ants ▁and ▁their ▁f athers , ▁the ▁Watch ers ▁( called ▁gr ig ori ▁in ▁the ▁S lav onic ▁ 2 ▁En och ), ▁ ▁the ▁' s ons ▁of ▁God ' ▁or ▁' hol y ▁ones ' ▁( Daniel ▁ 4 : 1 3 , ▁ 1 7 ) ▁who ▁re bel led ▁against ▁heaven ▁when ▁— ▁in ▁forb idden ▁viol ation ▁of ▁the ▁strict ▁" bound aries ▁of ▁creation " ▁— ▁they ▁comm ing led , ▁in ▁their ▁l ust , ▁with ▁the ▁' d augh ters ▁of ▁men .' ▁ ▁Their ▁even ▁more ▁cor rupt ▁off spring , ▁the ▁gi ants , ▁were ▁various ly ▁called ▁there after ▁ne ph il im , ▁g ib bor im , ▁or ▁re pha im , ▁being ▁the ▁earth ly ▁half - bre ed ▁races ▁that ▁fought ▁against ▁God ▁and ▁his ▁r igh te ous ▁follow ers ▁whose ▁numbers ▁dimin ished ▁as ▁the ▁world ▁was ▁over wh el med ▁with ▁cor ruption ▁and ▁evil ; ▁the ▁Man ich ae an ▁fragments ▁give ▁these ▁w icked ▁ones ▁the ▁general ▁name ▁dem ons ▁( G reek ▁En och ▁calls ▁them ▁bast ards ). ▁Though ▁the ▁terms ▁for ▁the ▁Watch ers ▁and ▁their ▁off spring ▁are ▁often ▁confused ▁in ▁their ▁various ▁transl ations ▁and ▁iterations , ▁collect ively ▁these ▁reb elli ous ▁races ▁are ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁" f allen ▁ang els " ▁in ▁the ▁ap oc ry phal ▁sources , ▁as ▁also ▁in ▁the ▁bib lic al ▁narr atives ▁that ▁reference ▁them . ▁