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[smjjames]

But why would angels have them? The purpose of the eyespots on butterflies is, iirc, to make them look bigger to predators....

What preys on angels?

I looked it up. It's not to make them look bigger, but to make predators think they are poisonous because of the bright, conspicuous colours.

So why would angels want to appear toxic?

They aren't eye spots but they are actual eyes, the ones you look with

It was just a random line of thought that popped up in my head, and yeah I thought to myself 'but what the heck would prey on angels?'.

Still though eye-wing angels or covered in eyes like Argus is into lovecraftian territory.

[Bohandas]

I call them the hovering eyeball monsters. Holy holy holy, is the Lord Almighty! Who was, who is, and who will become!

Possibly Related: It actually is plausible that "Yog-Sothoth" is a corruption of "YHVH-Sabaoth"

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I don't think that's actually plausible at all. Though I will add the fun fact that Lovecraft called his works the Yog-Sothoth Cycle. Cthulhu Mythos only came after his death.

[Bouchart]

On the topic of angels, 2 Kings 19:35 states that an angel killed 185,000 Assyrians at once.  Maybe the eyes shoot lasers or something.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

On the topic of angels, 2 Kings 19:35 states that an angel killed 185,000 Assyrians at once.  Maybe the eyes shoot lasers or something.

Could have been a thermonuclear blast lol 

[Gentlefish]

On the topic of angels, 2 Kings 19:35 states that an angel killed 185,000 Assyrians at once.  Maybe the eyes shoot lasers or something.

Could have been a thermonuclear blast lol 

[MetalSlimeHunt]

If I'm remembering my stories correctly, the angel killed them in a far more eldritch way. It showed up, unveiled itself, and all the Assyrians and their war animals just dropped dead with no fanfare or obvious signs of injury.

Secondary fun fact is that the Assyrian records claim to have won a crushing victory in that very same battle, and report no soul-sucking angels.

[Orange Wizard]

To be fair, the Assyrians aren't exactly going to admit to having their army completely annihilated when they're writing their history, though, are they?

[Rolan7]

Neither would the Israelites

[Orange Wizard]

[Descan]

Also, which is more believable?

"Yeah, we won that battle, and routed them pretty handily."

or "Yeah, we won that battle, because A GIANT ANGEL FROM THE LORD ARRIVED AND KILLED EVERY SINGLE ENEMY SOLDIER IN A MOMENT!"

[Helgoland]

Secondary fun fact is that the Assyrian records claim to have won a crushing victory in that very same battle, and report no soul-sucking angels.

There's an instance of the same thing happening between Ancient Egypt and the Hittites - it's a rather common occurence.

[Graknorke]

To be fair, the Assyrians aren't exactly going to admit to having their army completely annihilated when they're writing their history, though, are they?

No, but I think they would probably partake in the art of bigging up your enemy.
"Yeah this soul sucking angel showed up and we still won."
Much more impressive.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

To be fair, the Assyrians aren't exactly going to admit to having their army completely annihilated when they're writing their history, though, are they?

No, but I think they would probably partake in the art of bigging up your enemy.
"Yeah this soul sucking angel showed up and we still won."
Much more impressive.

But also much less believeable to the surrounding nations compared to it never happening in the first place

[scrdest]

To be fair, the Assyrians aren't exactly going to admit to having their army completely annihilated when they're writing their history, though, are they?

No, but I think they would probably partake in the art of bigging up your enemy.
"Yeah this soul sucking angel showed up and we still won."
Much more impressive.

And it's an admission that the enemies' god Does Stuff. So when your soldiers are losing, they won't think 'oh shit, our gods are useless, theirs are much better!'.