Cherubim

Esquema

Getty AAT: Living organisms

Jerarquía

Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > mythical or legendary beings

Descripción

Mythical creatures represented in ancient Middle Eastern art as a lion or bull with eagles' wings and a human face. Regarded in traditional Christian angelology as an angel of the second highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300389932

Otros términos

  • cherubs (mythical beings) [en]