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Asael

Chief of tens1 Enoch 8

Chief of weapons, metals, and beautifying

Tenth chief of tens, and in chs. 8–13 the other ringleader beside Shemihazah. Raphael is sent to bind him in Dudael, to throw jagged rocks on him, and to let him dwell in darkness until the great day. Leviticus’ scapegoat to Azazel is, in Enochic reading, a memory of this prison. He is the industrial revolution of the antediluvian world.

Also named Azazel, Azael, Asa’el.

Etymology: “God has made” (ʿasa + ʾel); in the text he is identified with Azazel, “the scapegoat / fierce god.”
Cited: 1 Enoch 8:1–3; 10:4–8; 13:1

Powers

Smithing weapons from ore
Hardening and alloying
Teaching cosmetics as warfare of the face
Jewelry as stored power
Dyes and tinctures that alter a body’s reading

What was taught

Asael taught the making of swords, knives, shields, and breastplates; the working of the metals of the earth; bracelets, ornaments, antimony for the eyelids, precious stones, and all color tinctures.

The metals of the earth

Host of Asael

Whole decad

We will not only take them. We will arm them and adorn them.