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Angel (Greek: angelos, meaning "messenger", Persian: angaros, "courier") is traditionally believed to be supernatural beings who serve as messengers or mediators between man and primordial gods. As such, they are often depicted in religious works and mythologies as winged humanoid beings. The winged human motif stems as far back as the Sumerian civilization, and possibly earlier. The earliest known record, dating c. 10,000 BCE, of ritualistic activity involving a religious center is Gobekli Tepe where headless pillars have anthropomorphic features that might represent some type of spirit medium.

Ancient aliens
The Ancient Aliens hypothesis postulates that what was seen as “angels” were really extraterrestrials.

Jinn
In one of the legends of the Kurds, angelic servants, known as Jinn, settled in the mountainous regions and married human women. Their offspring came to be known as the Kurds.

Tuath Dé
In ancient Irish legend, the Tuath Dé (Irish: "tribe of the gods" dwell in the Otherworld and interact with humans in the human-world. With the advent of Christianity, the Tuath Dé were banished into the 'hollow hills' and became known as Sidhe (Shee), meaning “Shining Ones”. According to Lebor Gabála Érenn, they came to Ireland "in dark clouds" and "landed on the mountains of [the] Conmaicne Rein in Connachta".

Watchers
From the Levant, one of the oldest Semitic expressions on preserved record, referring to angel(s) is the Aramaic term Watcher (Aramaic: עִיר ʿiyr, plural עִירִין ʿiyrin, Slavonic: Grigori). The term occurs in the Books of Enoch (2nd–1st centuries BCE) referring to both good and bad Watchers, with a primary focus on rebellious ones. It also occurs in both plural and singular forms in the Book of Daniel where reference is made to their holiness.

Popular culture

 * The Syndicate in the Dissension Universe by Aspen Comics.

Resources

 * Ufo-alien database, Eloheem
 * Ufo-alien database, Illojiim
 * Ufo-alien database, Anunnaki