Editing Nephilim (section)

==In popular culture==
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The name and idea of Nephilim, like many other religious concepts, is sometimes used in popular culture. Examples include the [[gothic rock]] band [[Fields of the Nephilim]]; ''[[Victor Renquist|The Renquist Quartet]]'' novels by [[Mick Farren]]; ''[[The Mortal Instruments]]'', ''[[The Infernal Devices]]'', ''[[The Last Hours]]'', ''[[The Dark Artifices]]'' and other books in ''[[The Shadowhunter Chronicles]]'' series by [[Cassandra Clare]]; the ''[[Hush, Hush (series)|Hush, Hush]]'' series by [[Becca Fitzpatrick]]; the book ''[[Many Waters]]'' by [[Madeleine L'Engle]]; and TV series ''[[All Souls (The X-Files)|The X-Files]]'' and ''[[Supernatural (season 8)#ep171|Supernatural]].''

In the video game series ''[[Darksiders]]'', the [[four horsemen of the apocalypse|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] are said to be Nephilim, wherein the Nephilim were created by the unholy union of angels and demons. Dante and Vergil, the main characters of the game ''[[DmC: Devil May Cry]]'' (2013), a reboot of the popular original series ''[[Devil May Cry]]'', are also referred to as Nephilim; being the offspring of the demon Sparda and the angel Eva. In the trading card game ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', the Nephilim are interpreted as "Old Gods" from before modern society.<ref name="MTG">{{cite web |title=Nephilim |publisher=MTG Wiki |url=https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Nephilim/ |access-date=25 June 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619142708/https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Nephilim }}</ref> In {{nobr|''[[Diablo 3]]'',}} the Nephalem were the first humans upon Sanctuary, created as a result of the union between angels and demons. They figure prominently in the plot of ''Antarktos Rising''<ref>{{cite book |title=Antarktos Rising |isbn=978-0979692901 |type=book seller |last1=Robinson |first1=Jeremy |date=June 2007 |publisher=Breakneck Books }}</ref> by author Jeremy Robinson. In the heist-themed first-person-shooter {{nobr|''[[Payday 2]]'',}} several paintings, artifacts, and far off visuals reference the Nephilim, and a secret ending to the game brings in alien technology supposedly left by the Nephilim. A creature referred to as "Nephilim" appears in season&nbsp;2 of the Japanese animated series ''[[Symphogear]]''. ''[[Nephilim (role-playing game)|Nephilim]]'' is a [[role-playing game]] about powerful elemental entities reincarnating into human beings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nephilim Roleplaying |website=Chaosium.com |url=https://www.chaosium.com/nephilim-roleplaying-pdf/ }}</ref> Nephilim feature in the plot of ''[[Indiana Jones and the Great Circle]]'', with the title character encountering a secret order in the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] whose members are giants alleged to be the descendants of Nephilim.<ref name="Characters of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle">{{cite web |title=The Faces & Places of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle |url=https://indianajones.bethesda.net/en-US/faces-and-places |website=Indiana Jones and the Great Circle official website |publisher=Bethesda Softworks & Lucasfilm Games |access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="Indiana Jones encounters giants & fallen angels">{{cite magazine |last1=Romano |first1=Nick |title=The Last of Us star Troy Baker now channels Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones in new game |url=https://ew.com/indiana-jones-troy-baker-the-great-circle-exclusive-8426963 |access-date=17 January 2025 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=InterActive Corp |date=18 January 2024}}</ref>


There are several movies, videos, documentaries, and podcasts on Nephilim.<ref>{{cite web |title=IMDb search on Nephilim |website=[[Internet Movie Database]] (IMDb.com) |url=https://www.imdb.com/find/?q=nephilim&ref_=nv_sr_sm/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Adam Eliyahu |last=Berkowitz |date=15 February 2022 |title=Evidence of 'biblical giants' found in northern Israel |newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |type=video review |quote=New docu-series to present rare, researched look at the Nephilim. |url=https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-696572?utm_source=00e24904e6bc54c4c5dd4a4f8e88b88f35&utm_medium=jpostbow&utm_campaign=00d985fc08f6073e71cc3e516c31636989&utm_adtitle=Evidence+of+%E2%80%98biblical+giants%E2%80%99+found+in+northern+Israel&dicbo=v4-O34bPWV-1075783007 }}</ref>