The amour of the Greek goddess of Beauty with the god of War, leaving her lawful spouse the Smith, is full of…
- Date of account
- Published 1879
- Source
- Demonology and Devil-lore
- Reference
- Demonology and Devil-lore · selected passage 177
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
The amour of the Greek goddess of Beauty with the god of War, leaving her lawful spouse the Smith, is full of meaning
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyThe amour of the Greek goddess of Beauty with the god of War, leaving her lawful spouse the Smith, is full of meaning. The Assyrian Venus, Istar, appeared in a vision, with wings and halo, bearing a bow and arrow for Assurbanipal. The Thug appears to have taken some such view of Kali, regarding her as patroness of their plan for reducing population. They are said to have claimed that Kali left them one of her teeth for a pickaxe, her rib for a knife, her garment's hem for a noose, and wholesale murder for a religion. The uplifted right hand of the demoness has been interpreted as intimating a divine purpose in the havoc around her, and it is possible that some such euphemism attached to the attitude before the Thug accepted it as his own benediction from this highly decorated personage of human cruelty.
Historical context
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Modern context
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