Genesis 6 says the “sons of God” took daughters of men, and their offspring were the Nephilim — giants, “men of renown.” For most readers this is a footnote. For mythicists it is a window into what the Bible’s authors actually believed about gods, angels, and the sky.

The Watchers of 1 Enoch

The Book of Enoch expands the Genesis fragment into a full cosmology: 200 Watchers descend to Mount Hermon, teach humanity forbidden knowledge, and father the giants. The early church debated Enoch’s authority for centuries — and ultimately cut it from the canon.

Biblical angels were once gods

The MythWisdom school reads the “sons of God” as the older polytheistic pantheon of Israel, demoted to angels by later theology. The Elohim of the Psalms were many; the One God came later. Our episodes with Vlad Savchuk, Rikhard Hartikainen, and the Biblical Angels series lay out the evidence.

Giants, gods, and the gap

Where mainstream commentators see mythic remnants, the Watchers debate touches questions of history, theology, and the nature of the divine. Start with the episodes below.