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... a peaceful citizen of the world and a cultured thinker , able to turn his past super- stition into present wisdom , to distil good from evil , and make a moral of the Devil himself . PREFACE . THREE Friars , says a legend , hid.
... a peaceful citizen of the world and a cultured thinker , able to turn his past super- stition into present wisdom , to distil good from evil , and make a moral of the Devil himself . PREFACE . THREE Friars , says a legend , hid.
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... present comparatively few types ; they coalesce by hundreds ; from being at first overwhelmed by their multiplicity , the classifier finds himself at length beating bushes to start a new variety . Around some single form the physiognomy ...
... present comparatively few types ; they coalesce by hundreds ; from being at first overwhelmed by their multiplicity , the classifier finds himself at length beating bushes to start a new variety . Around some single form the physiognomy ...
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... 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 • 420 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . VOL . I. FIG . 1.
... 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 • 420 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . VOL . I. FIG . 1.
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... present at this stage of our inquiry a sufficient number of examples to establish the fact that in every country forces have been at work to degrade the primitive gods into types of evil , as preliminary to a consideration of the nature ...
... present at this stage of our inquiry a sufficient number of examples to establish the fact that in every country forces have been at work to degrade the primitive gods into types of evil , as preliminary to a consideration of the nature ...
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... present suffi- cient to point out that the traditional blackness or ugliness of demons and devils , as now thought of , by no means . militates against the fact that they were once the popular deities . The contrast , for instance ...
... present suffi- cient to point out that the traditional blackness or ugliness of demons and devils , as now thought of , by no means . militates against the fact that they were once the popular deities . The contrast , for instance ...
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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 dark dead death deities Demonology demons desert devil devouring diseases divine dragon Drisa earth Egyptian evil eyes fables fear fiery fire flames folklore giant 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 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 sacrifice Sanskrit Saranyu Satan says seen serpent slain snake soul spirit stone story superstition temples terror thee thou tion told tree tribes Typhon Vedic venom Vritra werewolf wild witch wolf word worm worship Zeus