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Turiel
Chief of tens1 Enoch 6
Chief of the mountain of God, misused
Seventeenth chief of tens. Where Batariel builds and Arakiel reads, Turiel enthrones. His host is the reason later apocalypses are so careful about who is allowed to stand on a holy mountain.
Also named Turel, Touriel.
- Etymology
- “Rock/mountain of God” (tur + ʾel), Aramaic tur being a mountain.
- Cited
- 1 Enoch 6:7
Powers
- Claiming a peak as a divine seat
- Wilderness throne-rites
- Teaching a mountain diet and fast
- Counterfeit kabod on a high place
What was taught
Turiel taught the lore of the mountain of God: how to treat a peak as a rival Sinai, how to sit, eat, and judge there, how to make a wilderness into a throne-room.
Signs of the earthHost of Turiel
Whole decadThere is more than one mountain of God, if you are willing to rename it.