And Azazel taught men to make swords, and daggers, and shields and breastplates. And he showed them the things after these, and the art of making them: bracelets, and ornaments, and the art of making up the eyes and beautifying the eyelids, and the most precious and choice stones, and all kinds of coloured dyes. And the world was changed. And there was great impiety and much fornication, and they went astray, and all their ways became corrupt.
― The Apocryphal Old Testament (Oxford: Clarendon, 1984). Edited by H.F.D. Sparks.
Yep, her apocrypha counterpart is the fallen angel who taught humans how to make hair dye. (Along with being the literal scapegoat that scapegoats were sent to.)
There's a better translation of the Book of Enoch by R. H. Charles, though that one opted for "colouring tinctures" instead of "coloured dyes".
Yep, her apocrypha counterpart is the fallen angel who taught humans how to make hair dye. (Along with being the literal scapegoat that scapegoats were sent to.)
There's a better translation of the Book of Enoch by R. H. Charles, though that one opted for "colouring tinctures" instead of "coloured dyes".
That's really interesting. So basically the "real" Azazel invented makeup and jewelry? That puts this page in an even more interesting light.
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