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The aim of the article is to analyse the motif of an angel in the chosen texts in Polish and foreign literature, reproduce the image of the angel created in the researched texts and language and indicate the changes occuring in this image within the space of years. The introduction of angel symbolism on the space of centuries is the starting point here. The article shows the evolution of the stereotypical picture of the angel and ends with the criteria according to which the image in the texts has been created.