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Two episodes can be referred to under the rubric of the Fall of Angels, a narrative that was particularly popular in Ethiopic literature. One deals with the descent of the 'sons of God', understood as angels, to earth and their cohabiting with 'daughters of men' (Gen 6:2-4). This moral 'fall', present in the 'Book of Enoch', was, however, less popular with the Ethiopian public than the other fall...