Miryam Brand of the WF Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem (via The Torah), was considered forbidden knowledge that started mankind on the road to corruption. He also introduced them to the idea of jewelry like bracelets and rings, and how to use their finery and their feminine wiles to seduce men.Īnd this, says Dr.

But he taught the women something too: how to use cosmetics and specifically kohl, a black eye product popular since ancient times. At their head was an angel called Lucifer, Azazel, or Lumiel, and he's the one that taught men how to make armor so that, you know, it took a little more effort to kill each other. Originally, New Dawn Magazine notes, it was said that there were 200 fallen angels that headed to earth to cause some serious havoc. They were to be condemned to the ends of the earth, and punishment was definitely going to be a big part of their version of eternity. We do know that Enoch was the one God selected to act as an intermediary to the fallen angels, instructing him to tell them what their punishment would be for their transgressions. (It's also worth noting that Les Enluminures says Noah is the great-grandson of Enoch.)Įnoch, the story says, tried to speak on behalf of the angels and their giant children - but sadly, a lot of the texts are missing. The angels started teaching their giant offspring evil ways, and God not only imprisoned them, but subjected them to judgment and sent the flood to hit the reset button on his creations. Those children were the sons and daughters of 200 angels, and they were a race of 450-foot-tall giants. (The story also shows up in Genesis, but in less detail.) Before the Great Flood, angels and humans met and mingled pretty commonly, and the inevitable happened: children. According to the Gnostic Society Library, the Book of Enoch tells the tale of angels who are destroyed by lust.

Fallen Angels by Deborah McClatchey