Supernatural: In Search of Castiel...

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For my own fannish pleasure and amusement I looked for links about Castiel. Angels are not well-represented online, or at least, not in any meaningful historic way. But fans all over are talking about our Cas.

• Wikipedia
  
• On YouTube:
  • Comments by Misha Collins on the role ("The CW Source"). Best line here: "He's not all halos and harps."
    
  • Misha Collins on Castiel's emotions. Good line: "We see Dean starting to rub off on him."
    
  • Interview with Misha Collins about his career (Less about Castiel, more about Collins.)
    
  • Collins on CW Connect (A little out of date now - he hadn't been to a convention then.) Best line: "It's fun to see him look at Dean and think, 'What is going on in your head?'" Also: "Angels have the directive to be warriors of God."
    
  • Misha Collins at NC Creation con.
    
  • musiv vid that includes the great Castiel scenes: "I'm the one who gripped you tight and raised you from perdition," and "That is your problem, Dean. You have no faith."
    
  • Castiel's appearance in 4x01
    
  • Castiel in 4x03
    
  • Castiel in 4x07 (with Sam's conversation with Uriel)
    
  • Castiel and Uriel's extended DVD scene from 4x10
    
  • Castiel in 4x15
    
  • Castiel scenes from 4x16
    
  • Castiel scenes from 4x18
    
  • Assorted Castiel scenes (part 1), assorted Castiel scenes (part 2), and part 4.
    
• The CW source on "The Rapture" 4x20
  
• The Catholic Encyclopedia on angels; and the website catholic dot org. They don't talk about Castiel directly but about angel lore and Biblical references.
  
• On this angel site, Castiel is not listed as the Angel of Thursday (which is his usual designation) but as an angel of the planet Jupiter. I was interested in the page on Angel's signs and sigils, though Castiel's is not listed. (And "Cassiel", the Angel of Temperance, is a totally different angel.) Many sites point out that in Catholic teachings, angels who are not mentioned in the Bible should not be given names.
  
• A Dictionary of Angels by Gustav Davidson mention Castiel on page 82 as "a Thursday angel mentioned in occult lore", but, frustratingly, doesn't explain what occult lore he is talking about. angels365 likewise talks about Castiel as the Thursday angel, but gives no sources - possibly Davidson. Also Sarah's Archangels. Other sites refer to Metatron as the Archangel of Thursday, and Judi Singleton thinks Sachiel is the angel of Thursday. He has his own gold coin, too. Someone on eBay is selling a Thursday angel figurine that could hardly look less like Castiel. Or Metatron.