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Persistence of this idea in various ethnical lines of development

Date of account: Published 1879
Source: Demonology and Devil-lore
Reference: Demonology and Devil-lore · selected passage 34
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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persistence of this idea in various ethnical lines of development

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persistence of this idea in various ethnical lines of development. [8] Hephaistos was lamed by his fall when hurled by Zeus from Olympos; and it is not a little singular that in the English travesty of limping Vulcan, represented in Wayland the Smith, [9] there should appear the suggestion, remarked by Mr. Cox, of the name 'Vala' (coverer), one of the designations of the dragon destroyed by Indra. 'In Sir Walter Scott's romance,' says Mr. Cox, 'Wayland is a mere impostor, who avails himself of a popular superstition to keep up an air of mystery about himself and his work, but the character to which he makes pretence belongs to the genuine Teutonic legend.' [10] The Persian demon Aeshma--the Asmodeus of the Book of Tobit--appears with the same characteristic of lameness in the 'Diable Boiteux' of Le Sage.

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