Editing Metatron (section)

== In popular culture ==
[[File:Alan Rickman after Seminar (3).jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Alan Rickman]] played Metatron in 1999]]
* Metatron is invoked in a love ritual by the witch Geli Tripping in [[Thomas Pynchon]]'s novel [[Gravity's Rainbow]] (1973).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lynd |first=Margaret |date=October 2004 |title=Science, Narrative, and Agency in Gravity's Rainbow |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3200/CRIT.46.1.63-80 |journal=Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction |language=en |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=63–80 |doi=10.3200/CRIT.46.1.63-80 |issn=0011-1619}}</ref>
* Metatron appears as an angel and the spokesperson of God in the novel ''[[Good Omens]]'' (1990) and its [[Good Omens (TV series)|2019 TV adaptation]]. Metatron is played in the series by [[Derek Jacobi]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Clemons |first=Amy Lea |year=2017 |title=Adapting Revelation: Good Omens as Comic Corrective |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26390195 |pages=86–101 |journal=Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts |volume=28 |issue=1 (98) |jstor=26390195 |issn=0897-0521}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bryan |first=Anna |date=26 January 2022 |title=Good Omens: All-star cast confirmed for second season of Amazon show filming in Edinburgh and Bathgate |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/all-star-cast-confirmed-for-good-omens-2-which-has-been-filming-in-edinburgh-3543450 |work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]] |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref>
* Metatron appears in [[Phillip Pullman]]'s novel series, ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' (1995–2000), as the main antagonist.<ref>{{cite web |last=Geddo |first=Benedetta |date=January 27, 2023 |title=A Look Into the Figure of The Authority in 'His Dark Materials' |url=https://www.themarysue.com/a-look-into-the-figure-of-the-authority-in-his-dark-materials/ |website=The Mary Sue |access-date=June 13, 2023}}</ref> He was originally a human named Enoch before becoming a high ranking angel and Regent of the Kingdom of Heaven. In the [[His Dark Materials (TV series)|2019 BBC/HBO TV adaptation]], he is portrayed by [[Alex Hassell]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Dean |first=Tyler |date=January 3, 2023 |title="Love Takes a Million Forms": His Dark Materials' Series Finale |url=https://www.tor.com/2023/01/03/love-takes-a-million-forms-his-dark-materials-series-finale/ |website=tor.com}}</ref>
* Metatron appears in the 1999 movie ''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]'' as an angel and the voice of God, played by [[Alan Rickman]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Fry |first=Carrol Lee |year=2008 |title=Cinema of the Occult: New Age, Satanism, Wicca, and Spiritualism in Film |url={{GBurl|LylaC3ZxSbAC|pg=PA39}} |pages=39–40 |publisher=Associated University Presse |isbn=978-0-934223-95-9}}</ref>
*Guitarist [[Carlos Santana]] said in 2000 that he has been in contact with Metatron since 1994, and that the angel gives him messages.<ref>{{cite web |last=Heath |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Heath |date=16 March 2000 |title=The Epic Life of Carlos Santana |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-epic-life-of-carlos-santana-89485/ |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref>
* Metatron appears in the TV series ''[[Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]'' (2005) as the scribe of God, played by [[Curtis Armstrong]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Giannini |first=Erin |date=7 November 2017 |title=Joss Whedon Versus the Corporation: Big Business Critiqued in the Films and Television Programs |url={{GBurl|YKg7DwAAQBAJ|pg=PA184}} |page=184 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-476-66776-8}}</ref>
* Both the lyrics and title of the second track on [[The Mars Volta]]'s 2008 album, ''[[The Bedlam in Goliath]]'', refer to Metatron.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Mars Volta encounters demons and spirits during recording of Bedlam in Goliath |url=http://marqueemag.com/2008/01/mars-volta-encounters-demons-and-spirits-during-recording-of-bedlam-in-goliath/ |magazine=The Marquee Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=8 January 2015 |title=The Mars Volta |url=https://theweek.com/articles/516582/mars-volta |magazine=[[The Week]] |access-date=14 June 2023}}</ref>