Motif
Heavenly beings transgress by union with human women and beget giants
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A motif of the Divine Race and Arrival of the Gods family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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jewish pseudepigrapha
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The Book of Enoch WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE / REV. W. O. E. OESTERLEY, D.D. / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTERS; lines 1361-1426 confidence: high
The Watchers sent Enoch to intercede; the speaker says they should intercede for men, accuses them of leaving heaven, lying with women, taking wives, and begetting giants, and says heavenly spirits were not appointed wives because heaven is their dwelling.
The Watchers are accused of leaving heaven, lying with women, taking wives, and producing giants from spirit and flesh.
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