Maya-Natural Treacheries-Misleaders-Glamour-Lorelei-Chinese

Mermaid-Transformations-Swan Maidens-Pigeon Maidens-

The Seal-skin-Nudity-Teufelsee-Gohlitsee-Japanese Siren

-Dropping Cave — Venusberg - Godiva

Fräulein-The Forsaken Merman-The Water-Man-Sea Phan-

tom-Sunken Treasures-Suicide

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CHAPTER X.

DARKNESS.

Will-o'-Wisp-Holy

Shadows-Night Deities-Kobolds-Walpurgisnacht-Night as Abet-

tor of Evil-doers-Nightmare-Dreams-Invisible Foes-Jacob

and his Phantom-Nott-The Prince of Darkness-The Brood of

Midnight-Second-Sight-Spectres of Souter Fell-The Moon-

shine Vampyre-Glamour-Glam and Grettir-A Story of Dart-

moor

CHAPTER XI.

DISEASE.

The Plague Phantom-Devil-dances-Destroying Angels-Ahriman

in Astrology--Saturn-Satan and Job-Set-The Fatal Seven-

Yakseyo The Singhalese Pretraya - Reeri - Maha Sohon

Morotop-Luther on Disease-demons-Gopolu-Madan—Cattle-

demon in Russia-Bihlweisen-The Plough

CHAPTER XII.

DEATH.

The Vendetta of Death-Teoyaomiqui-Demon of Serpents-Death

on the Pale Horse-Kali-War-gods-Satan as Death-Death-

beds-Thanatos-Yama-Yimi-Towers of Silence-Alcestis-

Herakles, Christ, and Death-Hell-Salt-Azraël--Death and

the Cobbler-Dance of Death-Death as Foe and as Friend

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CONTENTS.

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PART III.

CHAPTER I.

DECLINE OF DEMONS.

The Holy Tree of Travancore-The growth of Demons in India, and

their decline-The Nepaul Iconoclast-Moral Man and unmoral

Nature-Man's physical and mental migrations-Heine's 'Gods

in Exile '-The Goban Saor-Master Smith-A Greek caricature

of the Gods-The Carpenter v. Deity and Devil-Extermination

of the Were-wolf-Refuges of Demons-The Giants reduced to

Little People-Deities and Demons returning to nature

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CHAPTER II.

GENERALISATION OF DEMONS.

The Demons' bequest to their conquerors-Nondescripts-Exaggera

tions of Tradition-Saurian Theory of Dragons-The Dragon not

primitive in Mythology-Monsters of Egyptian, Iranian, Vedic,

and Jewish Mythologies-Turner's Dragon-Della Bella-The

Conventional Dragon

CHAPTER III.

THE SERPENT.

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The beauty of the Serpent. - Emerson on ideal forms - Michelet's

thoughts on the viper's head—Unique characters of the Serpent-

The Monkey's horror of Snakes-The Serpent protected by super-

stition Human defencelessness against its subtle powers

Dubufe's picture of the Fall of Man

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CHAPTER IV.

THE WORM.

An African Serpent-drama in America-The Veiled Serpent-The Ark

of the Covenant-Aaron's Rod-The Worm-An Episode on the

Dii Involuti-The Serapes-The Bambino at Rome--Serpent-

transformations

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325

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The Naturalistic Theory of Apophis-The Serpent of Time-Epic of

the Worm-The Asp of Melite-Vanquishers of Time-Nachash-

Beriach-The Serpent-Spy-Treading on Serpents

CHAPTER VI.

THE SERPENT IN INDIA.

The Kankato na-The Vedic Serpents not worshipful-Ananta and

Sesha-The Healing Serpent-The guardian of treasures--Miss

Buckland's theory-Primitive rationalism-Underworld plutocracy

-Rain and lightning-Vritra-History of the word 'Ahi -The

Adder-Zohak-A Teutonic Laokoon

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CHAPTER VII.

THE BASILISK.

The Serpent's gem-The Basilisk's eye-Basiliscus mitratus-House-

snakes in Russia and Germany-King-snakes-Heraldic Dragon-

Henry III.-Melusina-The Laidley Worm-Victorious Dragons

-Pendragon-Merlin and Vortigern-Medicinal dragons

CHAPTER VIII.

THE DRAGON'S EYE.

The Eye of Evil-Turner's Dragons-Cloud-phantoms-Paradise and

the Snake-Prometheus and Jove-Art and Nature-Dragon

forms: Anglo-Saxon, Italian, Egyptian, Greek, German—The

modern conventional Dragon

CHAPTER IX.

THE COMBAT.

The pre-Munchausenite world-The Colonial Dragon-Io's journey

-Medusa-British Dragons-The Communal Dragon-Savage

Saviours-A Mimac helper-The Brutal Dragon-Woman pro-

tected-The Saint of the Mikados.

Demi-gods-Alcestis-Herakles—The Ghilghit Fiend—Incarnate de-

liverer of Ghilghit-A Dardistan Madonna-The religion of

Atheism Resuscitation of Dragons-St. George and his Dragon

-Emerson and Ruskin on George-Saintly allies of the Dragon.

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CHAPTER XI.

THE DRAGON'S BREATH.

Medusa-Phenomena of recurrence-The Brood of Echidna and their

survival-Behemoth and Leviathan-The Mouth of Hell-The

Lambton Worm-Ragnar-The Lambton Doom-The Worm's

Orthodoxy-The Serpent, Superstition, and Science

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CHAPTER XII.

FATE.

Doré's 'Love and Fate'-Moira and Moira-The 'Fates' of Æschylus

-Divine absolutism surrendered-Jove and Typhon-Commu-

tation of the Demon's share-Popular fatalism-Theological fatal-

ism-Fate and Necessity-Deification of Will-Metaphysics, past

and present

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19. Dives and Lazarus (Russian, seventeenth century)

20. The Knight and Death

21. Greek Caricature of the Gods

22. A Witch Mounted (Della Bella)

23. Serpent and Egg (Tyre)

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27. Anglo-Saxon Dragons (Cædmon MS., tenth century)

28. From the Fresco at Arezzo.

29. From Albert Durer's 'Passion'

30. Chimæra

31. Bellerophon and Chimera (Corinthian)

32. From the Temptation of St. Anthony