Buzrael

At Dunwich Village in 1747, the Rev. Abijah Hoadley said that the cursed voices of Buzrael and other demons had been heard from underground. [HPL Dunwich (online text); AWD Watchers]

Lovecraft apparently got the name Buzrael from a satire called "The Funeral of Benedict Arnold" (Anon, 7th Oct 1780), "in which the devil is deemed to have written a letter to congratulate his daemon emissary Buzrael (this being the infamous traitor Benedict Arnold) for subverting America. This letter was deemed to have been plucked from Arnold’s dying hand before the flames took it, and duly published as a public duty in the Pennsylvania Packet." [Dave Haden, Buzrael, ret. 07/18/2024]

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