Angels

Angels are heavenly entities. They are seen as the messengers of The Almighty. The traditional image of the angel is of a human-like being of ethereal beauty and almost always with a pair of wings and sometimes a halo. Satan was a former angel who rebelled against Heaven, for which he and a host of other angels were cast down into Hell.

Angels frequently turn up in Light Fantasy Films and comedies, where they are essentially heavenly bureaucrats come down to Earth to help individuals sort their lives out or rectify heavenly errors. Other treatments concern guardian angels.

There are a number of comedies about angels or featuring angels acting in less-than-heavenly ways. There has also been a certain body of serious angel fantasies and a number of treatments of angels that fall within the horror genre.