Michael

Also called Mika'il, Palit.

Michael is the warrior archangel of Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition, captain of the heavenly host against the adversary and, in the older strand, the appointed guardian of Israel.

Tradition: Biblical folkloreIslamic mythology
Region: Middle East (place of origin)
Trait family: The Threshold-Keepers

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Christ Soul judgment
Aeshma Combat prowess

Traits

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Behaviour

Divine agent sent to punish a region
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Where Gabriel announces, Michael fights: he leads the heavenly host against the adversary, and the older material gives him a specifically national office as the prince who stands for Israel and contends on its behalf against the corresponding princes of other nations.

Offensive powers

Combat prowess
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Where Gabriel announces, Michael fights: he leads the heavenly host against the adversary, and the older material gives him a specifically national office as the prince who stands for Israel and contends on its behalf against the corresponding princes of other nations.

Curses

Soul judgment
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He also holds a range of other offices that vary by source: weigher of souls at the judgement, escort of the dead, disputant over a body with the devil in one brief and much-discussed episode, and in Islamic tradition a provider associated with sustenance and rain rather than with war.

Roles

Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.