Kushiel

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]

## Contents

* 1 In Hebrew writings
* 2 In popular culture
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## 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.

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