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<p>In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, high-ranking angels, the attendants of God, and classified in the early Christian Church as the highest orders of the celestial hierarchy.</p>
<p>The six-winged seraphim are described in Isaiah's vision of God.</p>
<p>The Old Testament cherubim are depicted as griffin-like creatures, probably derived from Babylonian beliefs, although in medieval Jewish folklore they were thought of as beautiful men.</p>
<p>In post-medieval western European art they are usually depicted as <em>putti</em>: chubby, winged infants (cherubs).</p>
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