angel
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Summary
angel ranks in the top 0.39% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,833 views/month, #302 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: mythic humanoid[2], spirit[3], supernatural being[4], mythical character[5]
- Commons category: Angels[6]
- Opposite of: demon[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Individual angels[8], Category:Angels[9]
- Commons gallery: Angels[10]
- Depicted by: Angels of Ponte Sant'Angelo[11], Bronze angels[12], Bronze angel in the Cathedral[13], Angelo del castello[14], Angel[15]
- Described by source: Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[16], Pauly–Wissowa[17], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Otto's encyclopedia[21], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[22], Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[23], Kościelna encyclopedia[24], Infoplease[25], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[26], New World Encyclopedia[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[29]
- Partially coincident with: Aeon[30]
- Present in work: adoration of the shepherds[31], annunciation to the shepherds[32]
- Different from: fictional angel[33]
- Hashtag: angel[34]
- Studied by: angelology[35]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q13202723[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[37]
- Category for eponymous categories: Category:Wikipedia categories named after individual angels[38]
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Influence
Things named for angel include Angel Studios[39], a film producer[40], in United States[41], founded in 2021[42], headquartered in Provo[43]; Angels & Demons[44], a film[45], directed by Ron Howard[46]; Angel[47], a television series[48], directed by Joss Whedon[49]; Evil Angel[50], a pornographic film studio[51], in United States[52], founded in 1989[53], headquartered in Van Nuys[54]; AOA[55], a girl group[56], in South Korea[57], founded in 2012[58]; Angel Dark[59], a pornographic actor[60], b. 1982[61], of Czechoslovakia[62], awarded the AVN Award Female Foreign Performer of the Year[63]; Angela[64]; and Copper Angel[65].
Why It Matters
angel has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] angel is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]
Entities named for angel include Angel Studios[39], a film producer[40], in United States[41], founded in 2021[42], headquartered in Provo[43]; Angels & Demons[44], a film[45], directed by Ron Howard[46]; Angel[47], a television series[48], directed by Joss Whedon[49]; Evil Angel[50], a pornographic film studio[51], in United States[52], founded in 1989[53], headquartered in Van Nuys[54]; AOA[55], a girl group[56], in South Korea[57], founded in 2012[58]; and Angel Dark[59], a pornographic actor[60], b. 1982[61], of Czechoslovakia[62], awarded the AVN Award Female Foreign Performer of the Year[63].