The deadly powers of Winter are represented in the Eddaic account of the death of Baldur, soft summer Light,…
The deadly powers of Winter are represented in the Eddaic account of the death of Baldur, soft summer Light, the Norse Baal
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Traces of similar speculations are found with the Rabbins
Traces of similar speculations are found with the Rabbins
Read record →In Thibet hell is believed to have sixteen circles, eight burning, eight frozen, which M
In Thibet hell is believed to have sixteen circles, eight burning, eight frozen, which M
Read record →The Demon of Cold has a habitat, naturally, in every Northern region
The Demon of Cold has a habitat, naturally, in every Northern region
Read record →This type of demon haunted people's minds in Scandinavia, where, though traditions of a flame demon (Loki) and…
This type of demon haunted people's minds in Scandinavia, where, though traditions of a flame demon (Loki) and the end of the world by fire were imported, the popular belief seems to have been mainly occupied with Frost giants, and the formidable Oegir, god of
Read record →These names for the heavenly regions and their occupants indicate sunshine and fire
These names for the heavenly regions and their occupants indicate sunshine and fire
Read record →Ve probably the shape in which the Northman's dream of Paradise finally cohered,--a Rose-garden in the South,…
ve probably the shape in which the Northman's dream of Paradise finally cohered,--a Rose-garden in the South, guarded by a huge Worm (water-snake, or glittering glacial sea intervening), whose glowing charms, with Beauty (Chriemhild) for their queen, could be
Read record →[52] On a boisterous night, when two young girls had taken refuge in her cottage, they all heard about midnight…
[52] On a boisterous night, when two young girls had taken refuge in her cottage, they all heard about midnight cries of distress mingling with the roar of the sea, 'Raise the window curtain and look out,' said Meggie
Read record →The Finns call them Ukonkiwi--the stone of thunder-god Ukko, and in Courland their name is Perkuhnsteine, which…
The Finns call them Ukonkiwi--the stone of thunder-god Ukko, and in Courland their name is Perkuhnsteine, which explains itself
Read record →The ubiquitous superstition which attributes the flint arrows of pre-historic races to gods, shot by them as…
The ubiquitous superstition which attributes the flint arrows of pre-historic races to gods, shot by them as lightning, and, as some said, from a rainbow, is too childlike a theory to call for elaborate treatment
Read record →None the less must we see in the biblical account of the Flood the action of tempestuous water-demons
None the less must we see in the biblical account of the Flood the action of tempestuous water-demons
Read record →Follows: the Heaven by Anu; the surface of the earth, including the atmosphere, by Bel; the under-world by Nouah
follows: the Heaven by Anu; the surface of the earth, including the atmosphere, by Bel; the under-world by Nouah
Read record →C character, and we find his name in the Far West (America) turning up as 'The Nick of the Woods,'--the wild…
c character, and we find his name in the Far West (America) turning up as 'The Nick of the Woods,'--the wild legend of a settler who, following a vow of vengeance for his wrongs, used to kill the red men while they slept, and was supposed to be a demon
Read record →The once perilous Strudel and Wirbel of the Danube are haunted by diabolical legends
The once perilous Strudel and Wirbel of the Danube are haunted by diabolical legends
Read record →Emerson says, 'Foxes are so cunning because they are not strong.' In our Japanese demon, whose three eyes alone…
Emerson says, 'Foxes are so cunning because they are not strong.' In our Japanese demon, whose three eyes alone connect it with the præternatural vision ascribed by that race to the fox, the harelip is very pronounced
Read record →Professor Monier Williams writes from Southern India--'When my fellow-travellers and myself were nearly dashed…
Professor Monier Williams writes from Southern India--'When my fellow-travellers and myself were nearly dashed to pieces over a precipice the other day by some restive horses on a ghat near Poona, we were told that the road at this particular point was haunted
Read record →It will not be deemed wonderful that Rats bear a venerable rank in Demonology
It will not be deemed wonderful that Rats bear a venerable rank in Demonology
Read record →Erning the origin of our familiar fable the Kilkenny Cats, which he traces to the German superstition which…
erning the origin of our familiar fable the Kilkenny Cats, which he traces to the German superstition which dreads the combat between cats as presaging death to one who witnesses it; and this belief he finds reflected in the Tuscan child's 'game of souls,' in
Read record →And now thousands of years after this was said we find the Dog still regarded as the seer of ghosts, and…
And now thousands of years after this was said we find the Dog still regarded as the seer of ghosts, and watcher at the gates of death, of whose opening his howl forewarns
Read record →But before the superstition reached Goethe's poem it had undergone many modifications; and especially its keen…
But before the superstition reached Goethe's poem it had undergone many modifications; and especially its keen scent had influenced the Norse imagination to ascribe to it præternatural wisdom
Read record →Among the negroes of the Southern States in America I have found the belief that the most frequent form of a…
Among the negroes of the Southern States in America I have found the belief that the most frequent form of a diabolical apparition is that of a large Dog with fiery eyes, which may be among them an original superstition attributable to their horror of the bloo
Read record →All the skill and power of the gods could not forge chains which might chain him; he snapped them like straws…
All the skill and power of the gods could not forge chains which might chain him; he snapped them like straws and toppled over the mountains to which he was fastened
Read record →In Canada, when the hunters kill a bear, one of them approaches it and places between his teeth the stem of his…
In Canada, when the hunters kill a bear, one of them approaches it and places between his teeth the stem of his pipe, breathes in the bowl, and thus, filling with smoke the animal's mouth, conjures its soul not to be offended at his death
Read record →Ulysses, in his wanderings, having come to this town, one of his companions was stoned to death for having…
Ulysses, in his wanderings, having come to this town, one of his companions was stoned to death for having ravished a virgin; after which his ghost appeared in form of this demon, which had to be appeased, by the direction of the oracle of Apollo, by the annua
Read record →The child and the serpent in the same picture represent the origin of the demonic character attributed to the…
The child and the serpent in the same picture represent the origin of the demonic character attributed to the Eleans by the Arcadians
Read record →Many animal demons are mere fables for the ferocity of human tribes
Many animal demons are mere fables for the ferocity of human tribes
Read record →Although, as we have seen, England was regarded on the Continent as an island of demons because of its northern…
Although, as we have seen, England was regarded on the Continent as an island of demons because of its northern latitude, probably some of its tribes were of a character dangerous enough to prolong the superstition
Read record →That such equalisation of apparently unequal forces has been known in pre-historic ages may be gathered from…
That such equalisation of apparently unequal forces has been known in pre-historic ages may be gathered from many fables
Read record →The Sagas contain many stories which, while written in glorification of the 'giant' race, relate the…
The Sagas contain many stories which, while written in glorification of the 'giant' race, relate the destruction of their chiefs by the magical powers of the dwarfs
Read record →Superstitions concerning dwarf-powers are especially rife in Northumberland, where they used to be called…
Superstitions concerning dwarf-powers are especially rife in Northumberland, where they used to be called Duergar, and they were thought to abound on the hills between Rothbury and Elsdon
Read record →In the last century the 'Brownie' was commonly spoken of in Scotland as appearing in shape of 'a tall man,' and…
In the last century the 'Brownie' was commonly spoken of in Scotland as appearing in shape of 'a tall man,' and the name seems to refer to the brown complexion of that bogey, and its long brown hair, hardly Scottish
Read record →The natives of South Uist believed that a valley, called Glenslyte, situated between two mountains on the east…
The natives of South Uist believed that a valley, called Glenslyte, situated between two mountains on the east side of the island, was haunted by these Great Men, and that if any one entered the valley without formally resigning themselves to the conduct of th
Read record →And when he came near to the land he went to the west side of Iceland, north around the land, when he saw all…
And when he came near to the land he went to the west side of Iceland, north around the land, when he saw all the mountains and hills full of land-serpents, some great, some small
Read record →Our astronomers and economists have enabled us to see clearly how the case is with the country whose temples…
Our astronomers and economists have enabled us to see clearly how the case is with the country whose temples offer no obstruction to christian vision
Read record →Casional, as in India, it would be an inevitable result that they would represent the varying moods of a…
casional, as in India, it would be an inevitable result that they would represent the varying moods of a powerful will, and in such regions we naturally find the most extensive appliances for propitiation
Read record →Our tents lie in a valley, whither the plateau of the pyramids inclines, and are sheltered from the worst winds…
Our tents lie in a valley, whither the plateau of the pyramids inclines, and are sheltered from the worst winds from the north and west
Read record →In the Apocalypse (ix.) a falling star is the token of the descent of the Locust-demon to unlock the pit that…
In the Apocalypse (ix.) a falling star is the token of the descent of the Locust-demon to unlock the pit that his swarms may issue forth for their work of destruction
Read record →In Egyptian symbolism those long ears were as much dreaded as devils' horns
In Egyptian symbolism those long ears were as much dreaded as devils' horns
Read record →Became the very battlefields between rival deities, each demon to his or her rival; and the conflict lasts from…
became the very battlefields between rival deities, each demon to his or her rival; and the conflict lasts from the cursing of the 'high places' by the priests of Israel [141] to the Devil's Pulpits of the Alps and Apennines
Read record →These obstructive demons made the mountains Moul-ge and Nin-ge, names for the King and Queen of the Accadian…
These obstructive demons made the mountains Moul-ge and Nin-ge, names for the King and Queen of the Accadian Hell; they made the Finnish Mount Kippumaki the abode of all Pests
Read record →Four other demon princes rule over the principal mountain chains of the Empire
Four other demon princes rule over the principal mountain chains of the Empire
Read record →The plaudits which welcomed the first railway train that sped beneath the Alps, echoing amid their crags and…
The plaudits which welcomed the first railway train that sped beneath the Alps, echoing amid their crags and gorges, struck with death the old phantasms which had so long held sway in the imagination of the Southern peasantry
Read record →Such was the case with Heimo, who owned and devastated a vast tract of country on the river Inn, which,…
Such was the case with Heimo, who owned and devastated a vast tract of country on the river Inn, which, however, he bridged--whence Innsbruck--when he became a christian and a monk
Read record →Every seven years she may be seen bathing in the stream
Every seven years she may be seen bathing in the stream
Read record →The water-demons have been already described in their obvious aspects, but it is necessary to mention here the…
The water-demons have been already described in their obvious aspects, but it is necessary to mention here the simple obstructive river-demons haunting fords and burns, and hating bridges
Read record →The fee was to be the first three that crossed the bridge
The fee was to be the first three that crossed the bridge
Read record →An avalanche fell upon the home and garden of Miquelon; the poor man himself was disabled for life, his house…
An avalanche fell upon the home and garden of Miquelon; the poor man himself was disabled for life, his house and farm turned in a moment into a wild mass of stones
Read record →Most beautiful of all the goddesses of India is Maya, Illusion
Most beautiful of all the goddesses of India is Maya, Illusion
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