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Short description: Punitive angel in Judeo-Christian folklore

In Judeo-Christian folklore the angel Kushiel, meaning "Rigid One of God", punishes individuals in Hell.[1]

In Hebrew writings

Kushiel is one of seven angels of punishment along with Hutriel, Lahatiel, Makatiel, Puriel (also written Pusiel), 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 Second Book of Enoch 10:3 to dwell in the third heaven.[3]

In popular culture

In 2001, Kushiel first appeared as a character in Jacqueline Carey's series of novels entitled Kushiel's Legacy. Kushiel was the punishing angel of the Yeshuites' One God[4]

See also

  • Jewish angelic hierarchy
  • List of angels in theology
  • Zabaniyya

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Davidson, Gustav (1967), A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels, Free Press, p. 168, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-19757, ISBN:9780029070505
  2. "The Angels of Punishment and The Fallen Angels". http://www.angelicinspirations.com/page71.htm. 
  3. Davidson, Gustav (1967), A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels, Free Press, p. 41, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-19757, ISBN:9780029070505
  4. Wilson, D. B. (2009). "Counterfactual Christianity: myth and re-imagined religion in Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy". Literature and Aesthetics 19 (2): 236–261. https://www.academia.edu/3486320. Retrieved 2022-12-26.