Ithuriel ("discovery of God") is the name of a being mentioned in the writings of the Kabbala and in 16th century conjuring books. He is one of the three deputy sarim (princes) of the holy sefiroth serving under the ethnarchy of the angel Sephuriron. It is clear from the sources cited that Milton did not coin the name of Ithuriel (or the names of Abdiel or Zophiel, as certain Milton scholars have claimed) but found him ready at hand.