Chalkydri

See: Upper Firmament

Wonderful creatures with feet and tail of a lion and the head of a crocodile. They spin the planets and push 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"And I looked and saw other flying elements of the sun, whose names (are) Phoenixes and Chalkydri, marvellous and wonderful, with feet and tails in the form of a lion, and a crocodile’s head, their appearance (is) empurpled, like the rainbow; their size (is) nine hundred measures, their wings (are like) those of angels, each (has) twelve, and they attend and accompany the sun, bearing heat and dew, as it is ordered them from God. [2 Enoch]" ref: 2 Enoch