Francis' vision of a seraph (fresco attributed to Giotto) (1267–1337)
Cherub
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A cherub is one type of supernatural being in the Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden.
Seraph
…to be a division of the divine messengers. Seraphim appear in the second-century BC Book of Enoch, where they are mentioned, in conjunction with cherubim, as the heavenly creatures standing nearest to the throne of God. In nonbiblical sources, they are sometimes called the Akyəst (Ge'ez: አክይስት "serpents…
A tetramorph cherub, in Eastern Orthodox iconography
An ivory from Tel Megiddo showing a king sitting on a throne which is supplicated by a sphinx-esque winged hybrid.
Depiction of the "cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy seat" (Julius Bate, 1773)
Throne of Astarte from the Temple of Eshmun, the legs formed by two winged hybrid creatures.