The largest proportion of the Disease Demons of Ceylon are descended from its Hunger Demons
The largest proportion of the Disease Demons of Ceylon are descended from its Hunger Demons
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He resides in a hill where he is supposed to surround himself with carcases
He resides in a hill where he is supposed to surround himself with carcases
Read record →[194] In the Hercules Furens of Euripides, where Madness, 'the unwedded daughter of black Night,' and sprung of…
[194] In the Hercules Furens of Euripides, where Madness, 'the unwedded daughter of black Night,' and sprung of 'the blood of Coelus,' is evoked from Tartarus for the express purpose of imbreeding in Hercules 'child-slaying disturbances of reason,' there is a
Read record →Such, to the savage mind, was the embodiment of malaria, sultriness, rottenness, the putrid Pretraya,…
Such, to the savage mind, was the embodiment of malaria, sultriness, rottenness, the putrid Pretraya, invisible, but smelt and felt
Read record →He is said to have been the twin of the demigod Mangara by a queen on the Coromandel coast
He is said to have been the twin of the demigod Mangara by a queen on the Coromandel coast
Read record →Perhaps if Jemmy could have been cross-examined by the non-missionary mind, he might have replied with some…
Perhaps if Jemmy could have been cross-examined by the non-missionary mind, he might have replied with some effect to Mr
Read record →Hindu legend does, indeed, give another interpretation, and say that when she was dancing for joy at having…
Hindu legend does, indeed, give another interpretation, and say that when she was dancing for joy at having slain a hundred-headed giant demigod, the shaking of the earth was so formidable that Siva threw himself among the slain, whom she was crushing at every
Read record →The amour of the Greek goddess of Beauty with the god of War, leaving her lawful spouse the Smith, is full of…
The amour of the Greek goddess of Beauty with the god of War, leaving her lawful spouse the Smith, is full of meaning
Read record →The greater part of the human race still belong to religions which, in their origin, promised eternal repose as…
The greater part of the human race still belong to religions which, in their origin, promised eternal repose as the supreme final bliss
Read record →Keary, in his interesting volume on 'The Dawn of History,' [202] says that it has been suggested that the…
Keary, in his interesting volume on 'The Dawn of History,' [202] says that it has been suggested that the youthful winged figure on the drum of a column from the temple of Diana at Ephesus to the British Museum, may be a representation of Thanatos, Death
Read record →Haug interprets Anra-mainyu as 'Death-darting.' The word is the counterpart of Speñta-mainyu, and means…
Haug interprets Anra-mainyu as 'Death-darting.' The word is the counterpart of Speñta-mainyu, and means originally the 'throttling spirit;' being thus from anh, philologically the root of all evil, as we shall see when we consider its dragon brood
Read record →'As sickness and death,' says Professor Whitney, 'were supposed to be the work of the malignant powers, the…
'As sickness and death,' says Professor Whitney, 'were supposed to be the work of the malignant powers, the dead body itself was regarded with superstitious horror
Read record →From the old pictures of Christ's triumphal pilgrimage on earth parallels for the chief Labours of Herakles may…
From the old pictures of Christ's triumphal pilgrimage on earth parallels for the chief Labours of Herakles may be found; he is shown treading on the lion, asp, dragon, and Satan; but the myths converge in the Descent into Hades and the conquest of Death
Read record →The devil, as heir of death-demons, appears in all European folklore as a hater of salt
The devil, as heir of death-demons, appears in all European folklore as a hater of salt
Read record →The Semitic Angel of Death is a figure very different from any that we have considered
The Semitic Angel of Death is a figure very different from any that we have considered
Read record →For Samaël is pretty certainly a conception borrowed from outlying Semitic tribes
For Samaël is pretty certainly a conception borrowed from outlying Semitic tribes
Read record →One of the most pleasing modifications of the belief in the Angel of Death is that found by Lepsius [208] among…
One of the most pleasing modifications of the belief in the Angel of Death is that found by Lepsius [208] among the Mohammedan negroes of Kordofan
Read record →There are indeed Azraëls in our cities who poison the food and drink of the people, and mingle death in the cup…
There are indeed Azraëls in our cities who poison the food and drink of the people, and mingle death in the cup of water; and of them there should be increasing horror until the gentler angel abides with us, and death by old age becomes normal
Read record →The flowers sacred to Freyja became Our Lady's-glove, or slipper, or smock--there remained to the old gods, in…
the flowers sacred to Freyja became Our Lady's-glove, or slipper, or smock--there remained to the old gods, in their own name, only the repulsive and puerile, and by this means they were doomed at once to become unmitigated knaves and fools
Read record →The most horrible superstitions, if tracked in their popular development, reveal with special impressiveness…
The most horrible superstitions, if tracked in their popular development, reveal with special impressiveness the progressive emancipation of man from the phantasms of ferocity which represented his primal helplessness
Read record →The last execution of a man for being an occasional werewolf was, I believe, in 1589, near Cologne, there being…
The last execution of a man for being an occasional werewolf was, I believe, in 1589, near Cologne, there being some evidence of cannibalism
Read record →So came most of the monsters we have been describing--Animals, Volcanoes, Icebergs, Deserts, though they might…
So came most of the monsters we have been describing--Animals, Volcanoes, Icebergs, Deserts, though they might be--by growing culture and mastery of nature to be called 'the little people;' and perhaps it is rather through pity than euphemism when they were so
Read record →Heroes before Falstaff were liable to overstate their foes in buckram
Heroes before Falstaff were liable to overstate their foes in buckram
Read record →Perhaps it may be thought somewhat arbitrary that I should describe all these intermediate forms between demon…
Perhaps it may be thought somewhat arbitrary that I should describe all these intermediate forms between demon and devil by the term Dragon; but I believe there is no other fabulous form which includes so many individual types of transition, or whose evolution
Read record →The opinion has steadily gained that the conventional dragon is the traditional form of some huge Saurian
The opinion has steadily gained that the conventional dragon is the traditional form of some huge Saurian
Read record →Concerning this theory, it may be said that the earliest descriptions, both written and pictorial, which have…
Concerning this theory, it may be said that the earliest descriptions, both written and pictorial, which have been discovered of the reptilian monsters around which grew the germs of our dragon-myths, are crocodiles or serpents, and not dragons of any conventi
Read record →There would appear to be as little reason for ascribing to the Tannin of the Old Testament the significance of…
There would appear to be as little reason for ascribing to the Tannin of the Old Testament the significance of dragon, though it is generally so translated
Read record →The serpent as an animal is a consummate development
The serpent as an animal is a consummate development
Read record →John Ruskin once remarked upon Turner's picture of the Dragon guarding the Hesperides, that this conception so…
John Ruskin once remarked upon Turner's picture of the Dragon guarding the Hesperides, that this conception so early as 1806, when no Saurian skeleton was within the artist's reach, presented a singular instance of the scientific imagination
Read record →The sacrifices offered to that animal are alone sufficient to prove this
The sacrifices offered to that animal are alone sufficient to prove this
Read record →He's here!' Then came a volley of hisses; they seemed to proceed from every part of the room, hisses so…
he's here!' Then came a volley of hisses; they seemed to proceed from every part of the room, hisses so entirely like those of huge serpents that the strongest nerves were shaken; above them rose the preacher's prayer that had become a wild incantation, and ec
Read record →Far had come those hisses and that song of victory, terminating the dragon-drama of America
Far had come those hisses and that song of victory, terminating the dragon-drama of America
Read record →No doubt among the two hundred names for the Serpent, said to be mentioned in an Arabic work, we should find…
No doubt among the two hundred names for the Serpent, said to be mentioned in an Arabic work, we should find parallels to this old adaptation of the word 'worm.' In countries--as Germany and England--where no large serpents are found, the popular imagination c
Read record →Luke while the pilgrim was sleeping, is now kept in its ark, and visitors are allowed to see part of its…
Luke while the pilgrim was sleeping, is now kept in its ark, and visitors are allowed to see part of its painted face
Read record →Cooper from Wilkinson:--'Ælian relates many strange stories of the asp, and the respect paid to it by the…
Cooper from Wilkinson:--'Ælian relates many strange stories of the asp, and the respect paid to it by the Egyptians; but we may suppose that in his sixteen species of asps other snakes were included
Read record →He is at once the 'Nachash beriach' and 'Nachash aktalon'--the 'Cross-bar serpent' and the 'Tortuous…
He is at once the 'Nachash beriach' and 'Nachash aktalon'--the 'Cross-bar serpent' and the 'Tortuous serpent'--which we meet with in Isa
Read record →Rtius maintains that the old derivation from ops is correct
rtius maintains that the old derivation from ops is correct
Read record →Any one handling it with impunity was regarded as in league with it, or specially hedged about by the deity…
Any one handling it with impunity was regarded as in league with it, or specially hedged about by the deity whose 'hands formed the crooked serpent.' It may have been as snake-charmers that Moses and Aaron appeared before Pharaoh and influenced his imagination
Read record →S their sign or emblem is highly probable, and in explanation of it there seems little reason to resort to the…
s their sign or emblem is highly probable, and in explanation of it there seems little reason to resort to the hypothesis of aid having been given by the Serpent to man in his discovery of metals
Read record →The legend alluded to is a favourite one in Persia, where it is used to point a moral, as in the instruction of…
The legend alluded to is a favourite one in Persia, where it is used to point a moral, as in the instruction of the learned Saib to the Prince, his pupil
Read record →It is curious that this old Persian fable should have survived in the witch-lore of America, and at last…
It is curious that this old Persian fable should have survived in the witch-lore of America, and at last supplied Nathaniel Hawthorne with the theme of one of his beautiful allegorical romances,--that, namely, of the man with a snake in his bosom which ever th
Read record →Lawrence Church in that island,--the egg having afterwards brought him endless wealth and uniform success in…
Lawrence Church in that island,--the egg having afterwards brought him endless wealth and uniform success in combat
Read record →It will thus be seen that an influence has been introduced into dragon-lore which has no relation whatever to…
It will thus be seen that an influence has been introduced into dragon-lore which has no relation whatever to the demon itself
Read record →In the same direction point the legends which show dragons as sometimes victorious over their heroic assailants
In the same direction point the legends which show dragons as sometimes victorious over their heroic assailants
Read record →Equally significant is the legend that when King Arthur had embarked at Southampton on his expedition against…
Equally significant is the legend that when King Arthur had embarked at Southampton on his expedition against Rome, about midnight he saw in a dream 'a bear flying in the air, at the noise of which all the shores trembled; also a terrible dragon, flying from t
Read record →In the legend of Merlin and Vortigern we find the Dragon so completely developed into a merely warrior-like…
In the legend of Merlin and Vortigern we find the Dragon so completely developed into a merely warrior-like symbol that its moral character has to be determined by its colour
Read record →Beyond the glory reflected upon a monster from his conqueror, there would be reason why the alchemist and the…
Beyond the glory reflected upon a monster from his conqueror, there would be reason why the alchemist and the wizard should encourage that aspect of the dragon
Read record →It will be readily understood that these traditions and fables would combine to 'hedge about a king' by…
It will be readily understood that these traditions and fables would combine to 'hedge about a king' by ascribing to him familiarity with a monster so formidable to common people, and even investing him with its attributes
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