Egad.

[helen99]

Excerpt of "From the Ashes of Angels" by Andrew Collins:

"...Lamech is accusing his wife of sleeping not with angels in general, but of having had relations with a specific race of divine beings known in Hebrew as 'Irin', meaning 'those who watch' or 'those who are awake', which is translated into Greek as Egrigoroi, meaning 'watchers'."

I know it's just a nuance of language, but the term 'watchers' had always seemed a bit abstract. What were they watching. Who knows. But... "Those who are awake." That's not so abstract.

Also, I like the word 'irin'.

Comments

[illuviel.livejournal.com]

Though I've not poked too deeply into Sumerian/Egyptian/Middle-Eastern mythos (I have read some of the modern-day commentary), this conceptery has a definite ping for me and always has.

And I like 'irin' as well.

I should look for the book, I guess.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Not too far to look...