Kushiel

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Kushiel "Rigid One of God" in Jewish Angelology is an angel involved with punishing individuals in Hell.^[1]

1 In Hebrew writings
2 In fiction
3 References
4 See also

[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