Thread:All fictions/@comment-5275759-20170606104243/@comment-25431873-20181017183155

That's the thing, the LBRP's formulation was adapting something in Judaism called B'shem Hashem, also called the angel song, a bedtime prayer invoking the four angels watching over the believer as they sleep. It goes:

בשם ה' אלוהי ישראל מימיני מיכאל ושמאלי גבריאל מלפני אוריאל ומאחורי רפאל ועל ראשי ומעל תחתי שכינת אל

''B'shem Hashem, elohei Yisrael B'ymini Michael u-smoli Gavriel Milfanai Uriel, u-me'acharai Raphael V'al roshi, u-m'al tachtai, Shechinat-El''

In the name of God, the God of Israel May Michael be at my right hand, Gabriel at my left, Uriel before me, Raphael behind me And above my head, the presence of God.

But outside of B'shem Hashem and the LBRP, there doesn't seem to be any tradition about associating angels with the four cardinal directions.