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Ananiel
Chief of tens1 Enoch 6
Chief of the rains
Thirteenth chief of tens. His name is the cloud; his curriculum is the water that cloud owes the field. Deuteronomy will later make rain a covenant barometer. Ananiel taught it as a technique.
Also named Ananel, Anan’el.
- Etymology
- “Cloud/rain of God” (ʿanan + ʾel).
- Cited
- 1 Enoch 6:7
Powers
- Distinguishing the rains of the year
- Calling or withholding a shower
- Teaching rain-rites
- Reading a drought as a closed storehouse
What was taught
Ananiel taught the signs and workings of rain: yoreh and malqosh, the early and the latter rain, and how to beg, steal, or stop a shower.
Clouds, thunder, and rainHost of Ananiel
Whole decadBread is a cloud, if you know which cloud.