Phoenixes

See: Upper Firmament

Firey twelve winged creatures that shine with all the colors of the rainbow and twelve wings like angels. They heat the stars in the lower firmament (Upper Limbo)

They are commanded by Muzaloth whom God has appointed to change the seasons and paint the constellations of the upper and lower firmament.

parent: Divine Beings"1 And he took me and led me where the sun goes forth; 2 and he showed me a chariot and four, under which burnt a fire, and in the chariot was sitting a man, wearing a crown of fire, (and) the chariot (was) drawn by forty angels. And behold a bird circling before the sun, about nine 3 cubits away. And I said to the angel, What is this bird? And he said to me, This is the 4, 5 guardian of the earth. And I said, Lord, how is he the guardian of the earth? Teach me. And the angel said to me, This bird flies alongside of the sun, and expanding his wings receives its fiery 6 rays. For if he were not receiving them, the human race would not be preserved, nor any other 7 living creature. But God appointed this bird thereto. And he expanded his wings, and I saw on his right wing very large letters, as large as the space of a threshing-floor, the size of about four 8 thousand modii; and the letters were of gold. angel, My Lord, what is this sound? [3 Baruch]" ref: 2 Enoch