Metatron the Archangel

Lore
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Acquisition
Added on February 27, 2015 as a part of Master of Fate 11 Box Card Pack. Can only be drawn with the UR Exchange Ticket.

Name origin
Metatron or Mattatron (Hebrew מטטרון) is an archangel in Judaism and in Christian folklore as well as the Chancellor of Heaven (effectively making Adramelech his infernal counterpart). According to Jewish medieval apocrypha, he is Enoch, ancestor of Noah, transformed into an angel. In Rabbinic tradition, he is the highest of the angels and serves as the celestial scribe.

There are numerous possible etymologies for the name Metatron. The name may originate from either Mattara (מטרא) "keeper of the watch" or the verb MMTR (ממטר) "to guard, to protect", or it might be taken from the Persian name Mithras as there are a number of parallels between them based on their positions in heaven and duties. Metatron seems to be made up of two Greek words for after and throne, μετὰ θρóνος (meta thronos), taken together as "one who serves behind the throne" or "one who occupies the throne next to the throne of glory"; other ideas include μέτρον (metron, "a measure"). Also the Latin word Metator "messenger, guide, leader, measurer" had been suggested.