THE CUCKOO, THE HERON, THE HEATHCOCK, THE PARTRIDGE, THE NIGHTINGALE, THE SWALLOW, THE SPARROW, AND
- Date of account
- English edition published 1872
- Source
- Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2)
- Reference
- Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2) · selected passage 145
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-25
Record summary
The feet and the tail; the serpent is the favourite form of the demon; the devil is betrayed by his tail.--The serpent and the waters; the dragon as the keeper back of the waters, and as the guardian of the treasures; the devil evoked from the waters.--The otter.--The chief enterprise of Indras is the killing of the se…
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyThe feet and the tail; the serpent is the favourite form of the demon; the devil is betrayed by his tail.--The serpent and the waters; the dragon as the keeper back of the waters, and as the guardian of the treasures; the devil evoked from the waters.--The otter.--The chief enterprise of Indras is the killing of the serpent.--The names of the Vedic serpent; _arbuda_ and _reptilis_.--Description of the Vedic serpent.--The wives of the demons and the wives of the gods; Indras wounds the wife of the demon in the _yonis_, and the demon himself in the eggs; the serpent's death consists in the broken egg; broken eggs, skins, vases, boxes, and testicles.--The god as a serpent; the python.--Gods and demons, birds and serpents dispute the possession of the ambrosia.--The phallical Anantas of cosmogony; the two _phalloi_.--Nâgalatâ; the game of the serpents, nâgas, nâgapadas, nâgapaças.--The caduceus.--Kaçyapas Pragâpatis, father of the birds and of the serpents.--Kumbhakarnas.--The hero dies as soon as he touches the serpent.--The funereal rope of Yamas is a serpent; the collar of Hêphaistos.--The serpents carry Sîtâ on their heads.--The city of Bhogavatî.--The hero becomes an aquatic monster in consequence of a curse.--The serpent release
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