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In Christian mythology, Gabriel is the angel who announced to Zacharias the birth of John, and to Mary the birth of Jesus.
In Jewish mythology he is one of the seven archangels. The rabbins say he is the angel of death for the Israelites, and according to the Talmud he is a prince of fire, who presides over thunder and the ripening of fruits.
In Islamic mythology he is one of the four angels employed in writing the divine decrees, and the angel of revelation, in which capacity he dictated the Koran to Mohammed.
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