Demonology and Devil-lore, Band 1Chatto and Windus, 1879 |
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... passed through all the phases of human terror . Cowering generations had tried to soothe the remorseless avengers by complimentary phrases . The worship of the serpent , originating in the same fear , similarly raised that animal into ...
... passed through all the phases of human terror . Cowering generations had tried to soothe the remorseless avengers by complimentary phrases . The worship of the serpent , originating in the same fear , similarly raised that animal into ...
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... passed into chris- tian use , as in 2 Cor . vi . 15 , ' What concord hath Christ with Belial ? ' The word is not used as a proper name in the Old Testament , and the late creation of a demon out of it may be set down to accident . Even ...
... passed into chris- tian use , as in 2 Cor . vi . 15 , ' What concord hath Christ with Belial ? ' The word is not used as a proper name in the Old Testament , and the late creation of a demon out of it may be set down to accident . Even ...
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... passed away with astrologers . There is a Scottish legend told by Hugh Miller of an avenging meteoric demon . A shipmaster who had moored his vessel near Morial's Den , amused himself by watching the lights of the scattered farmhouses ...
... passed away with astrologers . There is a Scottish legend told by Hugh Miller of an avenging meteoric demon . A shipmaster who had moored his vessel near Morial's Den , amused himself by watching the lights of the scattered farmhouses ...
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... passing of children through the fire to Moloch was , by the Mosaic Law , made a capital crime , the superstition and the corre- sponding practice retained such strength that we find Solomon building a temple to Moloch on the Mount of ...
... passing of children through the fire to Moloch was , by the Mosaic Law , made a capital crime , the superstition and the corre- sponding practice retained such strength that we find Solomon building a temple to Moloch on the Mount of ...
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... passed through such fires . That this practice still sur- vives in out - of - the way places of the British Empire ap- pears from such communications as the following ( from the 1'Observations on Popular Antiquities , ' & c . , by John ...
... passed through such fires . That this practice still sur- vives in out - of - the way places of the British Empire ap- pears from such communications as the following ( from the 1'Observations on Popular Antiquities , ' & c . , by John ...
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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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