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Batariel
Chief of tens1 Enoch 6
Chief of the mountain-altars
Twelfth chief of tens. Recensions vary between Batarel and Matariel. This codex keeps rain with Ananiel and gives Batariel the built geography of the cult: the first high places, which later prophets will spend centuries tearing down.
Also named Batarel, Batriel, Matarael.
- Etymology
- Often “valley/mountain of God” or “rain of God” (sometimes conflated with Matariel).
- Cited
- 1 Enoch 6:7
Powers
- Siting a high place
- Orienting a shrine to the descent
- Teaching valley-temples for giants
- Housing a name in a built thing
What was taught
Batariel taught how to make a mountain or a valley into a working shrine: terraces, standing stones, orientation to Hermon, and the housing of a Watcher-name.
Signs of the earthHost of Batariel
Whole decadEvery height can be a Hermon if you know the pattern.