Demonology and Devil-lore, Band 1Chatto and Windus, 1879 |
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... living in Eastern barbarism , we could not con- ceive that a luminary whose very business it was to give light , could be a party to his own obscuration . We then looked with pity upon the ignorance of our ancestors , who had sung hymns ...
... living in Eastern barbarism , we could not con- ceive that a luminary whose very business it was to give light , could be a party to his own obscuration . We then looked with pity upon the ignorance of our ancestors , who had sung hymns ...
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... living form around him similarly trying to satisfy its hunger . There seemed to be a Spirit of Hunger abroad . And , at the same time , there was such a resist- ance to man's satisfaction of his need - the bird and fish so hard to get ...
... living form around him similarly trying to satisfy its hunger . There seemed to be a Spirit of Hunger abroad . And , at the same time , there was such a resist- ance to man's satisfaction of his need - the bird and fish so hard to get ...
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... living freight to the nether world . Akaanga , the slave of fearful Miru , mistress of the invisible world , infallibly catches all these unhappy spirits in his net and laves them to and fro in a lake . In these waters the captive ...
... living freight to the nether world . Akaanga , the slave of fearful Miru , mistress of the invisible world , infallibly catches all these unhappy spirits in his net and laves them to and fro in a lake . In these waters the captive ...
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... living centipedes ; but this is simply with the one end in view of appeasing her own pangs of hunger , for the object and effect of the draught is to cause the souls to drown themselves , it being apparently only after entire death that ...
... living centipedes ; but this is simply with the one end in view of appeasing her own pangs of hunger , for the object and effect of the draught is to cause the souls to drown themselves , it being apparently only after entire death that ...
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... living ! Upon the living shall the dead prey ! This menace shows that the Chaldæan and Babylonian belief in the vampyre , called Akhkharu in Assyrian , was fully developed at a very early date . Although the Hunger - demon was very ...
... living ! Upon the living shall the dead prey ! This menace shows that the Chaldæan and Babylonian belief in the vampyre , called Akhkharu in Assyrian , was fully developed at a very early date . Although the Hunger - demon was very ...
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ages Agni Ahriman Alcestis ancient angel animal Apophis appear ascribed Azazel Azru bear beautiful become belief burning called character Chimæra christian dance dark dead death deities Demonology demons desert devil devouring diseases divine dragon Drisa earth evil eyes fables fear fiery fire flames folklore giant goat goddess gods Gog and Magog haunted head heaven hell Hindu holy human hymns India Indra Jehovah killed king Lambton Worm legend light Max Müller means Moloch monster moon moral mountain myth mythology nature night origin passed Perun popular præternatural priests primitive probably race regions religion represented Rig-Veda rock Rudra sacred Sanskrit Saranyu Satan says seen serpent slain snake soul spirits stone story superstition temples terror thee thou tion told tree tribes Typhon Vedic venom Vritra werewolf wild witch wolf word worm worship Zeus
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Dictionary of Ancient Deities Patricia Turner,Charles Russell Coulter Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2001 |