Metatron

Metatron isnamean angelsome branchesJudaismChristianity. However, thereno consensus ashis genesis orrole that he plays inhierarchyHeavenHell. Accordingone schoolthought, Enoch was taken by Godtransformed into Metatron. However, this viewpointnot shared by many Talmudic authorities.

The Zohar identifies Metatron asangel that ledpeopleIsrael throughwilderness after their exodus from Egypt,bothTalmudTargum identify Metatron aslink between Godhumanity. Metatronalso mentioned inPseudepigrapha, most notably inBookEnoch. AccordingJohann Eisenmenger, Metatron transmitsdaily ordersGod toangels GabrielSammael.

Musician Carlos Santana claims thatrevitalizationhis career in21st centurydueMetatron. Santana claims that Metatron visits him while he meditatesdescribesaswhite, bearded angel.

Metatronfiction

Metatron appears asmajor character infilm Dogma, where heplayed by Alan Rickman. Here he isvoiceGod, who cannot speak directly tohuman, because her voiceso powerfulwould killperson. "We went through five Adams before we figured that out," he drolly comments.

In Terry PratchettNeil Gaiman's novel Good Omens,Metatron works likevoiceGod, similar tofilm Dogma, but itunsure if people will blow up ifhear His own voice or not.

See also: Theophany