Kushiel
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Kushiel "Rigid One of God" in Jewish Angelology is an angel involved with punishing individuals in Hell.[1]
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[edit] In Hebrew writings
Kushiel is one of seven angels of punishment in Jewish folklore along with Hutriel, Lahatiel, Makatiel, Pusiel (or Puriel), Rogziel and Shoftiel.[2]
As a "presiding angel of Hell," he is said to punish nations with a whip made of fire,[1] although, along with the other angels of punishment, is reported in 2Enoch 10:3 to dwell in the third heaven.[3]
[edit] In fiction
Kushiel appears as a character in Jacqueline Carey's series of novels entitled Kushiel's Legacy. Though he is described as a demigod of sado-masochistic pain in some reviews[4] (given the main character's masochistic tendencies), Kushiel was the punishing angel of the Yeshuites' One God.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Davidson, Gustav (1967), A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels, p. 168, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-19757
- ^ The Angels of Punishment and The Fallen Angels
- ^ Davidson, Gustav (1967), A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels, p. 41, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-19757
- ^ Editorial review of Kushiel's Dart from Publisher's Weekly
[edit] See also
Angel
List of angels
Jewish Angelarchy
Kushiel's Legacy
Elua and His Companions
