Demonology and Devil-lore, Band 1H. Holt, 1881 |
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Seite 8
... soul of good in things evil , and almost restored the beneficent sense of Saranyu . ' I have settled in this place , ' says Athene in the Eumenides ' of Eschylus , ' these mighty deities , hard to be appeased ; they have obtained by lot ...
... soul of good in things evil , and almost restored the beneficent sense of Saranyu . ' I have settled in this place , ' says Athene in the Eumenides ' of Eschylus , ' these mighty deities , hard to be appeased ; they have obtained by lot ...
Seite 42
... souls leave the body ere breath has quite gone , and travel to the edge of a cliff facing the setting sun ( Rā ) . A large wave now approaches the base of the cliff , and a gigantic bua tree , covered with fragrant blossoms , springs up ...
... souls leave the body ere breath has quite gone , and travel to the edge of a cliff facing the setting sun ( Rā ) . A large wave now approaches the base of the cliff , and a gigantic bua tree , covered with fragrant blossoms , springs up ...
Seite 43
... soul entering the nether world shall drink a bowl of 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 ...
... soul entering the nether world shall drink a bowl of 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 ...
Seite 51
... soul of any outcast from the Church , or one over whose corpse , before burial , a cat has leaped or a bird flown . It may be discovered in a graveyard by leading a black colt through ; the animal will refuse to tread on the vampyre's ...
... soul of any outcast from the Church , or one over whose corpse , before burial , a cat has leaped or a bird flown . It may be discovered in a graveyard by leading a black colt through ; the animal will refuse to tread on the vampyre's ...
Seite 53
... soul from coming back ; so Brandenburg peasants pour out a pail of water at the door after the coffin to prevent the ghost from walking ; and Pomeranian mourners returning from the churchyard leave behind the straw from the hearse ...
... soul from coming back ; so Brandenburg peasants pour out a pail of water at the door after the coffin to prevent the ghost from walking ; and Pomeranian mourners returning from the churchyard leave behind the straw from the hearse ...
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