Kushiel Explained

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

In Hebrew writings

Kushiel is one of seven angels of punishment along with Hutriel, Lahatiel, Makatiel, Puriel (also written Pusiel), Rogziel and Shoftiel.^[1]

As a "presiding angel of Hell," he is said to punish nations with a whip made of fire,^[2] 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Angels of Punishment and The Fallen Angels . 2007-01-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100525182034/http://www.angelicinspirations.com/page71.htm . 2010-05-25 . dead .
2. Davidson, Gustav (1967), A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels, Free Press, p. 168, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-19757,
3. Davidson, Gustav (1967), A Dictionary of Angels, Including The Fallen Angels, Free Press, p. 41, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-19757,
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 . Academia.edu . 2022-12-26.