⁴ As I watched, a great stormwind came from the North,^[a] a large cloud with flashing fire, a bright glow all around it, and something like polished metal gleamed at the center of the fire.^{(A) 5} From within it figures in the likeness of four living creatures^[b] appeared. This is what they looked like:^{(B) 6} They were in human form, but each had four faces and four wings,^{(C) 7} and their legs were straight, the soles of their feet like the hooves of a bull, gleaming like polished brass.^{(D) 8} Human hands were under their wings, and the wings of one touched those of another.^{(E) 9} Their faces and their wings looked out on all their four sides; they did not turn when they moved, but each went straight ahead.^(F)