Azzael

Azzael - While Azza and Azzael, in some sources, are referred to as 2 distinct, separate angels, they seem to be one and the same in other sources.  Variant spellings are Assiel, Azazel, Azzazel, etc.  In the early part of 3 Enoch, Azzael is represented as one of the 3 ministering angels (Uzza and Azza being the other 2), inhabitants of the 7th Heaven; later, however, he is represented as a fallen angel and ranked with Azza as one of the maskim (q.v.).  For cohabiting with the daughters of men, he was punished (with Uzza) by having his nose pierced.  He taught witchcraft, by the art of which man can cause (or did cause at one time) the sun, moon, and stars to descend from the sky, so as to make them closer objects of worship. [RF. The Alphabet of Rabbi Akiba; Bamberger, Fallen Angels (p. 127); the Midrash Petirat Mosheh.] (a)

(a) "The Dictionary of Angels" by Gustav Davidson, © 1967