The scariest monsters of the Bible are so much more Lovecraftian than you might expect. ...So why don't we ever hear about them? | Watch my new series 'Gods and Monsters' by joining Nebula at https://go.nebula.tv/curiousarchive

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Huge shoutout to all the amazing creators I interviewed for this video:

TierZoo: https://www.youtube.com/@TierZoo

Fredrik Knudsen: https://www.youtube.com/@FredrikKnudsen

Geoffrey Zatkin (Extra History): https://www.youtube.com/@extrahistory

Polyphonic: https://www.youtube.com/@Polyphonic

ReligionForBreakfast: https://www.youtube.com/@ReligionForBreakfast

Super Bunnyhop: https://www.youtube.com/@bunnyhopshow

Tale Foundry: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTaleFoundry

The Octopus Lady: https://www.youtube.com/@OctopusLady

0:00 The Monsters that God Abandoned

0:40 Cherubs (Are Terrifying)

2:38 Seraphim (Biblical Dragons)

5:20 Ophanim (The WHEELS)

7:16 "True Angels" (Archangels)

10:13 The Ultimate Sea Monster

12:58 Lovecraftian Monsters

14:34 Nephilim (Uh oh)

17:14 The Question of Fallen Angels/Demons

18:38 The True Biblical Apocalypse

20:57 Be Not Afraid?

23:02 GODS & MONSTERS

Media Shown: Diablo VI, Diablo II, Love Death + Robots, Hellboy 2, Hellboy, Wrath of the Titans, Percy Jackson, Hercules, Hercules (2014), Noah, Devilman Crybaby, His Dark Materials, Pinocchio, Lies of P, Date With An Angel, The Littlest Angel, Q The Winged Serpent, World of Warcraft, The Ten Commandments, Donald's Decision, Frankenstein, The Time Masters, X-Men 3 (Angel), Wings of Desire, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Fallen, Lords of the Fallen 2, Mortal Shell, Mortal Shell 2, Cthulhu, The Shore, Call of Cthulhu, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, One Piece, The Hobbit (1977), From Beneath the Sea, Lord of the Rings, Doom The Dark Ages, Doom Eternal, Dead Man's Chest, Smite, The Green Knight, Elden Ring, This is the End, Tenacious D, Cuphead, Blood of Zeus, Darksiders, Darksiders IV, Dante's Inferno, Faust, Time Bandits, Troll, The Dragon Prince, The Flying Serpent, Infinity Train, Fantasia, Knowing, The Little Match Girl, Nestor

♫ Music licensed by Epidemic Sound

Sources:

“ God's Monsters: Vengeful Spirits, Deadly Angels, Hybrid Creatures, and Divine Hitmen of the Bible” (2023) by Ester J Hamori

“New International Version" (Bible), Translated 2011

"New Living Translation" (Bible), Translated 1996

"Berean Standard Bible" (Bible), Translated 2020

" A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels" (1967) by Gustav Davidson