Gabuthelon is attested only within the textual context of the Greek Apocalypse of Ezra (also titled the Revelation of Esdras), where the name is presented as one of nine angelic names that were "revealed to Esdras." The tradition as represented by the surviving texts gives no mythic biography, family relations, or narrative episodes for Gabuthelon beyond its listing among the end‑time governors.
The provided sources do not supply any physical description, iconography, or visual attributes for Gabuthelon. Standard references and summaries that mention the name record only its inclusion in the angelic roster and offer no clothing, form, or imagery associated with the figure.
The only role ascribed to Gabuthelon in the available materials is membership in a group of nine angels who "will govern 'at the end of the world.'" The sources do not detail specific powers, deeds, interactions with humans, or other behaviors, and no additional functional attributes are preserved.
Weaknesses
- otherNo weaknesses attested in sources
Wards
- otherNo wards or protective measures attested in sources
Michael
Michael is presented in the supplied sources as a masculine given name and disambiguation headword applied to people, historical rulers, cultural works, places, and other uses; the provided material treats it as an onomastic item rather than as a single supernatural being.
Gabriel
A principal heavenly messenger in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic literatures, Gabriel is portrayed as an archangel who reveals and explains divine messages, announces births and divine intent, and executes certain divine judgments in apocalyptic texts.
Uriel
Uriel is an archangel figure in Jewish and Christian apocryphal, liturgical, and popular traditions, variously described as an interpreter of prophecy, guardian of cosmological thresholds (Gate of Eden, Tartarus/pit), regent of light or the sun, and a guide or agent in salvation narratives. His prominence and specific functions vary by tradition (Second Book of Esdras, Ethiopian homily, apocryphal gospels, patristic and later angelologies).
Aker
Aker is an ancient Egyptian personification of the horizon and an earth and underworld deity who is described in surviving summaries as guardian of the eastern (Bakhu) and western (Manu) horizons, marking liminal boundaries between day and night and between the living world and the netherworld.
Arphugitonos
Arphugitonos is a named angel attested in the Greek Apocalypse of Ezra / Revelation of Esdras as one of nine heavenly beings who "will govern 'at the end of the world'." The name appears only nominally in the apocalyptic vision and is not accompanied by description, etymology, or ritual material in the supplied sources.
Beburos
Beburos is a named angel attested in the Greek Apocalypse of Ezra (Revelation of Esdras) as one of nine heavenly beings who will "govern at the end of the world." The figure is non‑canonical and known primarily from this apocryphal source and modern reference glossaries that reproduce the roster.
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- [1]Gabuthelon. Wikipedia, entry 'Gabuthelon' (summary of attestations in Revelation of Esdras)wiki
- [2]Revelation of Esdras (Greek Apocalypse of Ezra). Translation and text of the Greek Apocalypse of Ezra listing the nine angelic names revealed to Esdrasliterary
- [3]Beburos (glossary entry noting roster). Glossary entry reproducing the angelic roster that includes Gabuthelonother
- [4]Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VIII (includes related pseudepigraphal texts). Collection of early Christian writings and related material; context for pseudepigraphal apocalyptic literatureacademic
- [5]Wikidata: Gabuthelon. Wikidata item summarizing attestationsother