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DemonologyandDevilLore 10017114
DemonologyandDevilLore 10017114
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DEV IL LO RE -
M ON C U RE DA N I E L !
CO NWAY ,
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B D . O ? D I V I N H Y C O L L E G E, HA RVA R D U N I V E RS I TY
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“ RM B B R O F T HE A N T HRO P O LO G IC A L I U T E . LO N DO N
VTDI I .
N E W YO RK
HE N RY HO LT A N D C O M P A NY
18 7
9
P R E FA C E .
to mysel f a nd this i n th a t it
.
o drink u p a sm a ll spring
’
/
ment These ph a ntom hosts ho wever unm a n a ge a ble a s
,t ,
.
fi rs t
overwhelmed by their multiplicity the cl a ssifier finds
himsel f a t
,
I n trying t
.
their re a lity .
S cotch song s a ys , ,
in a fossil demonology m u
this subject
the s e m a ny ye a rs but a n incre a s ing conviction th a t the
,
P A R T 1 .
C HA P TE R I .
DU ALI SM
E
.
O igi of D i m—E ol t th f t t tt
P AG
Wit — Th p im
c it
i P
ra th m Th
i — e r ve an e s e d a wn of Dualis m
C HAP TER I I .
THE G ENES I S OF D EM ON S .
Th e ir goodmes e phemi t
na ic—Th i mi d h
u t
e —I llu t
at
sio e r xe c a ra c r s r ns
i t
il— D i t io bet
,
ev ween D em
s oncd D il
n n an ev
C HAP TER I I I .
D EGR ADATI O N .
C HAP TE R I V .
THE A BGO TT .
I llus ttra h A —D
on ro e ves a ev il- w ors hip a n a rres ed tD i e srn
Sh e i
k A d —
i Why De mo ns were pain t
d gly— S
e u urvivals of t
h i e r
b ea u t
y
VO L . 1 .
C HA P T E R V .
C LASS I FI CATI O N .
A E
tl
P G
The b tt
o s ruci ons of man — The we ve chief classes —M od ifica t
ions of
par t
i l cu ar for mfo
s r va rious t T
fun c ions — he ological D e mons
P A R T 1 1 .
C HA P TE R I .
H U NG ER .
C HAP TE R I I .
H EAT .
De mons fi of re
s —Agn
eu s i—A m
ro eod — P mt
e us — hFea st of fi re
p Be l fi res a llo w e en -
N egro s u pers it
ti — Ch i
ons nes e fi re god — Volca n ic an d incen d iar
-
y
de mons - -
r M anga ian fi re dem -
’
m
on— D e ons fear of w a e r t
C HA P TE R I I I .
C O LD .
D escen tf I hti tH d
o s ar n o a es — B dim
ar —B s a ld u r—Herald s —Ch rist
S i l ft
h F
u rv va s o Gi t
t i Sl v i
e d t
ros h an n a on c an o t
er coun ries — The
C l i —
av e Th F H ll
e— Th N t h
rozen bd e e or ern a o e of De mo ns
N t h id
or sf h h e o c urc es
C HAP TE R I V .
E L EM EN TS .
A Sco t
t ish M un sa — Ru d ra — Siva s ligh ti g y — Th
’
n n e e e fla ming sword
tm H li
a
Limping D mons—D e e m ft
hons o e s or -
e os. E lias, P erun
C ON TE N TS xi
A E
Tho ow Th Bob t
P G
r arr il d D go
s W hi lw i d J p
e -
a e ra n r n a anese
Th d God — Ch i t
un er i i l — J i i— I d ti
rs —N o h an su rv va s nn n un a ons a
N ih N i h l O ld N i k— N i i Hyd
, c o as, D m o f th c x es ras e ns o e
D b — Tid —S i l i R i d E gl d
an u e es urv va s n us s a an n an
C HAP TER V .
AN I M ALS .
An i ml d mo
a e d is ing u i
s
ns h ed — t riv ia l so u rces of M h olo g T— H ed ge yt y
—
hog Fox— ran s ig ra Tion s in am t
p an — H o rses e w i ch ed — R a s J b t t
t
— L ions—Ca s — The Dog— Goe he s h orror t ’
of d ogs —Supera t
i
t
ions of t
h P e a rsees, mi N g o p p
e o le o f T ra vancore, a n d A er ca n e r es,
R d I di
e &c —Cy o ph loi—Th W olf—T d it
n a ns, io of t
he n ce a e ra ns
F bl —Th e Bo — Th e B a —Se p t
.
N ezP — F i —
e rces e nr s a es ar e r r en
E y iml pow t
ver an oh md mo i d — Ho
a er ar e n se rns
C HA P TER V I .
ENEM I ES .
y
Ar as, Dasyus, N agas —Va kkh — Ly i os c ans — Et
hiopians—Hirpini
t
P oli es — Sos ipolis —W ere w olve s— -
G ot
hs and Sc hi —
yt Gi t
ans an s
M as os
C HAP TE R V I I .
BARR EN N ESS .
I ndian Fa mi en and t
—S
Sun -s po s un - w orsh ip —De mon of t
h D t e ese r
—The Sph inx an — Egypt Pl g
a ues d esc ri ed
i b by L e ps ius : Loc t
us s ,
C HAP TE R V I I I .
OBSTACL ES .
t
M eph is opheles g
— E m M
on cra s d — R k i A lp i ers on on ona noc us n on ne
p t
easan s H ly d h ly m oti Th D
an i l P lpti
un o ou n a ns e ev
’
s u
M t d T T j —T i h — A t il — T y l
’
on a n a r s
g p a rns
q en o a -
s an oca e u ro
I LLU S I O N .
ra c e
M erm ai d — T r ans fo rm a t
ions— Swan M aidens— P igeon M a id ens
The Se a l sk in — N -u d ity
— T e u fe lse e —Gohli see J a panese Siren t -
tm— S
o u nken T reas ures —Su icid e
C HAP TER X .
D AR K NESS .
t f E il d —N ight
or o v m —D m—I i ibl F —J b
-
oers are rea s nv s e oes ac o
and h i P h stm — N t
t— Th P i
an o f D k — Th B d f
o e r nce o a r ness e roo o
M id igh tS
—
n d Sg
i h t
— Sp t f S t F ll— Th M
ec on ec res o ou e r e e oon
f D t
-
hi V m
s ne py — G
a l m — G l m
re d G tt
i —A S t
a y our a an re r or o ar
moo r
C HAP TE R X I .
D I SEAS E .
ty
"
C HAP TE R X I I .
The t
t
Ven d e f D th— T
a o y m iq i— D mea f S p t— D th eo ao u e on o e r en s ea
on th P l H e —K W g d —S t D t
li—
a e orse h— D t h a a r- o s a an a s ea ea
H kl era C h i t d
es ,D th— H ll—
r sS lt
—A é l D tanh d ea e a zra ea an
fD t h— D t
-
t
,
h C bbl —D
e o er h F d
an ce o F i d ea ea as oe an as r en
P A R T I I I .
C HA P TE R I .
D ECLI NE O F D EM O N S .
s ac s
th i d li —Th N p l I
e r ec l t
ne —M l M d em l e au conoc as ora an an un o ra
N t—M p
a u rehy i l d m t l mi t
i
an s
g
'
— H i G d
s ca an en a ra on s e ne s
’ ‘
o s
i E il
n Th G b
x e S —M tSmit h— A G
e k i t
o an a or as e r ree ca r ca u re
f t y d D il—E tmi t
-
o h G d —Th C p t D it
e o s e i a r en e r v ev na on
f D m —Th Gi t d
e an x er
f t d t
.
o h W w lf— R f g o e u es o ons
l P pl —D it
e e re e e an s re uce o
Litt e i d D m
eo ti g t t
e e es an e ons re urn n o na ure
C HAP TE R I I .
Th e D emons t tt h i
’
q bq e u es o e r con ue rors — No d ipts—E n escr xaggera
t
i f T d it
ons o i —S i Th y
ra on a u r an eor of D ragons—The Dragon no t
p imi
rti i M y t
h l
ve
gy — M t n oo ons e rs of t
Egyp ian , I ra nia n, Ved ic,
an d J sh
ew i M yt
hologi es —Turne r s ’
D ra gon—De lla Bella—The
C onven ional D ragon t
C HAP TER I I I .
S ERP ENT
THE .
The be t
y of au t
h S e erpen t
— E mr o o id e s n n eal for m— M i h
s c ele s t ’
h gh t t
t ou h s on e v ipe r s
’
h ea d — U n i q ue c ha rac ers oft t h S p e er en t
Th e M onkey s h orror of Snak es—The Se r
’
p tp t
ent d by ro e c e su pe r
s t
it
i on Human d efencele ssn ess aga ins tit bt
l p w s su e o e rs
Dubu fe
’
s pic t ft
h F ll
u re o e a of Man
C HAP TER I V .
THE W O R M .
t m i Am i —Th V il d S p t
A n African Serpen -dra —Th A k a n er ca e e e er e n e r
of th C e t A R d —Th
ove nan W m— A E pi d t
h a ron s
’
o e or n so e on e
t
-
D ii I l ti—Th S
nv o u
p
— Th B mb i tR m S p
e era es e a no a o e e r en
t f mt
rans or i a on s
xi
v C ON TE N TS .
C HA P TE R V .
A P OP H I S .
A
t Th S p tf Tim Epi
GE
t
P
Th e N i T h
a u ra lis y A
f p p hi — c eor o o s e e r en o eh -
c of
t
h W me —Th A p f M lit
or —V q i h f Tim— N h e s o e e an u s e rs o e ac as h
B i h —
e r ac Th S p t Spy T
— d g S p te er en -
rea in on e r en s
C HAP TE R V I .
THE S ER P ENT IN I ND I A .
t
The Kan ka o n a—The Ve d ic Se rpe n s no w orshipfu l—A n an a and tt t
t
S e sh a — The Hea ling Se rpe n —The gu a rd ian of reasu res— M iss t
B uckland s
’
t y P imit
h — eori ti li m—U d r v e ra on a s n er w ld pl t y
or u ocrac
C HAP TE R V I I .
AS I LI S K THE B .
The S p tg
er e n m— Th
’
B i
sli k y
—e B ili m it t —
e H as s
’
s e e as s cus ra u s ou se
k i R
sn a es n i d G m y Ki g
— uss a ank —H ld i D g er an n sn a es e ra c ra on
H y I
enrI I — M l i Th L id l y W m —Vi ti D g
e us na -
e a e or c or ous ra on s
P d go — M li d V t
.
en ra ig n —M d i i l d goer n an or ern e c na ra ns
C HAP TER V I I I .
THE D a mo n s ’
EY E .
Th e Eye of Evil—
T D g —Cl d ph tom—P di d u rne r s
’
ra ons ou -
an s ara se an
th Sm
eit P omt
h d J — A t d N t —D g
h -
r e eu s an ove r an a u re on
Egy pt
ra
f m A gl S o
or It
s : li i G k G m — Th
n o- ax n a an, an, ree er an e
t
, ,
mod i lD g
ern conven ona ra on
C HAP TE R I X .
THE CO M BAT .
C HA P TE R X .
A E
ti — H kl —Th Gh ilghit td
P G
De mi god s—Al
-
ces s Fi d —I era es e en nca rn a e e
li ve rer o — A D di t M d
f Ghilgh it — Th ligi ar s an a on na e re on of
At h im—Re s it t
i f D g —St
e su s c G g d hi D g
a on o ra ons eor e an s ra on
G g —S i t ft
.
—Em d R ki
erson an ly lli
us h D g n on eor e a n a es o e ra on
C HAP TE R X I .
THE D R AGO N S ’
BR E ATH .
t
O r hod oxy—The Serpen Supers it ion and Sc iencet, t ,
C HA P TE R X I I .
A
F TE .
D oré s
'
Lov e an d Fa t—M
e oira and M oira —The Fa t
es of E schylus
Divine b
s olu t
im su rren d ered — J ove and Typho —Gommu
—P p l f t
a s n
t
at
i f t
h D m
on o h e li m
e —Th l gi l f t
’
l
on s s a re a u ar a a s eo o cs a a
im
s —F t d N it D ifi
y —
a e an ti f W ill—M t
ecess
ph y i p t e ca on o e a s cs , as
d p
an t resen
LI ST O F I LL U S TR A TI O N S .
‘
V O L . I .
FI G.
1 . B ee lze u b b (C lmt
) a e
tA t t
.
h y 1m mP ’
S
‘
4 n on s e rs ecu or
A i t
. .
5 P
n c eni il M d l e rs a e a
d t
. .
6 . H l h Hyd
e rc u es an (L ) e ra ou v re
7 . J a pa nese Demon
8 Ce r
. b erus (C lmet
a)
9 C a nine La r (Hercu laneu m)
t
.
t
o Th e W olf as C onfessor (probably Du h) c
t
.
1 2. A me i r can mo
I nd ia n D e n
13 . I t
li
a an a n d Rom Ge ii an n
14 Typho n (W ilkin s on )
t
.
15 Snou d D m
e e on
t
Ot
.
16 . Demon fo u nd a i s a
17 . Teoya omiq ui
18 K a li
tt
.
td D t
.
,
20 Th e K h n igh an ea
G k C i t ft
.
21 ree h G d
a r ca ure o e o s
A W it t
.
22 h M d (D ll B ll )
c oun e e a e a
S p td Egg (Ty )
.
23 er e n an re
S p td A k (f m G
.
24 . er en an k r ro a re e coin )
25 . An gu ish
2 6. Sw a D ragon
n -
(Fren ch )
27 l
A g o Saxon
n -
D ragon s (d mo n MS , tt
h
en ty) cen u r
mth F co t
. .
28 . Fro eA o re s a rezz
F omA lb t D P io ’
29 . r s er u re r ass n
3 .
0 C h im aera
32 . Fromt he Temp t
a t
io of S tA t
ho y n . n n
D E M O N O LA T R Y .
C H A P TE R I .
L
D U A I SM .
O rigin of D e sm E volut
i — ion fro mt h ef t
o th
are n ear— I llu t t
io s ra ns
m w it
fr o ch c t Th
ra f e pri miti ev P th eis m T
anh e d w of a n
D li mua s .
A C OLLE G E in the St a te
Ohio h a s a dopted for its
of
o s ee ourselves in th em :
their c a rni va l until Science struck the hour for unm a sk ing .
With out conc eding too much to Sol a r myth ology it may ,
. he
celes ti a l spa ces may h a ve been those of a ncestors kings , ,
”
Our modern ide a s of evolution might suggest the reverse
I of thi s— t ha t huma n worship bega n wit h things low and
gra du a lly as cended to high objects ; th a t from ru de a ges ,
, he s m a ll .
CE LE S TI A L ORI GI N OF CHA R M S .
he
.
a certa i n
or from some spot where sun or moon did or did not shine
upon it A ncient pl a net wors hip is indeed still reflected
-
, hose holy
periods of the yea r which con form more or less to the
pre chri s ti a n festiva ls
-
he
s m a ll a n d senseless t hings which h ave become a lmos t or
quite feti s hes were by no mea ns such a t first but were ,
he
’
.
t
a ncient hymns the de s ign a tions of ex a lted objects
,
h e pre se n ce
of these more my s tic a l a n d complex ide a s in religions which
.
x
indic a te a progress of the hum a n mind from the l a rge a n d
obviou s t o the m ore delic a te a nd occult a n d the growth ,
w o ide a s there
he -
-
, h e sun ; ,
’
. he
result when thi s h a ppy fa mi ly of sun g od and storm god - -
,
he
source s of hum a n ple as ure a n d p a in will be reflected in
colli s ions a nd wa rs in t h e he a vens Th e rebel clouds w ill .
hed -
-
ra s a d A
n his — he ,
he ,
ev — s w D mon d D il n e een e n an ev .
THE t
firs pan th eo n of each ra ce was built of i ntell ec ua l t
specul a tions In a mo ra l sense ea ch for min it might be
described a s more or l ess demonic ; a n d ind ee d it
.
,
may
almost be a ffi rm ed t
, ,
ia ,
y ,
h e su n be a m
a nd wi t hers the blooms he ca lls forth Th e spl endour t
, ,
he
might the m ajesty the men a ce t
.
,
, h e g ra ndeur a n d w ra th
, ,
p e rs on ifi c a t
io n s a n d reflected in t
, h e t rembling a do ra tio n
o reg a rd
’
-
,
8 E U P II E M I S TI C TI TLE S .
—
tions of the E rinyes by the Greek poets e s peci a lly of
E s chylu s who pictures them as bl a ck se rpent l ock ed
, ,
-
,
y deities h a rd ,
‘
,
be fore t
.
he s a me fe a r
, ,
mlevol nt b
a e e ings ; a nd on t h e other h a nd w e m a y look
forw a rd to t
, ,
’
o
d o his or h e r pa rt in reflecting t
,
h e physic a l a nd m ora l
s tr u ggle s of m a n kind
e di a te processes by which t
.
ca nnot a lwa ys be tra ced but the indic ations of their work
,
Only at
. .
-
he .
, .
t r ova t
.
,
N ot
.
L oki s a ys
O d in l d ost th ou rem em b er
W hen w e in early d y a s
B le nd e d o r b lood togethe ? u r
Th e Indi a n P an t
, ,
im por th n t
h w e e w ork of mora lising upon them shou l d
follow
t
.
Le t a k e ou r st a nd be sid e ou r b a rb a ri a n but n o
us
lo nger sa va ge a ncestor in t
,
h e fa r pa st We h a ve wa tch e d
the rosy mo rn i ng as it wa xed to a bl a zi ng n oon : t
, .
h en
s wi ftly the sun is blotted out t h e tempest ra ges it,
is a ,
looked with pity upon the ignora nce of our a nces to rs who ,
them in t
,
-
he
ordin a ry sense of the term ) proceeded At first fe w a s .
,
,
h e s truggles ,
o the tiger
’
Tiger t
ig er burn in g bright
t tf t
I n he fores h igh t s o e n
Wh t aim mt lh d or a
y an or e e
F md t
ra hy f
e f l ym mt y? ea r u s e r
In w h t d i tt
a d p ki
s an ee s or s es
O wh t wi g d d h i
’
n a n
p s are e as re
Wh t ath h d d d
e i t h fi
an ? a re se ze e re
Wh t enh tt h d
e s a rs th i p re w ow n e r s ea rs
A d
n thw a er ith th i t ea ve n w e r ea rs ,
D id h mil hi
e s k t ? e s w or o s ee
D id h h md t
e w h l mo b mk t ah ? e e a a e ee
th rone of chequer 1
.
ra ,
h e conception of a devil .
1
t mbi T bl t
As in he Be i t
h B dl i Lib y
ne a e n e o e an ra r .
14 S HA D O WS O F THE GOD S
O nly th at inten s e st light could cas t s o bla ck a sh a dow
a thwa rt the world as the belief in a pu rely m a lig n a nt s pi rit
— s own sa ke — he
w ord D evil is limited in t his work ; D emon is a ppli e d
to beings whose h a rm fulness is n ot gra tuitous but inci
,
powe rs a n d
m
q u a lities which origin a lly inhered in every deity a fter
,
Th e d egrada ion t of t I
d ei ies n dica ed t i m —L g d n na es e en s of
t
h i e r fa ll I n cid en t
l ig
a s ns of t
h di i igi
e f d m v ne or n o e on s
an d d evils .
he ,
babilit
,
a letter a s o ,
f a D —
et e rn l significa nce iti this dec a pita ted
:
—
A diti w a s evolved into a s ep a ra te a nd powerful being ,
or godde s s o the
as t
,
,
h e feminine gender .
to pres s even the most trivi a l incidents into its s e rvice But .
‘
sel f a s we h a ve sa id origin a lly bore a good
’
t
, ,
shining one Zend d a éva corres pond with the Greek 0669
,
’
, ,
ea s a ph a ntom
’
)
devel (t
, , ,
, .
, he ,
f —
S l a vonic word or God 50g A ppe a ring here in the West .
t
, ,
Thou sh a lt n ot
.
,
‘
be a fra id of a ny bug: by night : the ’
t
h pe rticul a r n a mes of demons we find m a ny of the m
a ,
,
‘
a ges a ppe a rs t
, , ,
,
o ha ve g a ined the gre a test eleva tion In .
he
M agi a n demons a nd t
-
t ea cht
.
-
h e R a bbins — S a m a el
A z a zel A s a é l a n d M a cca t h ie l a re pe rs on ifi ca t
,
, ,
— ions of the
elements as energies of the deity Sa ma é l would a ppe ar
t
.
hie l h is retri
bu t
, ,
ive power
A lt hough A za zel is now one of t
.
h e M us s ulm a n n a mes
for a devil it would a ppe a r to be ne a rly rel a ted t o Al
Uzza of t
,
, , ,
,
‘
VO L I . .
B
18 L AM E N E S S O F D E M ON S .
ti a n u s e a s in 2 Cor vi 1 5 Wh a t concord h a th C h ri s t
,
. .
,
‘
o f it m o a ccident .
‘
here should appe a r the s ugges tion
, ,
1
S Ko p 28 1
ee Sa le s
’
ra n , Pi d
n a r, m
Frag 2 70
E ly Hi t
.
.
,
P im
. .
‘
Tylo
'
r s of M
‘
ar s a nk ind , p
’
35 8 ; r v ol ii p 2 30
t
. . . . . .
.
revere him p to as a a r n.
so A N A VE N GI N G M E TE OR .
h a d gone out one light lin gere d for some tim e When
'
1
M yt
h s and Marvels of As t my By
rono .
’
R . A . P oct
o
r r. Cha t
t
o
W ind us , 1878 .
’
‘
Scenes and Legend s, &c , p 73 . . .
DEM ON S L UM I N O US .
2l
w e nt a bro a d in d a rkness n ot
,
th e y could recognis e e a ch o t
, ,
THE A B GO TT .
The ex -
god — D ei t
mo i ed by
i e s de n s c on ques t
—Th eological ani mo
s it
y
— I ll t t
i on f om
us ra th e Ar ves a t — D evil w ors h ip
-
an t
arres ed
D i m
e s —Sheik Adi—W h y d mo e ns we re pa in ed t y—S
u gl u rvivals
of th i r bea t
y
e u .
h e n a ture of thos e
forces .
o the consistency of a
t
be i s p riesthood soon as it beca me a genera l be lie f
So
t
.
,
o ,
h e ch ri s ti a n Trinity
render the fa ct st a ted on e of e asy interpreta tion But t he
religious d iflicu lt
.
y w a s sometimes not
‘
s usceptibl e of com
promise The most powerful priesthood c a rried the d ay
.
,
1
Any O tt
rien ali
will
s t hp tf Hi d
apprecia e d tt
h e w ond erful ho c o o n u an
A bi l g g
ra d c ligi an i t h f ll i g d t
ua e an il
re t d d w on mg d
n e o ow n e a s , no e o n a on ru e
trib f th M l y P i
es o l W h
e a a f Ji B m i th
en nsu a. th g d (A bi e ea r o n u e ea r o ra c
t
-
t t t
,
ji nd m S k i bh
e iim ion , h ) i a ns i r b J j (S
ea r ; n ce n se s u rn o ewa ew a an
sk itd r d
g ) h i
ew at d w ithoP i m th
w o p m i i
n e rceb
i l d
esity r an , e su re e nv s e e
b t t it
,
a h
ove ky (B hm P) e h M l m A ll h Té l
s ra a h hi; if N b i
e os e a a a, w s w e a
M h md (P ph t
a a M h m
a md ) pp i t
ro e h Hi d i d h
o a e t f a ea r n e n u se c a rac ers o
t d d ty f ll t d h il t t t
,
crea or an hi g h
es ro e r o p i i a h ipp dn i s an w e e s r s w ors e n s ones
ll d by t
a re ca h Hi d t e mf d e d it
y M lm
n u er i o h ewa or e os e conv ers on as s o
ti fl d t i d f t t hipp t h t ill gi t
,
ar n h m uence h e n h o hi d
e s on e - w ors er a e w ve o s sa cre
b ld t
ou h m f P ph t
er M h m
e na md —Tyle o P imit
ro i C lt
e o a l e .
’
or s
’
r ve u ure,
’
vo .
ii p. . 230.
OD I UM THE OL O GI C U M 25
p ent ) in’
Persi a but el s ewhere w as curse d as the ve ry
,
genius of evil .
devil t
, ,
‘
Y ou h a ve invented a ll the evil which men spe a k a nd
do which is indeed plea sa nt to the D eva s but is devoid of
, ,
the truth of t
,
h e wise .
‘
Thus you de fra ud men of their good minds a nd of
their immort a lity by your evil mind s— a s well through
thos e of t h e D eva s a s th a t of the E vil S pirit— thro u gh
evil dee d s a n d evil words whereby the power of li a rs ,
grows 1
.
’
1
Va gna, 32
.
26 D E VI L W OR SHI P .
(A hur a m
-
a zd a ) On the other h a nd a s M r M uir sup
he
Z e n d aves t
, ,
a,
is cogn a te with Va run a (Hea ven) ; a n d the
V edic Indra king of the gods the S — u n — is n a med in the
Zoro as tri a n religion a s one of the chief councillo rs of th a t
,
P rince of D a rkness .
a n d c a ll the old god a devil they will find s ome re a son for
o.
. o N ya n g .
s bounds ! S p a re O N ya ng t he
ripening fruit a nd dry not up the blos soming rice ! Le t
, ,
h e a ccursed d a ys .
tra ce of th a t in t
,
,
h e A ll
merci ful .
’
t t tt m t m
By h is ligh h e ha h ligh ed h e la p of h e orn ing
m tt
.
I a m m
h e h a pla ced Ad a in y P a ra d is e
m tt t
.
I a he h a m Nm
ad e b
i rod a h o u rn ing fi re
I mh t h t t t
.
a g id d Ah m
e m i a l u e e ne e eC
I giftd h imw it
,
h m e
y w y d g id a an u a n ce.
Mi ll it
n e a re a tg t
h e x s en c e s o e e r,
They a re my d i ect
my gift
a d ion n u n d er r
I mh e t h t t t
.
a p o s e s s e h a ll
a m j es ys a
A d be n efi cen ce a n d ch a rit
,
n y a e fr om m yg ra c e r
I a mh e t ha te t e re t h t h e h ar t
.
i m
n y e l e n z a
An d I h in e th o gh t s h e pow e of m r y ua w fu l e ss a n d maj es t
y r n
e ca m e n s
a ca m e r
y ill I md e h imlike d us t
,
A d by m
n w a
I a mh e tha t h ook t a d e it t
.
An d s wee twa t r fl ow ed t
,
h er fromf ome e ry s id e
e e r v .
1
a n d the smitten r —
ock a n d for A hmet (M oh a mmed) a p ,
1
Th oset mi t hi mt tf t
w h o w ish h ill d ll t f t
o exa ne s a er ur er w o we o re er o
B d g N ti d th i Ritl hi h t f t E l gy
’
h
’
a e r,
‘
i
es or ans an h l h e r u a s, n w c e w o e o e u o
i t l t d tL y d N i h d B byl i h i h t ’
s drans a e ; an o h i
a ar ne va an a on, n w c ere s a
tlt f t m by H m d R m t h Ki g f Aby i i l t
,
’
i
ran s a h on o e sa e or uz assa , e n o ss n a s a e
pris on er.
M U SS U LM AN I D OLA m y . 29
an d Qu a ker ’
at
.
collect
. .
it
,
—
demon th a t w hich di tingui hes it rom a devil is a s
s s f — ,
, , ,
,
3o WH Y DEM ON S WE RE P A I N TE D U GL Y .
—
simple m a levolence one of its essenti a l function s tem p
tat
,
popul a r im a gin a tion they reta ined for a long time much
of their splendour Th e very ingenuity with which they
were a fterw a rds invested w ith u gliness in religious a rt
.
a tt
,
milit a tes a ga i n s t t
, ,
p hysiognomy given to S ,
. been to represent
the theologica l theory Sa ta n would h a ve been portra yed
i n a fa s cin a ting form Bu t
,
h e n a tive deitie s
to which the ignora nt clung ten a ciou s ly It w a s t . o tra in
A N CI E N T D E VI CE S .
3:
Fig
. 1
1
.
—H a nna: or Hmnu C n a u cs .
f l —
ca rved a bout the roo f o a ny o d church a s thos e on
1—
M elrose A bbey a n d Y ork Ca the d ra l which there is ,
o ,
bu t
.
, ,
he
a rtist s t
.
1
Th e signi tfi
h g g yl
ca nce of th h h b ilt t
e h f
ar o d t i
es on e c u rc es u on e ou n a ons
of p g a tanmpl my b p i lly b
e es a d t Y k h t
e e s ec a h f m f o serv e a or w e re e or s o
tI d G m i myt
,
i
va r ou s an iml ll k a s we n own h l gy pp o Th y
n o- er an c o o a ear . e a re
p b b
ro a ly pi f co li d
es o ig i i
ear e r
g f m th d y h
es th l
ns, surv v n
p f ro e a s w en e an o
G g yf t
re or h or i f t mpl p il d Th t
e c onv ers on o mpl f t
e h id l es re va e e e es o e os
i t h tt tt t t t t t
.
h P p 6 y
’
n a i na on , w ro e gh e b d
o e, d b 0 1, ou no o e es ro e ; u
l t
e th id l t
e h t i t
os h mb d t
a a re yd lt nh ly th md d
e e es ro e e o wa er e a e an
sp i k
r n l d ie th idnt m pl e sal t lt b e t d d li
es,p le d a F if a rs e e rec e an re es ace or
t t ll b ilt it q i itt h t t t d f mt
.
t
ose e es u s re u s e a e e
t t t E l Hi t
,
w h
orsip f d i
l
o h ev s i f h o G d — B d
e serv ce o h 3 e rue o . e e, cc . s . c . 0.
M O THE R R OSE .
33
in f
ra u , wom a n a n d wi fe Th e m a ntle of Berth a did
n ot
.
C H A P TE R V .
L
C ASSI FI CA I T ON .
The b tt
i
o s ru c ons cf m an — The t
w l e ve chief classes M od ifi c a
t
ion s of pa t
i l
r c u ar for ms for va riou s t
fu nc ion s Theologica l
de mo ns.
t
cl a ss e s of demons .
hese ,
c a lu m m
’
‘
y olo
he
rea der may e xpect t
,
-
h a d its development in
hosts of primi t ive sh a pes of light opposing sh a pes of d a rk
ness Th e ev il of s ome of these is idea l ; others a re mora lly
.
hev
w ere o ftenest in the s h a pes of dog s a n d ca ts a n d a ged
h um a n a ncestors supposed t ,
o keep wa tch a n d w a rd a bout
, h e n ature of our
in q uiry renders the co n sider a tion of the origin of myth s
‘ ’
—
whether sol a r or other o f seco n d a ry import a nc e S uch
origin it will be necess a ry t
.
a — an a lle
hrough
them a nd binding them a ll to the origin a l m yth t
,
h e tas k
of D emonology is ra th er to discov e r the a gencies which
h e morning a nd
evening twilight or howling winds either interpret a t ion is
here se cond a ry t
,
C H A P TE R I .
HU N G E R .
t t tP tm
o
t as o
Sh ei anmo n d e o e — Hi -
v ur r nd u offerings tt
h do e ea d
—
Gh o l Gobli —
u V m p y e s — L e n a r a n n es s of de mo — O ld
ns Sco ch t
c tom Th e o igi of
us — c ifi ce r n sa r s .
, ,
o
a nce to m n s s ti
a a s
’
fa —
ction of his need the bird a nd fi s h
so h a rd to get the stingy e a rth so rea dy to give him a
,
—
stone when he a sked for bre a d th a t he c a me to the con
c lu s io n th a t there m u st be i nvisible vora cious beings who
in g the S outh S e a ,
.
s living freight to
the ne t
,
he s e
unha ppy s piri t s in his net a n d l a ve s the mto a n d fro in
h e va in hope of ,
is ca lled in ong
s M —
iru the ruddy beca use her cheeks ever
-
,
’
,
m a rvel th a t the R ev M r Gill . .
,
44 THE E CLI P SE D E JI OI V -
.
t
, , ,
render it impossible t
,
hum a n skulls .
Fig 3 —11 Sw w
a s ao
Th e expedition which went out
. s a.
t
to Indi a to observe h e l a st sol a r eclip s e w a s inci
denta lly the me a ns of ca lli n g a ttention to a rem a rk
a ble su rviv a l of the Hunger demon in connection with -
h e eclipse beg a n
they set fire t
, , ,
hought ought
to d o a ny work wh a tever during a n eclipse a nd t
.
, ,
here ,
1Th L d of C h it
e an y by R S m l M t p 2 14
ar ,
’
ev. a ue a eer, . .
GI AI VT E A TE R S
E s pe ci a lly not a bl e is t
.
a n eclipse h ow ,
s up cert a in d a rk corners
of E urop e h a s for those who build it But t
h e tra dition a l
.
1
Lo don Tim C lcut
n tco po d
es
'
a a rres n en ce.
46 THE D E VO U RI N G FL OOD .
h e a ncient
myth of t h e eclipse W hen a t t he churning of the oc ea n
to find t he necta r of immort a li t
.
two o fficers le a ped upon the fire and s ca ttered its fuel ; but
j ust a bout the tim e when these coura geous gentlemen were
tra mpling ou t the fires of superstition whose smoke would
obs cure the vision of science a n event occu rred in E ngl a n d
which must be tra ced to the s a me a ncient belie f t
,
he
belie f n a mely t
, h a t when a nything is a pp a re n tly s wa llowed
,
the a ccident beca me known in the vill age the women went ,
1 The t Sid iP te rs i
h ph an Th
poe h l ll d J h uses e rase,
‘
e w a e s wa owe on a
’
as
t t
,
a f mili
a p i f ar hi h i
ex ress on i i i idor i h
sun se ; w c s n cu r ous co n c ence w a
M im (N S t
aci ) m yth th t
ov a t
h h ly h co Gl anp i d t t h a e o ero oosca w as ca rr e o e
h p py S
a tL di h l
unse Th t y fJ h h i d d h d i t t
an n a w a e. e s or o ona as n ee a n e res
i g
n i t f t
h mb i g t
var a n s, one o h tl g d f O t
h fi h g d
e m gi g
e n a e en o an nes , e s -
o e er n
f mt tt h B byl i t t( g f D g ) b t t
,
ro h R d S e e h ea o eac h a on an s e ar s a sa a o a on : u e
p h tB J
rase in he ook of ona h t
h b lly f H ll — h d
e e p o e a a rosa ic s i
g n i canc e fi
t tm
for he chris ian ind , and , i t
n conneci w it
h p l t
i
on s ecu a ons c on cern n igB e he
mot
h a nd Le v ia t
han, ga ve us t
h md i
e lM te h f H ll
aeva ou o e .
D E VO U RE R S P R O P I TI A TE D .
, he
dea d bodies yet rem a ined These women the n yelled .
eat
, ,
homes in P elsa ll
Th e Hind u people ca sti ng their food out of t
.
h e window
durin g a n eclipse the P els a ll wives re fusing to ea t
, when
the mine is flooded a re a cting by force of immemori a l
,
o birds a n d be a s ts of
h a t in eve ry c a s e where
me re vo ra city is ascribed to the D evi l a primitive demon
is me a nt a n d of t
,
, ,
opened
I will ra ise t
h d e e ad tb d
o e ev ou rers of t
h li i g !
e v n
U po t he li i g s h n ea d p y v n a ll t
h d e re
poss ibly beca u s e the n a tives w ere not gre a t flesh e a ters -
.
n f —
hu gry demons o Indi a s uch a s the Bh ut a dism a l
ra venous gho s t dre a ded a t
, ,
K a tik (O ct
,
zla rice h fi sh
'
, , .
,
, he
s h a dow of a n eleph a nt fa lls to the e a st ! Th e blood
’
1
T bl t
a K 162 i t
e h B it ih M m S Reco d of t
n e h P t
r i 14
s u seu . ee r s e as ,
'
. 1.
VO L I . .
D
50 GOBLI N S .
o di s embodied bei n gs .
fe d wi t
, ,
C a en with
ou t
,
In the E a s t
,
Lo d Tim J ly 1 1 18 77
1
n on
‘
es,
’
u ,
.
0
S U R VI VA L S I N A M E R I CA .
t
, .
if m
’
s ow n gra ve clothe s -
.
mt
,
Co eo b us a ck
fe r t
a h t pirit my retu n
a s s a dr an their dirges more in t he
vein of the Bodo of N orth E a s t Indi a : Ta ke a nd e a t
,
-
‘
,
’
1
P imit
r i C ve ul ure t .
’
54 LE A N D E M ON S .
N o N o rthe rn devil is fa t
,
eH t hi k t oo m ch
n s h m d
u g o su c e n a re an er us.
t
, ,
Fig 4 LEAN P
—S r (S l t Rm )
’
.
'
. An r n o rs e a s a cu r oa a v a or osa .
to c a s t no s h a do w 1
.
1
Ce sa riu s D
’
He is tb
er a ch , M ira cu l iii . .
SA CE I I I CE S .
55
a d the l a te
n r —
L a mi a to con s ume de a d bodies wit h thei r
teeth ; a n d thi s fi re w a s the s pi ritu a l element in the idol a
tries who s e object s were visible But the o rigin a l a ccent of .
he
fl a nk s a n d t
, ,
,
h e ca ul a bove the liver wit h the kidney s it , ,
t
.
t
.
,
a g a inst the sons of Eli for e a ting the choice p a rts of the
1
Lev iii
. . 15 .
56 FA S TI N
’
G .
s a id o f t h is co m ,
ha t
m a n s p rimitive demon which personified h is hunger h a s
’
On a w in d - rocke d t
re e
N i e w h ole
n n igh s, t
W ith a sp a e r w ou n d e d ,
M y lf t
se my o s elf .
C H A P TE R I I .
HE A T .
Demo ns of —
Fi re Agn i As m
— od eu s — P romet
h eu s — Feas t
of fire
M oloch Toph e
— — Ge n ii t of t
h e lamp
— Be l fi res — Ha llow e en
-
’
N egro s u per s t
iti — C hi
on s n es e r -—
fi e god Volca n ic an d in ce nd iary
de mo —Mns an ga ia n fi re d e
-
mo n — D emons ’
fear t
of w a er .
a n d drouth .
‘
Thy a ppe a ra nce is fa ir to behold thou bright fa ced -
h a nd ; thy brightne ss
comes like the lightning of h ea ven ; thou show e st
,
splen
do ur like the splendour of t
'
h e bright s u n
A dora ble a n d excellent A gni emit t
.
h e moving a n d ,
‘
The fl a mes of A gni a re luminous powerful fea rful
a n d n ot
, , ,
to be trusted
I extol the grea tness of t
.
h a t s howerer of ra in whom
men celebra te as the sla yer of V rit
,
ra : the A gni V a is wa ,
, he
fl a me th a t d a rted with Ind ra s wea pon the disc (of the ’
,
sun )
tl id
.
‘
Thou (A gni ) hold off with di ffi culty like the
ar a
a c on ,
( bl a ck ) is now
, the n a me o f S iv a s errible bride ’
.
h a t it ma y not h a ve be en through
s ome euphemistic p roces s th a t Fire worship a rose in P ers i a -
N ot
.
eri (Jupiter a nd
M ercury) 1
Th e Zoroa s tri an s a lso held th a t the e a rth
would ultim a tely be des troyed by fire ; it
.
s met a ls a n d
'
1
D P
u Vi d Z
erron ,
‘
t e e oroas re
’
ti y i t ; bt
.
1
Th p i ipl
e r nc im ili im
e ilib S o a S us ura n u r s a v er a nc en on e u
th gh it
ou my h a igi t d i
ave ph m
ori t
i o p p it
na e i t y imt
n a h eu e s c r ro a or a e
h m p t hi t my l imt h t it ld h d ly h t
,
o e o a s a c a li d la h d b
cou ar a ve ve un ess i a een
fo d t
un oh mp t
ave so ical d v t
e g rac a an a es .
FE A S T OF FI R E . 61
ru
y a n d
ta ke a little o f the a s he s with whic h they rub t
, ,
,
heir fore
h e a d s ; a n d when the gods h a ve been c a rried three time s
round it they w a lk ove r a hot fire a bout forty feet Some
c a rry their child ren in their a rm s a n d ot
.
,
he rs l a n ce s , ,
h od ox p a s s ion fe a st
-
It h a s been so much the fa s hion
for t
.
th a t there w a s
a nything more signific a nt in the c a r ryi n g o f chi ld ren by
w as in a ll proba bilit y a t
. ,
,
N u k pa N u k I a m he who I a m 1
Th e fl a mes of the
‘ ’
.
,
s on d in
p g p ra ctice ret a ined such st rength th a t we find
h e sa me god .
t
.
,
p . 1 78 .
Ezek xix.
1
I sa lvii 5
. . . xvi. 20 ; J
er .
5
.
GE HE N N A . 63
a roy a l crown ; it
,
op/z me a ning a h e pl a ce ‘ ’
, ,
-
h e m ajority of hum a n
being s by One who while they live on ea rth sends the
ra in a n d sun s hine a like on t
, ,
t
,
1
The ‘
J e w ish W orld .
’
64 j E WI SH S U P E E S I I TI ON S
to su ffer
a like fa te a s in the c as e of the L a dy o f Be a uty in t
,
,
he
A ra bi a n N ights E nte rt a inments M a n y s to ries of thi s
’
.
fiend .
h e seven weeks
el a p s i n g from the depa rt
,
w ay . le s a y the Jews , ,
for the so rceress will get into your s t a bles mount your ,
n ou n c in
g God s n a me th’
ree time s Whil s t you a re doi n g
.
thi s the s orcere s s will m a ke gre a t l a menta tion for the blows
, ,
, ,
he rn
E urope h a ve been c a lled Ba a l fi res or Be l fi res wa rra n t - -
he
s u perst ition th a t it is a benefit to children to l ea p over or
be p a s sed th rough s uch fire s Th a t thi s pra ctice s till s u r .
t t i d d it Ch t t
.
, .
i lly t h pt m S lt
.
8: W in d us 18 77. See h S m
’
, espec a e c a er on i p 65
‘
u er o s ce, . 1 .
E
0
VO L I . .
66 R O YA L FI R E FE S TI VA L
-
.
j ourn a ls
ma y intere s t some of your rea ders t
, , .
,
o kno w th a t l a st night
(being S t John
. s E v
’
e old s tyle ,) I observed within a mile ,
a S co t ch j ourn a l
Ha l low e en w a s celebra ted a t
'
B a lmora l C a stle with
unusu a l ceremony in the presence o f her M aje s ty t
, he ,
in a n d sep a
ra ted into two p a rt
,
’
ly a fter
t
,
,
he
dist a nce ; he supposed it must be a house on fire a n d ,
tra ces wh a tever of fire but j u s t then a l a rge dog lea ped
,
in t
,
‘
If anignora nt negro is smitten with a disea se which
h e c a nnot comprehend he o ften im a gines him s el f the
,
,
h e q u a ck
th a t since the ca se w a s in such h a nd s he reli n q uished a ll
connect ion with it On the coverlet of the bed on which
t
.
he physici a n s comprehension
’
He then .
riu m
t t
,
h o f my ha nd
took a hoe a n d buried the cha in ne a r t
, ,
h e pl a ce S he did
this an d I took up t h e cha in which burned t
, .
, h e ends of ,
a ga i n Th e s pell w as broken
’
. .
the dust of t
.
1 it
the red hei fer itsel f w a s pl a inly the propiti a tion of a
fiery demon In E gypt red h a ir a n d red a nim a ls of a ll
.
1
See Chap ti
er . m
C o pare N mbu ers xxxi
. 23 .
1 Nu mbers xi
x . 17
.
1 I idb . xix. 2, seq.
FI RE G OD OF P E KI N
-
G .
7.
—
p a ticul a rly mentio n ed a nd the a shes ta ken to m ak e the
r
‘
water of s epa ra tion Ca lmet notes in this connection
.
’
, ,
w as s upplied to M r D e n n y s l by M r P l a y fa i r of H M
. . . .
‘
h e God of Fire a re nume rous in
Peking as is n a tura l in a city built for the most p a rt of
,
by their colour t
, , ,
A hund red ye a rs a go t
, .
‘
h e Chinese impe ri a l revenue
w as in much better c a se th a n it is now At th a t time .
, ,
’
. he
ra fters a n d the pill a rs which supported the roo f were of a s ize
such a s no tree s in Chin a furnish n ow a d ays They were - -
n ot
.
1 ‘
Folklore of
’
China, p . 12 1.
7. R E D E E A RD S
Sia m . Tw o men
could b a rely join h a n d s round the pill ars ;
they w ere ca s ed in lustrou s j et bl a ck la cquer which while
-
‘
h e v a nity of hum a n wishes ! In spite of
every prec a ution one night a fi re broke out a n d t
,
he Ha ll ,
i mperi a l city w a s one old dila pid a ted disreput a ble shrine , ,
h e be a rd h a d
‘ ’
,
he
hempen be a rd J ust the thing t
,
. h e E mperor w a s inquiring
‘
‘
a n d vowed a vow .
‘
O Fire god sa id he thou h a st been wroth with me
-
’ ‘
in t
, ,
‘
Th e E mper or w a s as good as his word The new .
in I recently re a d a d e ,
their theology t
,
little a ttention .
hum a n invention a n d it
,
, like fie ry
flying stones crying Woe is u s ! w e a re still hunted ‘
— — , ,
st it
,
1
I n Russ ia t
h pig
e t
ly eon ,td tt h t
fro mb
h d e ing an cien consecra e o e un er
god , h b
as m mbl m f t
eco h H ly G h t
e e l teilfi o d eh th o os or ce es a re, an as su c e
t tt t t g t
,
foe f
o h ly fi
ea r Pig re .d i g i fi
eons ared h fli h rus e as nsu re rs a a ns re, a n e
of one t
h gh
rouh i g dad k i dly w i
ouse s re a r e
g f fl g t i as a n arn n o con a ra on.
75 FI R E B E LI E FS
in Fa u st
-
.
,
h e fireside
obviou s ly in ca t a n d dog a n d ride t
,
hrough the a ir on
,
-
John s night ’
o M D e Pl a ncy emblems
S o w a s repl a ced t
.
, ,
,
s curfew for a ll
such fires a s th a t .
( 77 )
C HA P TE R 111 .
C OLD .
D es cen tf o I sh t
a r int
o Had es —Bard ism Bald ur He rcules—Chris t
— —
— Survivals of he tF t
Gi t
i Sl
ros an n a v on ic an d o t
h t
er cou n ries
Th e Cla vie -
Th e Froze n He ll— Th e N or hern t a bod e of de m on s
— N ort
h s id e of ch u rch e s .
e a ch some of h er
orn a ments a nd clothing are removed by t
,
h e dre a d gu a r
di a n I shta r enters n a ked into the presence of the Queen
of D e a t
.
h e J udge of her
,
he ,
o her the ,
1
T bl t
a K 162 i B itM
e n r . us. Tr . by H . F . T lbot
ai n
‘
Record s of t
h e
78 THE D E A TH O F N A TU RE .
ea rrings of her ea rs
Th e seventh g a te let her forth a n d restored t
.
o her the ,
f —
Thi s old mira cle pl a y o N a ture the retu rn of s ummer
-
ice !
M y fyr M orga nwg t h e A rch D ruid a dores s till He a by -
n a me as his Sa viour a nd a t
, ,
s on e d germs o f L i fe
h e myth of
Isht a r th a t of He rmd d r seeking the relea se of B a ldur the ,
1
t mM il M h
Th e Wer '
e 8 74 at i m k bl l ttby t
a rc h 12 , 1 con a ns a re ar a e e er e
h i h h mi ti th t t
, ,
h D id i e f mH
’
A rc ru n w Jc i d e i i a n a ns a
‘
esu s s a r va on ro ea or
Light d t
-
h it yt t
,
Hu , h , ani m i
e c rs
p f B d i m an s s e a corru on o ar s .
R E S U R RE C TI O N OF N A TU R E .
79
t
h e arrow itsel f is of mistletoe which fostered by Winter
owes no du t y to B a ldur ; a n d t
, , ,
h e re a lm to whic h he is
borne is t h a t of Hel the frozen zone Hermd d r h a ving
, .
,
Thokk w ill w a il
td y y
Wi h r e es
B ld
a bl fi
ur s
’
a e- re.
N gh t
ou q ik u c or d e ad
F C l
’
or a r s s on c are I
L t
.
e H l h ld he o er ow n .
into Ha des Bu t in t
. h e l a tte r the messenger is s uccess ful
’
release is
more or less success ful in proportion to the extent of
winter In A donis relea sed from Ha des for four mon t
,
. hs
every ye a r a nd a nother four if he chose to a ba ndon P e r
,
ifi
c ia lly preserved in the fa r N ort h Th e legend of a full .
s ic a l sen s e .
,
o typi fy the dea th
,
I n Upper La u s a t
.
h e firing of
guns a n d by d a nces a nd s ongs to La d o goddess of S pring
, , .
on fi re a n d c a r ried by
‘ ’
-
.
VO L I . .
F
82 THE FR OZE N HE L L .
-
h e fi s hw om e n rush in a n d ende a
,
vour to get a lighted bit of wood from its rem a ins ; wit h
thi s light the fire on t h e cott a ge he a rth is a t once kindled ,
h a t a re a n nu a lly
lighted upon it Clos e t . o i is a ve ry a n cient R om a n t
well .
i ,
‘
gn a s hing (ch a ttering) of teeth sugge s t a pl a ce of ex ’
,he ra bbinic a l
.
34 THE E A S T WI N D .
M im u res of the ra ce
demon s but a re fe a rfully cold Th e C h e n oo w e a pon is a
d ra gon s horn his ye ll is fa ta l to t h e be a re r h is he a rt
.
,
’
is a
block of ice Thi s hea rt mu s t be des t royed if t
, ,
. h e d emon
is to be s l a i n but it ca n only be done by melti n g in the
fi re : the chi e f p reca u t ion requi red is t
,
h a t one is not
d ro w ned in t h e flood s o c a u s ed Th e icy demon s u rvived .
,
’
. Ra gna rd k ,
rem a i n s a id G a ngler
’
, ,
‘
he
whole unive rs e s h a ll be cons umed a n d a fte r a ll the god s ,
perished ? ’
There will be m a ny a bodes replied Th rid i
‘
,
’
‘
some good s ome ba d Th e bes t pl a ce of a ll to be i n
, .
t
,
A s it is s a id in the l us pa
S he sa w a h a ll
Fa r fro mt
he s un
I n N as tfi d td i g
r n s an n
t
hw d t
,
And v en o md -
rop s
t
Fa ll in h rou gh looph oles
tt
.
For md e is h a h a ll
O f w rea h ed t s er pen s . t
Th e re sa w s h e wa de
Th rou gh h ea v y st
r e ams
M en fors w or n
An d m urd e rers .
rd n d me a n s
’
-
.
,
"
h fa r from the s u n we behold a n in ferno of extreme
’
, ,
86 GO THI C D EM ON S
cold . C h risti a nity h a s
not a v a iled to give the Icel a nde rs
a ny demo n ic n a me s ugge s tive o f fire They s pe a k o f
Sk ra t t
.
he evil doer - -
.
interveni ng) w hos e glo w ing ch a rms w ith Bea uty (C h rie m
, ,
h ild ) for their queen could be won only by a bra ve dra gon
,
while from t
, ,
Ba y re u th u nder h is w a nd .
t
.
1
P rocopius, D e iiello Go hico, iv t ’
. 20 .
88 I I O T AN D C OLD WI N D S
i n a w ay th a t s ee s a t
,
m
ca se s their reg a rd for the fi re worshipped by both va ries
firs t g la nce somewh a t a nom a lou s
Th e A cc a di a ns in their fi re wors hip exh a u s ted the re -
.
’
hu
s ia s m in the N orthern fi re wo rs hipper a s comp a red with
-
,
fire .
t
hrou gh the with a te rrible tra in of mo n ster dogs c a ts
a ir, , ,
to be pl aced a t
,
a ction .
ting m a ntle
-
But the old ide a of a w a r between
.
t
h N
e ew Y ear ; the twelve d a ys a nd nights once
a nd ,
probably 0 N hOku n bt t
, ,
.
— mid w i nter n ight whe n the sa cri
.
‘ ’
,
-
,
fi c es o f T w —
hor ere prep a red fo r me rly ha d m a ny obs e rv ,
— .
’
.
t
, ,
u s ky winter the deca pit a ted demon whose bri s tles were
o n ce icicle s fa llen benea th t
,
L
E EM E NTS .
A Sco t
t is h M u nas a — ti g y — Th fl mi g
R u d ra — ’
S iv a s ligh n n e e e a n
s w d — orm
L p g
i i d m — D m ft h ntm H li E li
— e on s e on s o e s or e os, as,
P — Th
e ru n — Th B b t il d D g
or —W h i l i d
a rrow s e o -
a e ra on r w n
J p a th d
a n ese
g d — C h i t
i iunl — J i
eri— I od ti r s a n s u r v va s nn nu n a on s
— N oa h— N ik , N
ich olas , O ld ick— ixies N
H d ra s— D e N y mo
t
ns
of h D e an u b e— —
Tid es Su rviva ls in R u s s ia an d E ngla n d .
night which ca u s e s so m a ny d is
a s ters .Th e devils being then le s s re s tra ined ra i s e storm s ,
s s lept s a t
, ,
a ll
g od in the s h a pe of a s e r pe n t on a b ra n ch of
,
E dinburgh but ,
S C O TTI SH S U P E R S TI TI ON S .
93
, ,
Hugh M ille r 1
On a boi s terous night w hen two young
.
,
( th e R o a rer ) which ,
m a y be prope rly quoted h e re
1 S i re of the s torm god s let thy fa vour extend to u s ;
s hut u s not o u t
.
,
1
S d L g d fth No th f Scot N immo 18 76 ’
cenes an e en s o l d e r o an .
, .
94 R UD R A .
physici a ns
t t
.
5. M a y I p p
ro 1 ia e with hymns this R udr a who is w o r
o ,
, ,
R udr a .
7. Wher e O R udr a is
,
th a t gra cious h a
, nd o f thine which ,
me rcy upon me .
he
illu s trious n a me of R udra .
ru lv
va s t wo rl d .
a re s plendent
h ou rulest ,
9 6 THE E VI L E YE .
no t
ou r heroe s in thy w rath ; we wa it upon thee pe rpet u
t
,
-
h e northern world a n d ,
’
1
Rig Veda,
- i
. 1 14 .
L I C H TN I N C S W OR D S .
97
, , of his h a nd , ,
a n d w a s po s s ibly t
.
,
George
whos e st a tue w as found a t
.
, ,
m
by the god of w a r Through Zeu s a n d A res the o rigin a l
.
,
. .
, ,
of he a ven To
’
.
1 C yl
’
Io R A Soc 1865 66
ur. e on . .
,
-
.
,
v or. . 1
.
9 3 CR OOK E D L E GS OF D E M ON S
Boiteux round the world Th e N a ma q u a s of S outh
a ll a .
, .
s rfi e n s a y
Th e n a tive A u s t
.
,
n i ng
‘1
. At the sa me time thi s is by no me a n s inconsistent
with wh a t h a s been a l re a dy s a id of the fa ll o f Tita n s a nd
a n gel s from he a ven a s o ften a ccounting for their l a mene ss
’
God ric a n d the tempt a tion is stro n g
t
.
,
only t
,
D r S c h lie m
. a nn h as une a rthed a mo n g his other tre a
1
W elck e r, G riech isc h e t
tl h
Go er e re,
’
i p 66 1
v ol. M ofla , p 2 57 1
'
t
t
. . . . .
1
E y re , vol. ii p 362
. . .
1 Ty lor, Ea rl p 359 y . .
t
oo AN GE L S OF C O M M O T]01V .
N ot
, .
a ge s o f mythology .
le doubt th a t .
1 The W heel of he La w , t ’
by H y Al b t T iib
enr a as er, r ner C0 .
83 (Wilson)
1 ’
Rig Veda, -
v. .
DEM ON S ’
TH U N D E R B OL TS . 1or
’
he
sa me time a cert a in rope w a s thrown upon t
,
h e bridge .
1 ’
.
, os the Wild
-
,
1
M jo Wi d om hi D m
’ 1
16 P
’ ‘ ’
a rs 11. o o erus sr u narc a ae n.
1 02 THE K E Y .
their n a me is P e rku h n s t
,
he
e a rth a n d brought to light its concea led tre a s ure s it
.
,
,
s ,
h e invoker s veins
’
. a in the re fore th a t C a lm , ,
1 So gs f t h Rn m P opl by W R S R l t M A
o e uss n e e,
’
. . . a s on , . .
CHI N E SE TH U N D E R D U K E -
.
h e key of b a rrenness It w a s
the S ign of one s et
.
,
1—
the keys of hea ven to Peter still thru s t do w n the ba ck s ,
1
o f prote s t a nt children to cure nose bleed
”
-
h no .
,
(L u i t
s z
-
he
Turk s who a tt a ck a n eclip s e with gun s fa irly repre s ent
,
, ,
1
R i M t t 9 J l N C B R A
a xv 1. 853
1 ou rna 1
t
ev . . . . . . . . . .
1 F lkl o of C hi p
ore 2 4 T h d m h ld by h
n a, im p
’
i F g 3 how
i 1 e ru e e n s s
l t tt h t t t t
. . .
his re ai h d
on g od I J e p h h
un d g d i
e r- o
p d n a an e un e r- o s re re se n e as
d m tg t t
.
h igfi
av n ve g ruh T h w i
s s ru n d g d h l g b g f
o e m e r. e n -
o as a ar e a o co
h tp tt
p
k d pi i g wi d Th T t i S ib i b li
e rc n n t e d m ar ars n er a e eve a a o en e on
ig d m t
ee n an
k d by b t t
.
ttp t
s ar s u h on d f mw h mt
e sce ne, a n g w ro t q ti o e re e n o e a ns e rs o ues on s.
I N
n S t
ova i p titi
co w fi d
a n su d m h m
ers d by d moni t q i t d
e n e ons c ar e ru s n o u e u e.
I I di t h t a mpl d mp e e d h l m
e- ru it i f t h
re serve w su c so e n as soc a ons eve n or e ne
h t id tb t
n n
th iti tt h B h m S mj t it i ra ill b t
o- o a m a s sa o e s e a en as aeco
t
c sec e
t t t
e s
t t
,
t
,
panim en h g o h i h i f h
e or an se n h by h i E gli h f
o i d e r c e c urc e r n s r en s.
WHI R L WI N D S 10 5
home a g a in Th e
D evil is believed to be sea ted a t
.
he .
h e Lord would
s p a re his li fe I believe he hea rd my p ra yer M y son
. .
the edict sta ted to the belie f p reva iling a mong s a ilors
In thi s t h e C hine s e a re a lo n g w a y behind t
.
,
h e m a rine rs
a n d fi s hermen of the French coa s t who h a ve for centu ries , ,
s e a gernes s to cl a i m for ,
grea t destroyer 1
Levi a th a n m a keth the deep to boi l
.
’
In the A s t
.
1
C‘
ifo mI u ne 15 r 1hns 27 , iv.J ob li.
1
. 11. .
1
x .
SE A DR A GON S
pl a ce The ki ng dies ; a nd ra in s in t
. h e he a ve n flood s in ,
1 .
d a te s 1
.
’
hea d s th a t be a ts the s e a ”
He a however a ppe a rs .
, ,
B low i t
e he a by s s t
nhe fo ce f l mlt it
u d e my t h ey sacrifi ce r u u s a
w helm i g fea of An i t he m id s t
.
The o of Hea e em d e
’
ver n r n n v n
t
r s
h is pa h
i t tt might tt h im t
.
The s p ri s of ea r h, he ygd o s, w i h s an d no
ligh t
.
h P t
t mntLa Magie
1 ’ 1
Records of ei as Lenor a
’
h P tiii
t
, .
, .
1 ’
Record s of e as , . 129 .
1 10 THE FL OOD .
A D AR th tik ft
h f t
e s r er o e or re s s e s of t
h e rebe l b nd ope ed
a n
t tm i t b e p i kl d t
.
, ,
Like h h
e s rea i l s n e c rc e of h ea v en I s h e seed
r n e
m of
t
e n.
His m h i g i t y of B l t
h f lt he t
o t mpl e I d ir ec ed ,
h p t t f m ki d f
arc n n e ea e e
(He t
is ) h e h ero t
of
h g d t e o s, e r o ec or o an n , ar (a nd )
n ea r
O my lo d life f N b (b t
h t i ) i li t
h y i pi t hi
t(b t
r o e o re a e ns ra on nc ne ne ea r.
h ) t t
, ,
hi n e e a r.
Th wh lm
e ov e r igf fth my t
e h k n ea r o ee a e s ea n ow
Th y t ti g (i ) t
se h h ld f h i
n tf mm h i g
s e e ra o s re s ro a rc n
I t d h (i ) t t
,
hy m h i g M e ro a c
1
mit
n a rc n s a re s
Th y f th hi t h t
h d tt os
mit
a er on s ron e ou no e
hi t t d t t
.
B l e h
on h s ron e ou os no s e.
Th p i it
e s f th r th i t
hs o m y h
ea r m on e r ron e a e con s u e
M yt hy f t i t t ft t t t
.
a h h h da hy l
er ( h
n o m) g f h e an s o v a ou r ca u se e o o or
M y B l i tt ft t t t
.
a h h e d hyn ol ( h m)
e g f h an s o v a ou r ca u s e e o o or
t t t t
.
t
h B l d e e ove
’
ft ti (f t h t
t t t
.
Th e h h m
e ro o h ) d i i m
e l i d ou n a n or ose a e n u u e s.
th g d h w ill tg
e on e o ,
e no ur e .
1
’ ’
‘
,
not
The Hydra m a y be t a ken a s a type of the d e s t ructive
is .
,
1 The god of t
h E
e u ph ra es. t The Ass yi r an has of t
h high pl
e a ces .
’
1
Record s of t
h P tiii
e as ,
’
. 129 , 130 .
N I CK O F THE WOO D S .
, . he
n a ughty ones into his p a n n ier a n d ca rry them 0 6 for
puni s hment Th e te rror a nd s hrieks thus c a used h a ve
.
.
—
be a demon Th e J a p a ne s e h a ve a wa ter d ra gon Ka pp a -
- M a gdeburg whe n ce ,
these
demons rela tives of the Swa n m a idens considered in
,
-
,
he ,
a merm a id emb a rra ssed in the mud the w a ters being very ,
.
, o
, o it
h e yea r
1 531 ca ught in the Ba ltic an d sent as a present to S igis
,
—
Th e Hydra the torrent which cut off in one direction , ,
—
m akes m a ny he adwa ys in others h a s its surviva ls in the
ma ny di a bolica l n a mes a ssigned to boiling springs a nd t o
a n d the innu m
’
. .
D Pl y
1
e a nC
VO L . 1
.
1 14 THE H YD R A .
, ,
B ud a a cross th e
’ 1 ’
he ‘ ’ ’
, ,
Fig 6 . .
—Ha nc ur s s . A N D 1 111: a u L
( ouvre ) .
1
A n ind ivid ual by t
hi m s eans sa w h is w ife mong t
a h e withes so d et ect
ig
he e t
c
t o a sa ying t
t
n
h t us t
,
t
a
no e s ar -
a zin on
g S tG . era rd s
’
Eve .
1 16 THE B LA CK M ON K .
h e p a ssa ge ,
, he strains of a n in fern a l
orchestra a rmed sentinel s p a ra ded the ba ttlements while
at
, ,
fu lly on the
boa t men s ca r But the tower on which these scenes were
’
.
—
be for here in close communion with h is m a ster resided
, ,
o decoy the ,
t
h e a rriva l of the gre a t Solim a n in these regions ; for to
repel the turba ned host or a t lea st t
, o check their t riu m
s were
ma de to check the enemy the passage of the Strudel a nd
,
for the work p a triotism for a time got the better of super
st it
,
convert
,
, o h a ve pronounced a
‘
humberl a nd gives a tra dition conce rn
’
ing the river Wa n s beck : Thi s river disch a rge s itsel f into
the sea a t a pl a ce c a lled C a mboi s a bout nine mile s to the
,
. s th a t M ich a el S cott w ho s e fa me ,
ion h a d
t
,
ion s of
the u nta med s ea a nd sto rmy floods inva ding the low flat
,
It
s elf n fru itf l b arr nnes s be s t
,
u u , eow ing
e ed re alm s
Let th t
.
h igh joy be m
a ine for ev erm ore
he s h ore
n r
Th e wa tery was t e t it an d t
,
o lim o bar
An d pu sh it b a ck u pon it
,
s elf a fa r 1
a rt
,
,
-
he ,
he w inds which
still serves the purposes of the Wise Fro mt
, ,
he chu rn ed
oce a n rose La ks hm i (a fter the sol a r origin w as lost to t
.
he
myth) Hindu goddess of prosperity ; a n d from the s ea
,
The gale h a tt
w recked you on t
h e san d ,
t my
I h elped t row ers o row
Th tmi m b
e s or
y t
g ll y h s es a e a nd ,
An d d rives m wh
e ere I go .
C H A P TE R V .
A N I M A LS .
Animl d emo
a ns it d s inguish ed —Trivial s ources of M yt
h ology—Hed ge
—
h og Fox — T ra sm
n igra t
ions in t
J a pa n— Horse s bew i tched — Ra s
— Lion s—Ca t
s— Th e D g— G t ho h f d g —S p
oe e s
’
ti orror o o s u ers
t
ion s of t
h P
e a rs ees , p pl f
eo T e o d A m i N
ra va n core , a n
g e r c an e r oe s ,
N ez P erces Fe nr i —F b l —Th B
s a es e oa r e ear er en
t
m
THE a nim a l demon s— those whose evil repute is h resulte
to a n a g athodemon a nd
r z2 THE R E D GE H OG .
hing
in its smell or in its flesh when firs t e a ten it s butting , ,
h e hedgehog is
worth more th a n m a ny of the fox ; yet the nocturn a l a nd ’
1 Thi P t t
s yp ro ean e ofboth d m d d il m t om
e p y
on an ev us acc an us so con
t
i lly t
nua h rough t
hi
s v ol m th t
u b t t
lit
l
e d ba u i t
id of it hi
e nee e sa n t
s chap er.
1 24 THE HA R E .
He is not t
,
, he
poisonous sn a kes which cra wl freely a mid the decaying
Buddhist temples of N ikko one of the most s a cred pl aces ,
i
tions But furthermore mythology supplies m a ny illus
tra t ion s of a credita ble tende n cy a mong rude tribes t
.
, ,
1
C a n icles t u. 15 .
THE WE A SE L 125
t
, ,
fi gu es t
.
‘ ’
o
occupy t In t
,
h e position of a sc a pe go a t he l a ngu a ge of
-
.
o h is fa mily with a
wo siste r de , ,
at
,
o
1
t
De Guberna is, n . viii
.
1 26 AN I M A LS P OSS E SSE D .
—
house sw a rms with ca ts a n d dogs a nd b a ts for they s a y
they a re not q uite sure which is Chios in a nd th a t they ,
h e m a gic a l ro w a n to
expel the de mon th a t sometime s enters the c ow Pro .
Ha ll, 1869 .
1 28 THE S TA G A N D THE RA T!
a nd D emonology To
the list of a nim als demonised by
N o doubt t
.
huntsmen utilised the old fa bles of bea uti ful hind s wh ich
in the deep forests cha nged to demons a n d devoured their
pu rsuers for a dmonition ; but the fact th a t such s ags h a d
,
1
o h a r mm h e b a sis
of a demonic represent a tion .
he
sha pe of a M ouse D u ring t . h e ea rlier N a poleonic wa rs
mice were used in S outhern Germ a ny as diviners by being
set with inked feet on the ma p of E urope t
,
o sho w where
h e king a n d q ueen to de a th .
Eg t he d m o H o o i t he P e t am
1 ’
. .
, e n e o e
u rc n n r n .
THE LI 01V .
( an no 97 )
0 b a de the fa mine str icken people rep a ir o h is -
St
.
,
hi s .
1
tZ
See De Gu berna is oologica l M yt
h l gy
o o
’
which con t
i a ns t
fu r her curious
t t bj t
,
de il
a hi
s on s su ec
M yt d M yt Bo t
.
1
h mk O good Co
’
h s an -
a ers . os n s .
VO L I . .
1 30 THE CA I ?
r61e in R u s si an ,
M a d a me D A u ln oy s L a C/za t t
.
, , , ,
The demonic
’
e B la n e/w
’
.
the a ge of
seven It is t . h e witch s fa vourite riding hors e but m ay
’
-
,
h e beginning o f a fa ta l spell
D e Gu be rn a t
.
is 1
h as a very curious s pecul a tion c on
c erning the origin of our fa mili a r fa ble the Kilkenny
C a ts which he t ra ce s to the Ge rm a n superstition which
,
thi nks this may be one outco me of the contest bet wee n
N ight a n d Twilight in M ythology ; but if the connec ,
Z logi l M y th logy p 64
1 ’
oo ca o , . .
1 32 THE D O G .
who m
s h e c a lled R u tt
, ,
Y u d h is t
.
,
This d iflic u lt
, g ,
K iii 1
ora n, xv .
D OGS I N HAD E S . 1 33
a d a ngerous a n d a corruptible gu a rd .
Fig 8
. . m
— i m(C lmt
s a ) e .
, ,
ra Orthros ‘ ’
ra The bitch Sa ra m a .
,
hymn of the R ig V ed a (x -
a dd re ss ed to Y a m a Kin g
’
.
,
o f D e a th w e re a d
,
— By a n a u s picious p a th do thou
‘
h a s ten p a s t the two four eyed brind led dogs the o ffs pri n g -
,
obs e rving Th e t
, , ,
. w o brown me s s e n gers of Y a m a b ro a d of ,
Goethe .
the s tudent W ag n e r t
,
a round them in s r —
pira l cu ves s pre a di n g a s Fa u s t s a id a , ,
‘
1
Wagn er B eh old hi mst
op — u pon h is b lly
e cra w l
t td th
.
tion a bout mon a des It is more proba ble tha t in obs ervin g
.
o consider ,
rod u c
—
tion of a pe rfo rming dog on the Weim a s t a ge an incident
r
the thea tre may detect this a version mingli ng with his
—
di s gust as a n a rtist ; a nd it ma y be a lso suspected th a t
i t w as n ot the mere n oi s e which ca u s ed th e to rture s he
described himself as h a ving once endured a t Gottingen
from the b a rking of dogs .
, ,
wa iting a ngel .
w hich m ri
o f the N e w World
’ ‘
, o
a tion Th e cu s tom .
he ,
, ,
w a s likewise c a lled I t
, , ,
zna n , , ,
1 Th Ad
‘
t f T mS wy
e L d
ven u res o Ch t t Wi d
o a er .
’
on on a o n u s.
14 0 C YN O CE P HAL O Z
ca n not be if it be dea d .
l a w Th e pro
1
.
f
‘
,
o , ,
h e m a lign a nt s pi rit 11
C a rd a no s a ys
, .
1
Spi it ftrh B tf F
o e h i e as s o ra n ce,
’
c
t t
. .
1
Rig i 5 v 8 ’
4 z V
10 d id d 1i 08 Q 2, d by D G ‘
b i
en a
’
x x 1 uo e e u erna s
f Z l g M yt t l bl w o k I ml g ly i d bt
. .
. .
, , ,
h l gy ii o who i d
‘ ’
oo o o o se n v a ua e r a ar e n e e
t t
.
.
,
in h is ch a p er .
THE WOLF . 14 1
,
h e s a me time th a t a lwa ys a ttra ctive love of
,
h of fi s h , ,
roo ts of s tones — ,
-
.
the love th a t c a n ta me a ll
crea tures ? Is it t h e s unbe a m th a t defines t
,
o the s tronges t
As it is s a id in the V olu s p a
t t
E a s w a rd in h e I ron w ood
it
-
Th ld e o tth on e s e
A d t bigt h f t
,
h
n he re r n e or
i f ll k i d d
’
F e nr r s e n re
Oft t i t
ight
.
h h m
es e one , e es ,
Th e mo d o e on s
’
ev u r r,
In fo mmo t
r fi d like s en -
tt bl d
,
A nd fille d w i h h e life -
oo
t
O f h e d ea d d t
an h d yi g e n
t dd y g
,
Red d e n s w i h ru ore
Th e sea s o tf t
h high g d e o s .
, .
testi fy t hat
,
h a rva V ed a
’
,
h e wild ,
a re still kept a t
.
h e C a ly
d on ia n Boa r a re enough to s how th a t it w a s th rough it
,
, , s
,
he
1 Zoolog . 11. 7
. Tru bn er 81 Co .
THE B E A R . 14
5
It is clea r t
.
a n specie s
'
t t
,
y o u T
’
h e o ld legend f o u nd pl a ce in the he a rt o f a p a r
t
.
l s —
icu la r y repre s ent a tive A meric a n a l o Theodo re P a rker ,
— s R u s si a n n a me m erit
/ yeti
honey ea ter h a d proba bly something to do with it
, ,
‘
— -
’
s
d ainty ta ste for roses a nd its a dmira tion for fem a le bea uty
I n h is compa r a tive trea tmen t
,
as told in m a ny m yth s of
the mythology of t h e Be a r D e Gu be rn a t
.
is 1
mentions the
,
u
p wh a tever he h a s a home without hi s k n o w ledge ;
the twins Iva n a n d M a ri a born during h is a b s ence a re
, , ,
—
thus doomed a re c oncea led but discovered by the bea r , ,
ever the bea r penetra tes ; but the sp rea d out towe l
,
-
,
h e inh a bit a nts until Iva n a n d Helen a
a lone rem a in a fter the two in v a riou s w a ys try to esca pe ,
11
ios a to e s c a pe the pers ecutions of h e r
, ,
at
, ,
1
A fanas
ie f, v 28
1
I bid v 27
t
.
, .
. .
3
ii 6 (De Guberna is, ii
. .
14 8 D E AI ON O F SE R P E N TS
Fig . 11 .
—$1
9a
1 s Dm
a on o r Sa a r z u r s'
.
s t
ing ,
h obf,
h orn h a s been a s ce rta in to be c a t a logued
,
he
horn in the a nim a l world th ough sometimes d a ngerou s t
.
, o
,
s retra ctile a n d
o h a l a ntiquity
. Th e a ccomp a nying A meric a n fig u re (12 )
is from a photogr a ph s ent me by the P re s ident of V a n
Fig . 12 .
—AM ERI C AN l n nu u D t
a n on .
mind .
CH A P TE R VI .
E N EM IES .
Arya s , D a s y u s , N a ga s Ya kkh os Ly c ia s E
— — n — hiop ia n s — H ir pit
n i
t —
P oli es Sos po is i l — W r
e e w o —
l es G
v o h-
s a nd S c y hi t
a n s — Gia n s t t
a n d D w ar fs — B e rs e rkers — —
Bri ons Icela n d — t
M m i a cs — Gog a n d
M a gog.
Th e n a me of the D evi l a t
.
,
M oz a mbique is M uzungu M a ya
or Wicked Whi t
,
o n vi s iting M oz a m y ye a rs a go found t h a t ,
s ir
. V e ry gl a d s e e you D a mn your eye s
. Joh a nn a ma n .
he centre of La n ka on the de
light
, ,
ga rden h e principa l
t
,
t ha t gr ea t co ngreg a tion he ir
hea ds hove ring in t
,
L o rd we con fe r on t
.
to u s Th e v a n q ui s her th ereupon
.
’
( to e s ca pe the c on fl a g r a ion
) he re s tor e d it to i s former
,
pos ition 1
.
’
s ,
M h w o (T o t 6
1
) pp
‘
a a 3 ans u rn u ,
.
, .
SE R RE N T M E N . 1 53
,
the ga rden
o f (the prince) Jeto ob s ervi n g th a t on a ccount of a di s puted
-
i n a ga M a h od a ro
a n d a s imil a r C h a lod a ro a m a tern a l uncle a n d n ephew a
conflict w a s a t
, ,
,
of comp a ss ion to the n a g a s visited N a ga d ipo , .
s t a te of pi ety
’
At
.
—
deities of Indi a who spoken
gl a d to become
a re of as if
meni a ls of the n e w religion Bu t
,
A u gu s tine I was . .
in their forehe a d s 1
.
’
it is m a inly a s .
1 H d ly it t wit i 8 1 ’
h D C C hip
'
iii Dd
‘
S
er . xx x . ar con s s en e zv .
, xv . . s, 11.
1 56 P OL I TE S .
he ,
1
a riu s work on Th e Im a ge s of the ’ ‘
rive r C ae c in u s .
It
, ,
T t i of Spi itby J h B m tG tL do 7 5
’
1
rea se r s, o n ea u on , en .
, on n, 1 0 .
S O SI P O L I S . 1 57
her
breas t a n d sa id th a t sh e h a d been a dmonished in a d re a m
,
Fig
. 13 . AN D RO M AN GEN " .
. h e E le a n s
decora ted with s t a rs a nd holding the cornucopi a ; by the
It is n ot
,
he E ngli s h a n d
F lemi s h p e ople of h is d a y The s e Were wolves he s a ys
’
-
.
, ,
to their ow n ,
— , he
Rh ine sitting up a ll night in a pp rehen s ion rel a ted to me
, ,
, ,
Thu s S h a kspe re
1 60 G O THS A N D S C YTHI AJVS .
he
keyhole s a t
,
d ybre k
a a s a ying T h e bell s a re c a lling in
‘
E ngl a nd 1 ’
.
1
Lo Tim J
n d on
‘
e s,
’
une 1 1, 18 77.
1
Wu t
t
k V lk b
e, o sa e rgla u b e,
’
4 02 Pli y (i 6) y
n v 1 sa s b
Al ion insula sic
t b lb mpib it Th i t mt
. .
d ic a a a
'
w h itliff i t bl b ti A 16 d E lf t
.
it might d t
t t b t t
,
h gg a v e su es e h i E gli h d m
e no on a ou n s e on s. Hein e id en ifi
es
the W hit I l d e s an ,
’
or Pl t lm f C t i
’
u o s reat l f lk l o on ne n a o ore, as Engla nd .
GI AN TS AN D D WA R FS 161
ch a ra cte r a s cribed to t
,
‘ ’ ’
he
a n d n a tura l to t
,
M ythology .
,
‘
,
‘
VO L I . . L
162 B E R SE R K E R S .
will dwell in it .
’
S w it
.
a blow , ,
be a rs ) Bu t
. the succes s ors of Odin did not preserve h is
occult power S v e gd ir for inst a nce s a w a l a rge stone
a n d a dw a r f a t
.
, ,
Hugh M iller,
the whole of B rit a in w a s peopled by gia nt s
gi a nts who must be rega rded a s the true a borigi nes of the
country if indeed t
,
on which a
1 ’
S cenes and Legen d s , p . 13 .
I CE LA N D . 16
5
y e , ,
h a ving come out of the v a lley a lun a tic bec a use she h a d
not utte red the spel l of three sentences They a lso told .
the
time when the D ruids we re giving St
,
C olumb a s o mu c h .
h e D a nes which
a ll u d e to their diminutive s ize
t
Th e ga lla n Ha ra ld in h e fi eld t
t
Be w e e n h is legs le td
s rop h is s h ield ,
t y
I n o a pon h e w a s ch an ged , 81s .
1
Dr . J m B ow
a es r
’
ne s His ty f t
or h Highl
o e an d s,
’
p . 1 13.
1 66 M I M A CS .
tmpt
e idea of their Icel a ndic enemies a s the following
u ou s ,
out
in the sh a pe of a wh a le A n d when he ca me ne a r to the
l a nd he went to t
.
,
h e mount a ins a n d hills full of
l a nd serpents some grea t some sm a ll When he ca me to
-
, ,
.
1 No th Am i R iw J r y 18 7e r ca n ev e ,
’
a nua r 1.
1 68 GOG AN D M A GOG .
b a ck by contra ry winds .
raet rn a t
,
Beh ld I m g i t
o a th ee O Gog a a ns , ,
P i ce of R h of M sh ch
r n os d of T b u l e e an u
n h u rn ee a h ee an av u s x
t t t t p t
,
A d I w ill ca
n h o c om f
u se
p o m h e o
ee
r h e u r n ar s ,
A d will b ri g t
n h ee po t he m
n o ti f I l u n u n a ns o sra e
A d I w ill m
n it t h y bow o t
s of t h y l ft
e ha d u e n
An d will ca e t t
o f ll f omt h y igh t
,
hi e ow
us n h
a rr d s a r r an
T ho h lt f ll po t ti of I l
.
u s a he m oa u n un a ns s ra e
T ho d ll t
,
u an h y ba d s
a n .
1
h e p rediction
of my L ord s h a ll come to be fulfilled he will re duce the ,
w a ll to du st .
’
1
E zek ie l xxxix.
THE I M P R I S ON E D GI A N TS . 16
9
T h o h lt ce d a d ome lik
u s a as n to m n c e a s r
T ho s h lt c lo d to co e t
,
ube lik a he l d
e a u v r an
T ho d ll t
,
u anh y ba d a n s,
A d m y p ople wit
n an h t hee
e
a n d in t h e Ko ra n Gog a n d M a gog sh a ll h a ve a p a ss a ge
open for t
,
h Gog a n d M a gog to , ,
a y n e s of C a s py e th a t
‘
w e n e the m . a yn e s
he m a y ns of S ythe The re
King A lis a n d re ch a c e d e h e mbe t ou n t
.
w e n e the m a y n es a n d
h orgh e wo rk o f h is
men Bu t when he sa u gh e t h a t h e mi ght not doon it n e
bringe it to a n ende he preyed to God of N a tu re t
.
,
, h a t he ,
o ben he rd
he m a yn es to gy d re : s o
BA R R E N N ESS .
I nd ian f mi e
a n an d S un -
spot
s — Su n -
w orsh p i —D emo of n t
h D e e s er t
— y
Th e Sph in x E g p ia n plagu es d es c r t e s us Locu s s , ibe d by L p i t
— —
Hu rrica ne, Flood , M ice, Flies Th e Sh e ikh s rid e A a d d on
’
b
Se —tT yp h on — Th e C a in w in d — S e h— M ira ge — Th e D e s er E d en t t
—Aza zel— Ta w is ca ra a nd he W ild R os e t .
he
me a n s of des troying enemies a n d di s tributing rich es l
.
’
ri in whos e fe a rful sh a pe
a n a rt ifi ce r for t
, ,
a s we h a ve s een ,
h e god s s imil a r to
V ulc a n ; he w a s howeve r fa ther of a t h ree hea ded mon ster -
1
Rig V d-
e 75 5 (W il
a, x
v. ) 1 , I b i
d i 133 6
son .
1
.
, .
, .
1 72 S U P E R S TI TI ON A N D M A CHI N E R K
he
fa mine fo rce s th a t do exi s t
-
We h a ve simil a rly covered
.
c rime
N othing ca n a dva nce a rt
.
he r
s oci a l a n d eccle s i a stic a l forms constituted with re fere n ce
t
,
he
’
- - -
.
But
,
t
h a ppy a n d educ a te every inh a bita nt as th a t every idol a
, ,
ua
o be greeted
s va ri a tions of splen
,
s a ppea ra nc e is ra re the .
supers tition inherited from regions w here the sun is equ a lly
a desol a t ion w a s strong enough to blot ou t it s glory in the
h e a bode of the
d a mn ed Th e specul a tion may now a ppea r only curiou s
?
,
—
two extremes the S u n wo rs h ip of Turner the Su n ho rror -
,
-
h to thou s a n d s , .
1
Th N i t t
‘
e h C ty N mb 8 77 A t
ne e e n il
en u r S Sp t d
’
ove er 1 r ce :
‘
un - o s an
by N m L ky d W W H t
, .
F m i
’
a nes , or an oc e r an u n er.
A I q iy i t h N t
t
. .
1
d Pl f H ll by Tobi Swi d M A
’
n n u r n o e a u re an a ce o e as n en,
l t R t ti K t1727
, . .
,
a e o of C
ec r ux on - n - en . .
1 74 D EM ON O F THE D E SE R T .
the mos t exten s ive a ppli a nce s for propiti a tion The pre
pondera nt number of fa t
.
in .
, ,
good pa rt h a ve been d ue t
, , ,
,
o the le s s on t a ug h t them by the
o s tudy them
,
ti
or ou s bridegroom thou a rt her m a ngled victim sca ttered
on the precipices as a sl a ve fo u nd trea cherous recre a n t
,
, , ,
ought to be a nd m u st 1 ’
On the ve rge of t
, .
le a st I must describe
, , .
, he
tombs whe re they were bu s y tha t t hey might s e e thi s
, ,
C lyl P td P 1 t2
ar e, as an resen , 1. .
HOS TS OF THE C OM E T . 1 77
. h a t a s torm of ra in in the
dese rt h a d knocked down a n d destroyed the l ast of them .
,
he
neighbou ring sa nd hills s o th at sca rcely a nything is to be
-
,
h e comet whic h
we h a ve observed for twelve d a ys in the Sout h we s t a n d -
,
. oo s o s eldo m , ,
seen in the north has l a tely been visible for seve ra l nights
,
in su ccess ion .
’
w o mount a in
,
,
r ,
—
sketches shi ts a n instruments y es even ou r leve rs a nd
d ,
the d a rk foa ming mud ocea n Beside s thi s ours elves wet
-
.
,
my foot .
THE SHE I K H S R I D E
’
1 80 .
. with ,
,
h e corp s e bo rne rou nd
the ba nquet ere he p a ss es to p a ra d is e So thought they
,
.
L e wi ns m a y a g a in be our witne ss
Th e S h eikh of t
.
,
hers , ,
h their fa c e s down ,
the next ; over this living c a rpet the s heikh rides on his
hors e w hich is led on ea ch s ide by a n a ttend a nt in order
, ,
bei n g ,
h e S ik r in which
‘ ’
,
-
l a st ,
-
h e wilder
ness a n d set up for worship a n a n t
,
hropomorphic S uprem e
Will a nd sought their promi s ed milk a n d honey in this
,
Why h ow lest
.
hea rd s a y ,
thou to me ? Go forwa rd .
’
he
Gre a t D esert to a s e a the solution will be complet e a nd
the Sphinx ma y c ast hersel f into it
, ,
’
-
s -
,
1 82 A B AD D ON .
’
. he
letter W signi fying W a r With th a t modern bit of a ncient
, .
’
E gypt in my memory I find the old L ocu st mythology ,
-
su ffi ciently impressive .
. h e descent
of the L ocust demon to unlock the pit th a t his swa rm s
-
—
king A b a ddon in Greek A pollyon D es troyer h a s ha d —
a n evolution from being the a ngel of the t
, , ,
w o (ra bbinic a l)
divisions of Ha des t o the succe ss ive C hie fs of S a ra ce n ic
SetIt is s a id (Gen iv A n d to S e t
,
. . h to him a lso
.
‘
,
he
conflict between the N ile a a t
,
— w a s throug h
Typho Th e n a me S et
, ,
he
‘ ’ ‘
World N ot
,
th a t Se t
.
, ,
—
Typhoeu s s on of Ta rt a rus fa ther of Winds a n d Ha rpies ,
whom M oses li fted the bra sen serpent for t h e wors hip of
Isra el I h a ve o ften s een sn a kes hung up by neg roes in
.
a n d th a t he c a n enjoy h is hum a n
, y d a ys h o C a in ,
-
’
,
h e s cent there w as like the scent o f the g a rden
of E d en Th e du s t h a d so surrounded this p a l a ce tha t
’
.
he
mill inste a d of whea t but it profited u s nothing A mid , .
’
, , o a m a n s ion ,
he
e a rth a n d thou k n owest n ot th e d a y of thy D e a t h ’
.
,
s e e ! Ki n g Solomon is come t
, ,
sides so pl a inly at
’
work in the levitica l custom ; but it is
p a rticul a rly i n teresting to observe th a t the sa me a nim a l
should be u sed as o fferings to the a ntagonistic deities I n .
A venging Power of R a he
’
.
a e n s ic s it
e 20l , /res ) These brothers fought .
,
-
he
blood gu s h ing from him turned t o flin t
.
,
stones Th e victor -
.
,
) destroyed
-
a monster
, frog which
swa llowed a ll the wa ters a n d guided the torrents into
,
’
.
,
T
O BS A C ES L .
les e Lege nd s — R oc k O rd ea l — S cl a a n d C h a ry bd s
i — S co is h
G ian s — t t
P on ifex— D e vil s Brid ges —Le géan Yéous
’
t .
powerles s .
ALP I N E P E A SA N TS .
t t
,
To s oun d he scien ce of h ky e s .
s ea rc h ed t
h e region rou nd
An d in low bu t
my m on arc h fou nd
He w a s n o ea gle , a n d n o ear l
A la s my fo u n dlin g w a s a ch u rl,
Wih th tf t d y f b g
ea r o ca an e es o u
ll i t
,
Du i m f h i pip d mg
v c o s e an u .
1
more .
’
stra nge to reflect th a t h a rdly a n even
ing pa sses in Londo n or P a ris but on e of those cott a ges
is p a inted for t h e better a musement of the fa ir a n d idle ,
fully t
,
1
E mu so n s
’
Poems . Monadnoc .
’ 1
Mod ern P ain tP t
Vers,
’
ar . 19 .
HOL Y AN D U N H OL Y M O UN TS . 193
c ia t
e d with A ra ra t a nd S in a i beca use to migra ting or ,
t N ot
,
the cultiva ble va lley meets the unconquera ble cre sts of
rock st a nd the two pulpits from which S a t a n a nd a n
,
h e D evil s s ide
’ ’
Bl m t Ho of th B l i A y
1 ’
e s i ou n a n, d ll d h igh pl
use e e ove 18 ca e
‘
a ce n ss
d w o ld b i l d d i t R o d of t he P t
,
ri n h
’
a , an u e nc u e n iii ese curses ec r s as , .
VO L I . .
1 94 M ON TA C N A R D S .
, ,
yp yr d d a n d S C a th a rine
. s H il l By necess a ry ’
.
tru ces the demons a nd dei t ies repa ir gra du a lly to their
respective summits — Seir a n d S in a i hold e a ch their own
, .
But the Holy Hills h ave n ever equ a l led the number of
D a rk M ount a ins dre a ded by m
1
an These obstructive .
1
i. 16.
e r. xii
J
TE N j o s TRI U M P H
'
19 6 -
, ,
bu t
.
tempted by t
,
c in t
c s — they re a ched t
,
h e top a n d enjoyed a m ag nificent ,
view A fter a rest they sta rted on their descen t the worst
.
,
‘
I told you how it would be excla imed the old ma n ,
’
,
, , ,
Te n jo s beh a viou r
’
1 -
.
O r Lif i J p
1 ‘
By J ph o d Elmhirst
u e n a a n.
’
e s n an .
T A I SHA N
’
-
19 7
a re s pect ful
ic of E urope a n
ogre s who a re blood smellers Th a t the significa n ce of
,
-
.
den 1 52 1
, .
Fig . 1 5. —8 1100e D t a n on .
h e homes of
fa iries in Chine s e superstition th a t some connection be
tween the fa ct a nd the rel a tion of E lf to A lp in E urope ’ ‘ ’
198 A F O CA TE OU I L .
of lo n ge v ity .
t
,
1
t t f Elf (Alf) i t t
Ano her d eriva ion itwit
h S k it
o A lp lit
t
l s o conn ec ans r a e ;
h Lit
z
so t
h tth El
a t
e tl F lk P f
ves are B l f f M e gg t e o ro essor us ae o osc ow su
e/ it p t S
es s
t with t
.
connec i onh G k Ag pp 6 d
ree 3 s e, a s ec re. ee 1 0n an 22
B i t p 85
e . . .
1
r n on , . . I bid p 66 1
.
, . 1 .
2 00 HE I M O .
on
the th a wing ice split the rock s which then rolled down ,
stop the buildi n g of the mon as tery ; but Heimo a tta cke d
the dra gon killed him a n d cut out his tongue With
, , .
ne a r the mon a stery The stone c oflin in which the giga ntic
.
eight feet .
Pera where the holy well is rea ched through a n a rrow slit
, .
1
0d . xii. 73 ; 235, &c .
1
London D a ily Telegrapfi Correspond en ce .
2 02 A THU RI N GI AN SC I LLA ’
.
the roa d to Oberho f sta nds the R ed S tone with its ros e
, ,
,
honest people ! A s he
then w a lked off a wa iling voice c a me out of the stone
Oh h a dst t
, ,
yea r de a d a n d t
, ,
he
s a nctity of the title P on t
,
if ex Th e torrent th a t ro a red
t
.
I n C eylon t
,
h e O ppositio n o ffere d by de
mons t o bridge buildi ng a n d of the s a crifices which h a d to
-
be m a de t
,
t
-
he
s tones could be pl aced properly Th e goddess a ddressed
sa id s he would not require their lives but t
.
h a t the number ,
‘
I f bridge s a re not pl a ced in proper positions s uch as ,
ea merch a nt c a s t
’
- -
he -
a wa y .
1 ‘
Rig Ved a, ii
-
’
. 15, 5 . W ilson . 1854 .
D E VI L S B R I D
’
GE S . 19 5
,
R a ti s bon Th e legend .
o re s cue the
rocks into the river bed from the cli ffs ; the holy w a rriors
-
-
a cert a in point in the
a nother it
might be obstruct
,
S ea ,
terrible t o foreigners Bu t this is n ot
.
’
s o certa in .
-
y ,
o cle a r
h e ground . he ,
a g a in a n d a ll a re h a ppy t
.
1
Du mons t
e q im rttt yé il tit
u
’
a vai
p l q an ti il é
en nut it p
’
n e a us u es on a ou r
j mi éd it il it t t
,
a s r u Il
nu s p l
en ce.f m d gé n ava
’
D ej é p i us or e e an en ar e
t
a
td d d m lémt itq i i t
. .
t
a
i
an c oh j i
’
é d p
a v a s cess i l é it p l
e l id b i
ass e r, t
fi t n l
’
a it us a ; en on n e e verra
t
p
l usd t
u t Jou m i i
e h j
e sen a s s
q l l i p d e ure ux t m ue e vou us u ar onn er, e
tl i d i j td mi t tj
p e
t t t tt
.
,
ou rn an l i
v ers — A p u z re sen u s - e, u or ras ons es ours e ous es
it t t t tt i ti
,
nu q
s s an s j d é ue g eL m
e i ran e.
p i q i é i e a uva s es
j r u a en o es va n cu ,
t
e
l id f d de en s i J
e re ven r. i d é li é t e f c t
'
ad
en a i t il a q lvr en e or a n e ven r u e
t
u ue
q ue ch oseq l f
; d t
ueé p g a ou re
q l ig
’
t it l ge
a r ne e l Il m ue a ne e e so e re e
se mbl p a l l gd l
asser, e p m
on t mm g d
e
’
esca r e
pi d en e ig co e un ran s ou r e r s na
t t t t t
,
d i d l h C f l e d i
’
i on q iu p se er a ns es d i f i q j
a u eu rs. l e u a ern re os ue e e n en a s.
e t j l
e ne i j m
’
i
a a t q il t
a s revu a u rem i t t u
’ ’
n es a n enan .
’
N A TU R E A N D A R T! 2 09
conversa nt with
Be a uty enters t
,
received in t
,
type of n a ture
Th e boyh ood of t h e world ha s n ot
.
V enice
to the circle of snow which crowns the A dri a tic a n d
then t o the buildings which cont a in the works of Ti t
,
ia n
a n d Tin t ore t he h a s felt un a ble to a nsw er the q u estio n
— the n a ture or t
,
,
he
mount a in a n d ca lli n g its rocky gra ndeurs by the devil s ’
-
, o p a ss their S u nd a ys a mid n a tura l
-
h e s tony
eyes of Fa t e s a n d F u ries N a tura l su blimiti es c a nnot
.
VO L I . .
0
2 10
C H A P TE R I X .
I LL U S I O N .
Ma y a N tal T h e i
a ur rea c r es M is lea d ers Gla mo ur Lorelei
C hi M m id —
ne s eT mt io —
er Sw
a M id — P ig o ra n s for a ns an a en s e n
—
M id e s Th e Se l ki
a n— y T f l ee— Gohlit J p
N d it— a -
s n u eu e s see -
a a
n e Si ees— i
D opp g C e V
r n — b g— God i — W ill o W i p
r n av e nus er va -
’
-
s
Holy F
-
l i — T h Fo k M m
ra u e n — The W tM e rs a en er an a e r- an
—
fa i r a nim a l form s p rototypes of the cre a tion over which
she h a s dominion Th e youth ful yet serious bea uty of h e r
.
w it
,
,
212 N A TU R A L TR E A C HE R I E S .
, ,
o s e e h a s h a d a c ontrolli ng ,
stimul a nt s to sel f Co nt
.
,
trus t of a ppe a ra n ce s .
—
present n a me Bah r Sheita n or D evil s Wa ter Th e ,
’
.
‘
Will 0 wi s p which a ppe a red to promi s e the night w a n
’
,
’
-
M I SL E A D E R S 1 13
s fat
,
u us
h e pri m i
tive observer as a lia ses to a m agistra te The thing tha t
see med to be fire or wa ter but
.
-
riped ca ts to th a t innoc ent insect -
cry of a n im a ls ; t
, ,
‘
sometimes tra nsfor m s (him s el f) i n to a swa mp & c lea ds , .
,
kills him 1 ’
on s a ccount Te r ’
res t t
. .
, , , ,
,
he m ius a n d a s , ,
1
d Vo M t T l i B il p 24 3 ’
V Spi i ‘ ’
on x an n ar n s ra ve s n raz , . .
2 14 GLA M O U R .
ré n
, where is N u m ‘ ’
s a id He is ”a r e
, .
. housa nd ,
wonder a t
, ,
1 ‘
A na tmy o of M elanchol y .
’
tt t
Fif ee n h Ed i ion, p 124 . .
1 ‘
Les D ieux en Ex ile .
’
Heinrich He ine R ev ue (les D eux M on d es,
.
A pril, 18 53.
2 16 CHI N E SE M E R M A I D .
ra n s fi u re d in the
g
s ilve ry w a ve s must h a ve gone forth from prie s ts a n d a nxiou s
mo t
,
, ,
—
p rices for them since they a re her fe a thers a nd her swa n
hood without which she must rem a in for ever c a ptive of
,
He bega n t
-
, .
fouled his wa ter ; to which she rep lied th a t both the pine
tre e a n d t h e wel l were m a de by t h e C re a tor for th e use of
a ll
. Th e fa rmer entered into conve rsa tion with her a nd ,
ou t
,
1
De nn y
s .
1
Blee k, I lottt
t F bl
en o a es ,
’
p 58 . .
2 18 —
S WA N M A I D E N S
t
h e a ir in their flight a n d hou s e them s elves in on e gre a t
bl a ck fiend A s we go E a s t the po rt
,
?
ra it of the Swa n
m a iden becomes le s s d a rk a n d She is not as s oci a ted with ,
ba h a who a t
,
a h a gi a n d as s h e , ,
w he n ,
-
h e ch a ra cter of
a N eme s i s in a Sibe ri a n myth told by M r B a ring Gould
‘
-
. .
her ,
t
, ,
rejoicing
?
a re a p t
, , ,
t
W a i for us , M a mmy, w e a re c o mi g t
noo
Here s Alice W illie ca n
’ ’
t
k eep u p w i h ty ou l
t t mi t t
,
M am my, s op j u s for a
— w n u e or o
At l t w m twh t
as h h ill
e ca e o ere e
Sl p tigh t
o es s ra d w t th b h o n o e eac
A d t td ll b t t
,
h
n w e re hl ill
e s oo a re a es s , s
F t li gi g
as c h t h
n n ea c o ea c
it
t t
.
W w he sa i g p er s n u on a s on e,
P t i gt
t h lit
u t
l l ki
n e e s ea -
s n on .
O Ma mmy ! Mammy !
She neve r s a id good by D e, a dd y
t t
,
Sh e d d n
ki h i ’
ss u s ree
Sh j t
e p tt
h littl
us l u e e s ea -
s kin on
A d lipt
i tt
n h s! n o e s ea
To im agine t
. .
ight a t
.
,
it
.
t
h l
e a st to a dopt them an d though M r Herbert Spe n c e r .
were a t
, ,
im e s
c a lled D evil s A lt a r a n d sometimes it is s aid a fire is seen
’
,
’
— o
, ,
hey will s et
.
b a ck a nd a ll di sa ppe a red wi t
,
,
h the c ry Lost a ga in for ‘
—
b u rs t into fl a me s ; then he looked behind a blow felled
him— a n d he s eem s to h a ve only lived long enough to tell
thi s s to ry Th e youth of K Ope rn ick a re wa rned to steel
t
.
o be religiously retrospective
it rel a ps es a t
, ,
—
bei ng elf being from the s a me word mea n ing white ;
s ,
Th e S wan an d t
, ,
ion seems
1
to be rela te d t
.
a ll the children of A d a m ‘
o
-
.
wisps a re believed t
.
,
it
.
ra n s fer ,
ty t y
C hild re n d ea r, w a s i e s e rd a
(C a llt tt
ye on c e ) h a s ht y
e w en a w a ?
O h
nce s tw it h y d m
e sa e ou a n e,
O d g ld t
n a re h i t h h o tf th rone n e ea r o e sea ,
A d th y
n g t te h k
ou n es s a e on er n ee.
Sh e co mb d itb igh t
’
h i s d h td d it
r w ll
a r an s e en e e
t t
, ,
W he n d w d fl b ll
'
ow g h
n s fun h f e s ou n o e ar - o e
igh d h l k d p t t
.
Sh e s
’
, s h e g h
oo h l
’
g u rou e c ear reen sea ;
v or . 1.
P
THE HA TE R M A V
'
2 26 -
l .
S he sa id I m t
go us for my k in s fo lk ra
p y
h lit
I t t t t—d
,
n e h le gr e y c h u rc h on e s h ore o a y
im i t
T ill b E t t
.
’
w h w e as e r -
e n e orl d -
ah me
A n d I lose my poo r so u l, M er m an, h e re w i h h e e tt ’
tt t
.
I sa id , Go u p, d ea r h ea r h h
r ou gh e w a v es ,
t k tt
,
Sa y h y pra er y a n d co mb e ac h ki d o e n se a ca v es-
’
’
m
S h e s il d, s h e w en tp t
h o
u r u gh t
h f t
h b e su r in e av
td y
.
Ch ild re n d w ,
w ityas e s er a
?
P e rh a ps w e s hould fi n d t
h e a nt ec e den ts of th i s M e rm a n s
’
ig s D a u gh te r w h o
’ ’
in Goethe s ve rsion s o u g h t t
, ,
h e w in so me M a y in chu rch
’
t hit
, ,
he r riding as a ga y kn igh t o n
110 154: of t
h w t
e a er c le a r,
Th ey w en tf omt he h h wit
r h t h b id l t ai c u rc e r a r n,
T hey da n ed i gl d t
c h y d ce d f ll f i
n ee , an e an u a n
Th e y d ced t h md ow t
an o t
h lt sea t d
e n e sa -
s ra n
A d t h y l ftt
h ems t
a di g t
,
n e e h e h d i ha d n n er , an n n .
N ow w a it t
he lo e w it h m t d f
h t
y ee e,
s o v s ree ,
A d t m ies t ba k I ll b i g fo t
,
' ’
n e nn h r r n r ee
tt t hitw h it
.
A n d w h en hh yp e d a s s ed o e w e, e sa n
m ili g tt
,
Th hipe s s cah l d e sa n on o e an
B t wh
u t
h y w en t i t h me id tf th d
e re ou n e s o e s ou n
tth y ll i t
,
D w w o n h d pp f
en d
e a n e ee ro ou n
L g l g t
on h hon wh t
onh wi d w h igh
e s ore, en e n s e re
Th y h d f mt h w t t
, ,
h mid
’
e ea r ro y e a e rs e a en s c r .
I d yg d m l
re e b t l a se s , as es ca n
T d t
rea t
h d now it
h t h W tM e a n ce e a er o
an
th e E rl ki n g p romise d in Goet
.
-
he s ba lla d ,
'
t
W ilth ou o
g , bon n y boy ? w il t
th ou go w i h tm e ?
M y d a u gh t ers s ha ll w a i on tt h d i tily ; e a n
M y da ugh t e rs a r ou n d t
h i d h ll
e p n a n ce s a s w ee
k t d ki t d i gt tl
,
I mg l le np d ow n tt
oh h t: v a r
io ns o f
object s in t us t
,
h e up pe r w o rld or a ir m ha v e be e n s ou rce s
o f da n ge r ; t h er e a re m a n y ta les of t
,
h e ir be in g s o be gu ile d
to d es t ru ction Thes e things w ere be lie ve d trea su res o f
the lit tle folk who live u n d er w a ter a n d w o u ld n ot
.
pa r t
w it h the mex ce pt en th al la ke t
,
on p a y m en t I n Bl u m
’
.is ,
n ea rs
he sa m e la ke va l u a bl e
e in ch e n
he
’
y yea rs a go D r .
hey
feed on pu re gold (as m a ny a pe a s a nt ne a r Lyons decl a res
o f the l a uret s sold d a ily i n the m a rket ) it w ill h a rdly be ,
1
The M irror, April 7, 1832
‘ ’
.
S U I CI D E . 2 29
s ch a rm s a n d a dism a l
h e grottoes a n d
fa irie s .
h e oint
ment With tha t one eye she n ow s aw the secret a bode
.
.
,
long a fter
they a re known to be the tremblers themselves mi rro red
on a ir Ha ve w e not pries ts in E ngla nd s till fo s te ring the
belie f tha t t
.
h e ph a nta s ms of D elusion of
Winter a nd others a lrea dy de s cribed Y e t
,
h a ve they d is
t in c t
.
,
the ca vern where hide the trea cherou s Pa nis (fog) in V edic
mytholo gy t hey who ste a l a n d hide I n dra s cows ; t
, his is ’
— — h e ground ;
but it w a s the gre a t mid ea rth s e rpent which encircles the
-
is s till domi
ciled securely a mo n g idols of the menta l c a ve .
—
conjectures kob old to be derived The l a tter p a rt of the
word he s upposes to be w a it
.
‘ -
.
is m hi s
d ay In the word s of t
. h e a ncient Hebrew they la y in ,
‘
1
Hild ebrand in G rimms W or erbuch ’
t ’
tt imp i ch pt y f t
.
d l i
e us ons o y e hu f ig
a re e Th y l pi g
ua ru e o ose o n ora n ce. e s ee n
th m l pt
e sa h t igh t
e s ee w p tly a n d w ith m t pp iti ere ar v ex e ons rou s a ar on s ,
an d p t ly f i t
ar d t h i h tf ili g t
a n e h m wh
e r th f ll d w
ea r a n e os oever ere e o n
tit ly k pth t t t t t
,
w as s ra p i p i e w i h s iu b
u W h h
n a i w r son ou ron a rs. e er e re
hi t m gt
,
a w li g w i d
s n ml d i i
n f bi d
or a he op d i g b h
ous n o se o r s a on e s re a n ran c es,
t t t t t
,
or a pl i g f ll f
eas n w i g ai l ly o ibl
a er ru n n n d f v o en or a err e sou n o s ones ca s
i g t h t ld tb t
,
d w o n , or a ru n n n f kippi g b
a cou i g no e s ee n o s n e as s, or a roa r n
i
v o ce f m t g o ild b
os t sa va b d i g h f mt
e w h h ll eas s, or a re oun n ec o ro e o ow
m t i
oun a ns : t
h t hi g md t h mt w
es e f
n f s Th w h l w ld
a e e o s oon or ear e o e or
light t t
.
sh i d w it
ne h l h m ly w
c ear p d h y igh o ve r e on as s rea a ea v n an
f th t ld ft th m b t t
,
img a e o d k whi h h
a ar w d ness i c y w s ou a er ar re ce ve e : u e ere
th y t t h ml m gi t th t
’
e o e h
se ves d k ore r e vous an a ar ness .
2 34 WALP U R GI SN A CH I !
How sa d l y ri e
in co ple e a nd ru d d ,
s s, m t y
m
Th e oon s lon e d is k, w i h i s ela ed glow ,
’
ttb t
t my tt
And ligh s s o d i l , h a , a s one a d v an ces ,
At y teve r p t
s eik on e s r k t e s a roc or ree
L t t J k l t gl ’
e hus e n u se a ac -
o - a n e rn s
’
a n c es
H t t ttd
.
h ! m f i d y ’
o, y ere ! I ll l r en hi ev ne a en a nc e
W hy w t i ly t hy
a s e so va n
p l d ? re s en en ce
B ki d
e ng h t li
e nou
g h t po th tp 1 us u e s ee
T ll m if
e till
e, td i g
we s a re s a n n
O if f t
,
h
’
r ur di g ?
e r w e re a s cen n
All i t i g s h i li g b l d i g
u rn n w r n en n
it
, , ,
T d
rees a n k h g i i gf
roc s w r nn n ac e s ,
W d i g ligh t
an er nth t p i i sm a s n n aze s,
Still i ig d
n crea s np d i
an g ex an n .
‘
I t
could only h ve been a t a co m
a p a ra tively l a te period
o f soci a l development th a t S a ncho s benediction on t
’
he
inventor of s leep could h a ve found genera l respon s e Th e
R e d Indi a n found it
.
his s t
orm s shove the sleeping w a tchm a n It w a s a mo ng .
By a ard T yl
a or s
’
Fa us t W lp
.
’
a urgis - nigh t
.
2 36 N I GH TM A R E .
bu t
,
upon h is he a d ; a n d it w as h is dea th 1
.
’
N ea rly a lwa ys s t
,
o be a pretty wom a n
’
—s ometimes , ,
,
o de s troy hers el f .
o distingu i s h drea m ,
Wit
h n erve s t t
h
u n s rung rou gh fear,
An d fi re a nd fl ame i n all s h e s ee s or fan c ies
Her soul a w ake in s lee p, a s lee p w h en wid e a w . .ke
tion .
1’
a ir
. I f people only knew how few a re ever re a lly wide
a wa ke the s e spiritu a l nightm a res would s oo n re a ch their
,
w o of his ch a ra cte rs he h a d to
-
!
Th e perils of d a rkness a s a mbush of foes hum a n a n d
,
a nim a l co n ce a le r of pit fa ll s
,
misguide r of foot s tep s mis
, ,
re fer us t
,
No th Am i 1
R iw r M h 18 77
er can ev e . a rc .
24 0 THE P R I N CE O F D A RK N E S S .
S kin fa x i, or Shining -
h a rd a fte r her yet t
—
m a n e follow s he
Fo a m of t
,
he
light .
he
more respecta ble b ats ca n now rea d a ccount of the mid
night b rood which now for the most p a rt s leep t ra nquilly
in s uch books as Bu rton s A n a tomy of M el a n choly ? ’ ‘ ’
, ,
a n d de s ert pl a ces ,
,
i a n h is t ra vel s I f one los e h is com
, .
th a t h ad a n especi a l gra ce t
,
o see devils) ; a n d if a m an
it .
’
h which other
visitors d is covered the portents in the air which follow
t
ing h e n a rra tive of Joseph us the a rti st
,
h a d va guely por
t
,
, hat
they were there a nd rem a rk a bly fine .
E dinburgh a book
,
'
on Second S ight in whi ch he rel a ted moi e th a n a hund red
-
in s t a nces of t
,
VO L I . . Q
24 2 SE C ON D SI GH T .
h a l f w a king mind
-
.
-
,
wo
24 4 .
a morga na to s upply
c a nva s a nd pigment to the cu nning a r t ist th a t hid es in
the eye
In a n old t a le the o ften sl a in V a mpyre ba t
.
only re - -
que s t s with p a t
,
ho s th a t h is body ma y be l a id wh e re n o
s unlight but only the moonlight will fa ll on it
, ,
— o n ly th a t !
But
, ,
eye s of fa bl e -
a n d ph a nt as y which c a n m a ke v a mp y re of a sp a rrow or
,
gi a nt out of a windmill .
,
‘
no .
’
ter m i t
,
Gl am or in t
.
c a l n a me for t
, ,
Q u a le per incer t
ml m
a u na s ub luce mliga na
Es t
iti er n s ylvis .
e rrible a n d
gloomy : the Hindu loves to dwell on the milder a nd
quieter a s pects of hum a n li fe
Th e ca t la p s the moonbe a ms in t
.
‘
h e bowl of w a ter
t
,
q uoted :
‘
Th e bewildered he rds m en pl a ce t h e p a ils u n d er the
cows thinking th a t the milk is flowi ng ; the m a iden s a lso
,
d on ,
the s a ga s u pplies a scene ry a s a rch ae ologic a l
a s if the philologists h a d been con s ulted Bright moon .
1 J ‘
l of Phil logy
ou rna i No 1 1 O t o h Wo d Gl m
,
’
ov . dt h L g d. . n e r a ur an e e en
of Gl m by P ofe o Cow ll
a , r ss r e .
24 6 GL AM A N D GR E TTI R .
,
h e moon a n d Gl a m ,
in ,
’ ‘
o
drag
thee unto de a th .
’
a fte r
’
.
,
Gret t
,
he
gre a test ch a nge in tha t he w as become s o fea rsome a ma n
,
.
,
light revea led th a t his feet were only a fe w inche s from the
s olid g rou n d . S uch a re the chie f demon s th a t bind m an
s olid grou n d
( 24 9 )
C H A P TE R X I .
D I SE ASE .
The t
P la gue P h an tyi g A g l — Ah im
om D evil d a n ce s
— — D es
-
ro n n e s r an
i A t
n l gy—S t — S t
s ro o d J b— S t
— Th F t l S
a u rn a an an o e e a a ev en
Y k y — Th S i gh l
a se o P ty K i— M h S h
e n a es e re ra a ee r a a o on
M t L t D i d m G p l —M d — C t
—
oro ooh —u er on tl sea se -
e on s o o u a an a e
de mon in R u s s i a—Bihlweisen— Th e P lo u gh .
A FA M I LIA R fa ble
in the E a st tell s of one w ho met a fea r
fu l ph a ntom which in reply to h is q uestioning a nswered
,
‘
I a m P l a gue : I h a ve come from yon city where ten
thousa nd lie de a d : one thou sa nd were sl a in by me the ,
1
2 Ch i 12 ; 2 Ki g
ron. xv ; M k 6 ; J mn 1 s xx.
4 ; T h ar v. 2 a es v e
C t h follow t iptio by St
. .
holi Ch
a c urc h p s J m of p y
e d holy
rescr n . a es ra er an
2 so D E VI L D A N CE S .
s a f —
the cele ti l r u lers o the sea s ons to the s u n th a t smote
by d a y a nd the moon a t
,
an oi ti g fo t
n nh i k o ly ftmd i l id — f wh i h A d i d w h
r e s c n h p a er e ca a o c sa e en e re
f
erre d itt o tL
h d —h f il d ; £e tm t or io C t l mk t
as h t a e e ex re e un c n. as e a r re ar s a
t w hi h l t t
i t h Q ii l t t t
h V t
. .
h C
e l onc a ve d Pi I X c h
e ec e h i us sa n e u r na ra er an e a
w h il it h p d f t h i pi t f th H ly Spi it
.
can, b ‘
eca use, i e i y
o e or e ns ra on s o e o r n e ver
ttt t f t t
,
ly ffl i h f Th l g l p i f
’
su fli i c en h coun era c e e u v as o e e ver. e e a rose cu ons o
t P li P pl f b y i g t h N w T t m t mm d i f
’
he ec u a r eo e or o e n e e es a en co an n cas e o
ik
s c ly
n ess s u
pp t b l mp l f th a q l
no ah y p i y f th
e exa p t t t e o e e ua oc r s o e ro es an
E l d h d i t ib t d t
h B ib l d i i l ti i 5 d iff t v n e re ve a on n 1 0 eren
t
a e.
g g n an as s r u e e e as a
l g g ;
an ua es d i L d it p
an i h ntf b d
oni t on f i p l i un s es a sec or o e e nce o one o s a n
es t
di t
i rec ons.
1
Lo nd on
‘
Time s,
’
J une 1 1, 1877.
2 52 D E S TR O YI N G AN GE LS .
-
the crea
tion S a ta n is the wa ndering or m a li gn pl a net which leads
.
-
a When the p aris ren
’
.
‘
1
D en t x xv iii 60 1
1 Sa m v 6
m i 14 I n ch p iii 10 t h is evil pi itis s id t
. . . . . .
3
1 Sa xv o h p o a
eed ed xv s r a av e r c
i h ol io of J hno n ur r e n a ev u n e
ch pt
p
h int oral rule w h ich is fully t
,
Jch ovab .
A HRI M AN I N A S TR OL OG Y . 25
3
, .
,
a n d let t
,
a n d th ence fort
,
r —
the pre fecture of the univers e p a sses by L ib a the s a m e ,
,
— , s .
‘
in fortune of a s trology wherei n old C ulpepper a mply
’
Sa t u r n is a n old wo r n ou t
. ,
pl a net we a ry a n d of little
-
es t
, ,
1
Bound esch, 11.
pp 158, 188 For an exhaus t
i tt
ve m tf t h
rea t en o e as ro
t t t M ki d t
. .
and ty
Des in (Longmans,
2 54 SA TUR N .
M ela ne/zoly is ma d e of a ll m
h Im e ors in i b dy re o f
o m a n,
bu t no ma of mel
Im r keep s a n el oly t . He is envious , and
hi m .
’
1
1 Ca ttph
tm t
as ro h F ll f M
e M agn a
hi A C t tM gi
u or e a o on arc e. a ve a o a s
tt d d d f mt
ra es, h E lip
e u ce ft
h S ro M h 9 65 eW ith cp se o e unne , a rc 2 1 2 a ro
b bl C j t f t h D t mi t f t h E ff t By N i k C lp p
.
,
a e i
on ec u re o e e er na on o e ec s. c u e er ,
G tSt d i A t H l gt b t b t
.
en l d P hy
u D n ii s ro an im s an 2 1, 2 2 : e c ra n e e er
d t m t tt t h gi t
. . . . .
.
,
an i b b Ki g
re reason : d b p Ki g
e re h wi d m
ozze n s, a n re e u n : e ve s o
tt
o h Wi e d k w l dg t th mt b t
re, a n k w nod td i g b
e e ld t bo e a no un ef r a ri n e r evea e : e
d p
ee d ttii g I k w t
an h b t
secr e i i t h d k
/ n r, re d th ligl tdw ll t
no lt e ro o s n e ar ness , a n e z e e
w it/ bim L d
z Pit d f T V on d N t
on i B k i t h O ld
r n e or er e a n a / r oo e, n e
B ily d t t
. . .
a h A g li C
, an h ila e n e n orn ,
2 56 SE T A N D THE S E VE N HA THOR S .
—
E gypt follo w ing the belie f in R a the S u n from who s e
eye s a ll ple a s ing things proceeded a n d S et
,
from whose , ,
ll s —
eyes c a me a noxiou things from the ba le fu l light of
Set s eyes were born the S even Ha t
,
, ,
T hey a re s ev en t
h y
e a re s e ve n
t t ty
I n h e d ep h s of ocea n h e are s ev en
t t ty
I n he h eigh s of h e a ven h e a re s e ve n
I thn t mi p l t
e oce a n h y
s rea b n a a a ce e w ere orn
t
-
M l th ya e tf ml t h y e ! a re n o e a e e a re n o
Wi t
h y h ve st hild tb tt
e h ma ve n o c re n a re n o orn o e
R l th y h
u e tg m t e t
h y k t av e n o overn en e n ow n o
P y th y h
ra t
ers e ea r n o
Th y e th y twi
are s e ve n t
h y e a re s ev en c e over e ar e se ven l ’
h i b od y s
A d t
n h ose s ve s ha ll e e et t e o the s ick m
n a a gain ! n v r r u rn n
t
. . . . .
,
1
I idb .
, iii p. . 14 3. The refra in recalls h li e nes of Edgar A P oe .
Th y a re ne i her tm an n or wo man
h b t
e
it
,
Th y e a re n e er ru e nor hu m an,
Th y e are gh ouls !
TE R A P HI M A N D TA R A S CA . 2 57
p a rturition
in Persi a a lso the Seven Wise Women of the sa me country
,
e lli
Th e entra nce of t
.
er aplt
1
,
—
demons such a s those of L a b a n which his d a ughter ,
R a chel stole .
1
The P ahla v i T th b p
ex as een repared by D tJ m pjtA
es ur a as sa, and t
ran
tby H
s la ed ang an d W tT iib es . r ner, 18 72 .
1
C f fig 9
. . .
VO L I . .
2
53 P H YLA c re a ms , TALI SM A N S
e de la ta ra s q ue is s till
’
kept u p C a lmet
,
1
Sedley a n d oth ers however believe
th a t t
.
, , , ,
Hea y
sa s : Go, my so n
Ta ke a w oma s k chief n
’
er
B i d it h y righ t
d t h l ft
t mt
,
n ro ha
un n d, loose i fro h e e and !
ttt
Kn o i w i h k td s e ve n no s o so t
wi ce
r n w it
S p i kl it h b ight
e wi r ne
B i d it d t
n h h d ft
rou nh e ea o e s ick m an
t
,
S i d ow n on h is bed
S prinkle h ol w a y t er ov er hi m
t
.
D a rknes s s h a ll pro ec h im
And M ard u k, eld e s t fH s on o ea ven , s ha ll fi nd h i m a h a ppy
btt
h a i a ion .
’
1
L a rousse s
’
D ic tU niverse l
’
t
. .
1
Records, &c
’
.
,
iii p 14 . . 1 . M a rduk is he C h alda-a n Hercules .
2 60 P RE TR A YA .
h y dw l l i t
t h region ow d t
h overth ro
’
e e f ‘
n e s o sn an e w of
h ir reign over the country i celebr t d t
t t
,
e h new m s a e a e oon
f D yki t
o h month pr ceding inter
a o, e e w
proportion of t
.
1
.
in he ight an d are s o nu m
,
erous th a t a P a li Buddhist boo k
ex horts people not to t h row stones lest they s hould h arm ,
ra ya
h e D emon o f Blood di s e a s e -
.
h e blood are
a ttributed t
,
,
he
mea ns of binding him : he is now supposed to be present
at every dea th bed in t he fo r m of a delighted pigmy on e
-
,
sanc t y of t
it h mb it
e nu my b m k d t h t
er sevenith p d th gh
a e re ar e a as s rea rou
th w ld w it
e or h Ch i ti ity— h h
rs an g ift f th S p t
i i
seven c urc es, se ven s o e r se ven
d it It yt tmi t k ot do t
, ,
i
s ns an i
v r ues . h f h d
s eas i fo
e re ore o s a e r o ox c r n es r su r
i i I t h L d Tim f J 24 875 t h t d i
’
v va s . n e on on w po
es o un e 1 e re as re r e an n
q tt Co h m W ilt t
, ,
un d h p
er e i rescr ons o w a er a s as s n a
Thi w o ly how t
, .
i l wh
su rv va Bigwood t
enat ed tha t th h b w
-
go s d by th e su e er s ere vern e n.
’
1
See p 4 4. .
S I N GHALE SE D E M ON AR CH Y . 26 1
a n d hog
he
Forei gn D emon M orot oo sa id to h a ve come from the
’
,
-
hs of the ch a rms u sed in restra ining the dis
e ase demons of Ceylon of w hich I h a ve mentioned but a
-
,
be bes t unders tood by the sta tement of the lea rned w rite r
from whom the s e fa cts a re q uoted th a t excepting t he , ,
‘
he
e a rt h ; h a d they been wi s e enough to pl a ce the de a d w here
n ature would give them speedy resurrection a n d li fe in
gra ss a nd flowers it would not h a ve been fu rther reco rded
,
1
J o C ylo R A
‘
u r. 1865 6 6
e n . .
-
.
B LAKE S P I A G U E
’
2 64 .
ses sion ’
Thi s w a s in pursu a nce of a ncient belie fs .
it m
, , ,
t
. . . .
L ec . on L
a ngua e,
g
’
i 4 35
. .
L U THE R 01V D I S E A SE S . 2 65
(fig . now p
a nd a ssing in the Va tic a n for a S a t a n ,
tell s u s a re a ll a round us a n d a re
at
, ,
, s a nd , ,
‘
he who is like a cow believed to strike oxen with sud
,
’
—
den illness sometimes men a l s o
, .
W e hav e gon e a r ou n d t
h fi e eld ,
W e hav e ca lled Ze go t
y
t
.
O h ou , b Z g y our ra v e e or
t
t
,
S l
a v e ou r ca e,
I t
nh fi ld d b y d t
e h fi ld
e an e on e e
I t td b y d t t
,
nh f e h f
ore s an e on e ores
U d t h b igh t
,
n m er e r oon,
U d tnh d er e re s u n,
F mthro p i w lf e ra a c ou s o ,
2 68 THE P L O U GH
fell
.
, he
people tried to seize th em they ra n a wa y cutting fru it ,
, hen a pproa ch
them Th e demons h a ve a n a tura l horror of hone s t work
.
,
he ga rl a nd of
V enus ; s o she recovered h ea lth a nd b ea uty .
C H A P TE R X I I .
DEA TH .
Th e Vend e t
t a
on t
h P e ale Hors e — Ka li—W a r god s — S a
-
t an as D ea t—
h D ea h t
Hercu les C hris t a n d D ea h — t Hel — t
S al — Azra el— D ea h t and
t h—D ea t
—D an ce of D ea t
, ,
h C bb l
e o er h as Fac, a nd as Friend .
Th e re fo re e ve ry de a th must be a ven ge d Th e A ct a s of .
killed him I t 1
is a p rogre s s from th is w hen p ri m itive
ma n a d va nces t o the belie f th a t t
.
h e fa ta l s o rcerer is a n
i v i s ible ma n a demon When t h i s doctrine is t a ught in
n —
t
.
b ar ba ri a n .
ives of N e w
S outh W a le s
Wh ile a t N a u im a I consta ntly sa w one of these n a med ,
h e Bible folded h is
h a nds a n d s a t
, ,
,
with his eyes fixed a bs tra ctedly on his
fire I b a de h im good morning which he a cknow
.
‘ ’
,
wh a t
h a d her de a th to do with the s pe a rs being s tuck a round
so Bog a n bl a ck fellow killed her -
w as the fierce an d
gloomy reply Killed by a Boga n bl a ck ! I excla imed :
.
’
‘
why your mother ha s been dying a fortnight a n d D r
, , .
he
power of demons over hum a n he a lth a nd li fe M ight h e
n ot
.
a n d de a lt wi t
, , ,
ors
,
ne a r fi re s to be melted or dried up in full ,
h a t country
the figure is copi ed sa ys of it ,
Th e ston e known a s
l z Ch ron . xxxiii. 6
.
TE O YA O M I Q U I . 2 73
perso n ages a n d th a t it is
'
Fig . r7. - mq m
Ts ov a o .
t
h ee
r go d s— Huitzi lopoc htli the god of war ; Teoya omi
qui h is w i fe ; a n d M ict la n t
e uc t It
,
h ’
d ea t
h s he a d s fo r a centra l orn a me n t A t
,
’
the botto mof
t
.
VO L I
. . S
2 74 DEM ON OF S E R P E N TS .
o f M exic a n idol s ,
a n d fou r tu s k s project j ust a bove it .
la n
t e u ct li (Lord o f the La nd of the D e a d ) the god o f hell
which w a s a pl a ce of utter a nd e t
, ,
e ra n a l d a rkne s s Pro .
, ,
a n d l a ment a tions
’
M other of t
.
is K a li . h e id e a
tha t there is a ny devil a mong their three h u ndre d a n d
thirty millions of deities it is di fficult to deny K a li t hat
distinction He r wild d a nce of delight over bodies o f t
,
he
s l a in would i n dic a te plea sure t a ken in destruction fo r it
.
, reports h e r a s
devouring the dea d a nd this would m a ke her a h u n ge r
demon We may give her the be nefit of t
,
he doubt a n d
cl as s her a mo n g the demon s or be ings whose ev il is n ot
.
,
—
gra tuitou s a ll the more beca use the mysteriously prot
— ru d
thrust o ut
,
m
,
t
2 73 .
—
believing in tra n s migra tion might h a ve become a p u blic
d a nger ? Wh en Kri s hn a a ppe a red it wa s a ccording to ,
h eir h us
b a nds a n d sons to w a r wit h s uch songs as the women of
D a rdist an s in g a tthe Fe a s t of Fire (p The a mour of
.
Ha mlet a ns w er
tl p To d ie,— o s ee
N m o d by l p t yw
ore d -
an a s ee o sa e en
th d t h t tl h
, ,
Th h e h d
ear a c e, an e ousa n na u ra s ocks
Th tfl h i h i t— t
a i es mmt
i s e r o,
’
s a con s u a on
D t
ly t
ev ouh wi h d o e s e .
he
drea m s of possible evil s beyond which m a ke even the
‘
as in
t
.
C al udio s s huddering
’
line s every hell is r e fl e c e d — whether
of ice fire or brut a li s a tion
, ,
— s o a re the sa me mixed wit h
h e po w er of
de a th ; thereby forming a new devil w h o b ore in h imthe
pow er to m a ke dea th a puni s hment How the m a tter .
s a n i n fern a l b a ptis m .
P a ine
,
— a n d its fea rfu l re s ult is found in
,
h e degree to t
which p riesthood s a re still a ble to pa ra ly s e the common
sense a n d heart of the m a sses by the b a rba ric ceremoni a ls
w he ,
t
.
hy of
the ra c e which a mid a ll t h e fiery or cold rive rs of the
,
Le t
.
In it
.
I ra ni a n hymns a n d legends of Y a m a
a n to die bec a me the power fu l Y a m a of t
.
Th e firs t m he
Hindu s the mon a rch of the dea d ; a n d he beca me inves ted
w ith met a phors of the s u n th a t h a d s et In a s olemn a n d
,
’2
he
ra pid w a ters t o h a ve shown the w a y to m a ny to h a ve firs t
known t Bu t
, ,
in t s prophetic
h e most pictures qu e fa ct s of
mytholog y th a t a ft er Y a m a h a d become in Indi a a not
.
,
he r
1 P bli h d by M l y d Smit
u s e h 8 78
or e an 1
t L g g p 56
.
,
M ax M iille r L ec u re s on
q a n u a e,
’
11. 2, ci se
t if lly t l t
t l hy m f t
. .
.
S h b e d f
e au u h V d ra n s a e un ere a n o e e a in P of
r es sor
t
ee
Wh ity Oi t
ne
’
l sd Li g i ti Stdi
r en a p 5 an n u s c u es,
’
. 2, e c.
TO WE R S OF S I LE N CE .
ion a lism
which h a s from time to time suggested t
,
h a t by such
mea n s soul s of the good may wing their w ay to Ormuzd ,
h a t had
been within the kingdom of the King of Terrors As .
‘
,
‘
he m a le
la w pre s cribe d l
It is to be fea red this notion has crept
’
in a mong t
.
his d a y it is for ,
a de a d body
Th e a udience a t
.
o de a th to s a ve her h u s
A lcestis sa ys it is a god w ho h a s
brought on the necess ity a nd a dd s Be it so ! She sees ’
t
, ,
I
Th e A ves t Oi t d Li g i t
i St
’ ’
a. l di
r en a an n u s c u es, p . 19 6.
2 86 HE R A K L E S , CHR I S T, AN D D E A TH
is a
P a ssion pl a y Th e un a ppea sa ble J u s tice which is a s a
-
.
r iou s ly ,
he a tonement b y s a c ri
fi c e of a s a intly h um a n bei n g who from a fa ther s p a l a ce
’
Hera k les ,
— commi s s ioned to destroy e a rthly ev i l s by
—
t w elve gre a t l a bo u rs desce nding to conq u e r D ea th an d
'
‘ ’
recognised a t
,
E urydice or Persephone
, h e e a rliest ex a m ples
.
fruit The R a bbins th a t not only A d a ma n d E v e but
s ay
,
an d ca m e u n de r ,
—
pres erving a gent a n d foe of deca y Th e C ove n a n t of .
s t a tue of t
, ,
h e kn ight ,
, bea ring a .
from the
neck lying a t
,
her feet .
the
’
h e glo ry of M os es fa ce a n d by vi rtue
’
, ,
The legend is n ot
, .
,
ion wit h
the N ew Te s t a ment version It w a s on a ccount of thi s
.
V OL . L T
290 AZR AE L .
one (Sa m a el or his agent A zra el) for those who died ou t
,
’
he
‘
,
he
a ngel to sep a ra te soul s from bodie s A z ra el h a d s u bord i
n a te a ngel s u nder him a nd these a re a lluded to in t
.
, he
o pening line s of the S ura 79 of the Kora n
By t he an
g e ls w h o t ar fo rth thee o ls of s om e w it
sh uiole c e ; v n
A d by t
n h os e w h o d ra w fo th t h e s o l of ot
r he wi th ge t
u sle es s rs n n .
a n d thus put the min gre a t ter ror Since the prophet s
’
.
at
.
, .
he
bed of every p atient who w a s not to recover ; a nd t he
most a ppl a uded scene in it w a s one in which the phys ici a n ,
, On .
ra yed in such
,
ma ks
r the priestly terrori s m which
,
could not fa il to be
vu lga ri s e d ev en more by the frivolou s In 14 24 there w as
t t
.
a m q
as u er a de of the D a nce o f D ea h i n the C eme ery o f
the I nnoce n t s a t Pa ri s a ttended by the D uke of Bed ford
,
a nd the D u ke of B ur g undy j,
u s t retur n ed fro m b a tt le I t .
ma y a
'
h ve bee n the l as t outcome in the we s t o f K a li s
f t
d a n ce over the s l a in ; but it is or un te when n tic m F a a is
t
a
he
matter It is the ages of superstition which h ave moulded
.
xus There are indeed dea ths corres ponding to the two
h as been a rtifici a lly bred into us ca n be cultiva ted out of
.
—
A ngels the dea th th a t comes by lingering dise a se a n d
p a in a n d th a t which comes by old a ge There a re indee d
, .
h But a ll the .
,
he
di st rict Its trunk w as s o l a rge th a t four men with out
.
g o d h a,
ve I gone wrong : h a ve mercy h a ve mercy ,
, h ,
‘
the giver , ,
Sa muel M t
a ee r s
’ ‘
Land of Ch a ri t
y L .
’
ond on : J ohn Sn ow Co
. 18 71 .
M A JV S C ON TR A C T WI TH HI S GOD S
’
.
,
he .
fl a ttery or s a c rifice did the ma sses receive hea lth or wea lth
, .
—
p a rt of the contra ct believing a nd worshipping deities ,
,
3 02 H O W THE H O L Y TR E E GR E W .
‘
ion s ;
we a re s o strong a n d infl u enti a l th a t it is evident th a t t
,
he
gods h a ve a ppointed us to be their repres e n t a tive s on
e a rt h the di s pen s ers of their fa vours A l s o of their d is
,
.
,
h e w a y of
,
3 4
0 THE N E P A U L I c ozvocu s z:
ies A ll the gu n s .
the mos t sa cred with the he a viest met a l When the order .
le giou s order ; a n d n ot t
,
w h o p a ssi n g from t
,
h e popul a r interest h a d been succes ,
re a lms he could not yet con q uer rem a ined the hostile
forces to which he a s cribed pre tern a t u ra l potency beca u s e ,
VO L I . .
U
30 6 P H YSI CA L A N D M E N TAL M I GR A TI ON S .
,
he ,
,
h a t of ,
of othe r h e l p ,
hence fort
. .
relucta nt s upplies
There is a s en s e fa r pro founder th a n its ch a rming p l a y
of fa ncy in Heine s a ccount of the Gods in E xil e a n
’ ’
h at
s t ra nge blending of sentiment which is ch a ra ct
.
e ris ti c o f
the tra ditions of the M iddle A ge concerning the P a ga n
religion s 1
Heine write s : Le t
’
me briefly remind t he
‘
t
.
gre a tly resembled certa in tra gica l situ a tions of their ea rlier
li fe They now fo u nd the ms elves expo s ed to the sa me
.
h e cu s
tody of Orcu s a nd pili n g P elion on O s s a sca led Olympus
, , , .
E gypt where for gre a ter security they a ssumed the form
,
St di i t h Hi t o y of t
h R M m 8 Co 18 73
’
1 ‘
n i sill r e ena ssa nce. ac an :
u es e . .
30 3 THE G OB A N S A OR .
t
,
e tripod th y s s w it
,
S om h a as o s o r u v e r
t o on t t
, , ,
Th S io h is erme av he m o ur a s n un
S i t
,
P a ed in a glory a d one P
a n r x n an
Re d y t ot wit
ch t t t
,
he N ym
a ph s la s g rme off
’
a n
A d M o es w it ht he t
,
n a b les s .
M r Ken n edy
. Th e King of M unster sent for this wonder
.
— .
the house o f ,
—
other fa ir a nd idle received from him (Goba n) th ree bit s
of a dvice : A l w a y s h a ve the he a d of a n old wom a n by
‘
t
o n,hey fo nd u apoor ma n va inly trying to roo f his hou se
with t
hree joists a n d mud a n d by s imply m a king one end
, ea ch point a n d
, ,
husba nd s sa fe return
'
.
i n which he entra pped Hera u ntil s he reve a led the sec ret
of his b irth Th e devil w hom the M a ster S mit h e n tra ps
.
e d u a li s a tion of t
.
This t -
h e god s i n to demonic a n d s a intly
form s h a d a l ong p rep a r a tion Th e forces t h a t brought it
.
p
3 t
o GR E E K CA R I CA TU R E O F THE GOD S .
he
vu lga r a n d to su bject them t
,
o such l a u ghter a mo n g s ch o l a rs
1
Concern ing w hich M r W righ ty I ti t k sa s :
‘
s a en fro man ox yb a ph on
f mt
t t ttE gl d h t tt
.
t
,
t yt t
.
as la b ou ring u nd e r hd e e flec s
pp i
'
g h im lf o a e an n ness , an su or n se
by t h id f
e a k d t off h i
a c roo e
p t t h D lph i q k
s a d t f as e re a rs o e e an uac oc or or
t i md t d by t
-
f t
,
re li f e Th fi g h e u re o h id
e f m
ce n a ur s a e o asce n e a o a co
t t t t t t t t
.
p i
an on, b h b i g f o i h d w i h he nm k d h ib
u rn s f e h m i e as s an o er a r u es o e co c
f m
e r or A b e rs t h m t i d th
o ve a re m t
h y m ph f P
e ou n a ns, an on e e n s o a rnass u s
ti t
p
ll t t d i g i d w it
.
d t t
,
mk as s, h f
an yg h
ose o E a p ve ri m p l y d ross c a rac e r v en a un s e o e
o e en h e f ro er o hi e sc e n e , or ns ea o e an,
t t t t t t t
,
p l d
a ce h h d
ove r f h b l qe A p ll i m
ea id o h h e ur es ue o o, se e s ev en a e
ar tit h d w it
s t HEI GI AE t
a hr en l Hi t y fC i t p 8 e c on s o e r
’
s or o a r ca u re ,
’
1
B t wh i t h t t igh t
. . .
,
u h l fo w d fig
s ewit ea mk -
h
cr o h d? W
ne u re, ou as on e r an as
itm t t t
,
so ly O fl b h w h f
e ea r d h
’
en
p i ac f h g d l om ou n su c re rese n a on o e o s w e co e
t At t tt mpt tp d
,
a h wh e ns h e re md O fl b h B ll H le
e a e o ro uce our o ern
'
e n ac
'
s e e e ne
recen tly d th t i l i t
c a us e ? a e a r ca r o
W t t 8
’
h u V lk b gl b e . o sa er au e, 1 .
31 2 CA RP E N TE R , D E I TY, A N D D E VI I .
r y in
— he
devil by the sag a city a n d skill of a ca rpent er Th e a g e d .
.
,
,
he
Ca rpenter by pl aying the fiddle fascin a ted the thief w h o
w a s a witch a h a g whose h a nd the fi d dle r m a n a ged t
,
, o get
, ed a s to ,
D evil a n d P e rk u n bo t
, , ,
1
.
may be symbol of ,
5
. M r Ra ls
. t tlt
i
’
on s ra n s a on
a b id g d
r e .
WE R E WOL VE S I N D E CL I N E .
3 3 1
n t
oble a ss oci a tions ha d been tra ns ferred o ch risti a n forms
S omewh a t l a ter t
.
Th e m
, ost horrible superstitions i
,f tr a cked in their
popul a r development revea l with speci a l impress ivenes s
,
,
a nce drew its u n ,
g a ag a s a s -
. h e belt mu s t
,
s on
’
is possess ed of this di a bolica l power ; or others s a y
one w h os e b ro ws me et over his n ose Th e m ea n s of
detect
.
he
g rou nd with point to wa rd s him by a silve r ba ll H u ma n .
th a t no one could be a tt
,
d riven ou t
,
of the forest s
But
, , , ,
o the
o gra ft m r ee s -
pr e s e r v e in
their own minds or th ose of th eir se rva nts or n e ig h b o urs
cro ft
, ,
h er , ,
a n d demo n s pursue e a c h o t
.
,
people 1
eve ry step in ti me or sp a ce b a ck of the e ra
.
’
, , he s ize
, ,
h b l
e a a nce of au t
h it
yi
or s in fa vour of t
h d e eriva t
i on give n in a for mer
h pt
c a er.
G OD S R E TU R N I N G T0 N A TU R E .
3 7
1
p a nc ta t
a ) is a ble to hold T hor with his lightnings a n d in ,
La d y bug l d y bug fly w y h om
-
a -
a a e,
Th y h ouse is on fi re t
, ,
h y ch i ld r n w ill r oa m , e
h
to t remble .
1 M annhard tG tt 87 o er,
’
2
h T ti g d d
H ld t
.
,
1872.
C H A P TE R I I .
GE N ERAL I SAT I ON O F D EM O NS .
m tt
t
Th e D e on s b equ es o h eir con q u e rors N on d es crip s E xaggera
’
— — t
t tt
ion s of ra d i ion Sa nt
— —
ia n T h e or y of D ragon s Th e D ra gon n o t
p rim itiv e t
i n M y h olo gy— M on s er s of E y
g p t
ia n I ra n ian Vte d ic
t
, , ,
a n d J e w is h M y h o ogie s
l — T urner s D ra gon D ella e
’
— B l la — Th e
C onven t
i l D g ona ra on .
thou s a nd s a nd iron it
, s tens of thou s a nds of h is de m ons ,
t
.
S ome of the p a rt
.
h at I
1 s hould des cribe a ll thes e intermedi a te forms between
demo n a nd devil by the t e rm D RA GO N ; but I believe
there is n o other fa bulou s form which includes s o ma ny
indi v idu a l types of t ra nsition or whose evolution ma y be ,
ed ,
o the
— h a fe w ,
ur pl u nger of the - -
‘
s ea h four feet
,
-
, ,
on a mulets wi t
,
h the
conceiva ble two wings of the pterod a ctyl The forms of
t
.
th P ti
’
1
Record s of e 4 as v 12
M yt
S p t h fA i t Egypt
, . .
1 ’
See C ooper s fig
’
er en -
9 d s o nc en s 10 an 1 12. Serapis
t t
.
m
,
as a hu m a n - h ea d d pe i h w i
se r enh m y (f Sh p )s s o n n e sa e essa ro ar e , fig . 119 .
VO L I . . x
S E R P E N I M ON S TE R S E AR L I E S I T
I
‘
t
wo f
-
ooted s erpent of lies A nd it is possible t h a t o u t of
’
,
he
A h rim a n serpent l ike the four a rm s of se rpent ta il e d
,
-
ra a n d
he
V rit
,
c a lled V r i r a A h i— Peters .
he
’ ‘ ’
ra .
,
’
ed
‘
.
t
.
THE SER E P NT .
Th e beau ty f t
h S p t o—E m id l f m—M i h l t
e er e n ers on on ea or s c e e
’
t
s
t
h h
ou
g t
h is on
p h d —U iq h e v t fth S p t
’
er s ea n ue c ara c e rs o e er e n
Th m k y h f S k —Th S p t t t by
’
e on e s
p d
orr or o
p na es e er en ro ec e s u er
st
it
i —
on H m d f l u g i
an t it b t
l
e en ce e s sn ess
p a a ns s su e ow ers
D u bu fe
’
s pi ctre of t
huFa ll of M e an.
—
brought together the S erpent a nd the E gg M r D R
, . . . .
symmetry which m a de
the Greek va se a combi
n a tion of Eggs p revails
in the ch a rm which the
s a me gra ce ful outline
poss ess es wherever s u g
—
gested a s in curves of
Fig 3 —S t
,
w E (Ty ) 2 an " ? a n co re .
summ ate e xpress ion in the flowing lines a tta ini ng their
repose in the perfect form of wom a n Th e Serpent .
32 6 B E A U TY O F THE SE E P E N I :
- — as
,
h e ir
counte rp a rt in ga l a xie s .
a lo n e s u fl . he
S e rpent a ppe a rs in symbolism a n d poetry in m a n y w a y s
w h ich h a ve little or n o rel a tion to it s terrors we m a y w e ll
,
of terror —,
wors hip a n d exec ra tion It is the theo ry o f
.
s s election of s a c r ed
w as — — s
ic
n ature .
ill more
ho rrible Y ou seized a t
. o nce the delica te infinite fea r , ,
1
L oi ea
’
s u,
’
s a y,
‘
There is n o God ; a few to s a y (as is reported of
’
de a dly cra wling con tempora ries tha t he did not note
a n d s piritu a lise in s uch science as w a s possible to him
Th e l a st
.
s a ction it ,
les s wingless
’
a s a s t a r it
.
, ,
ruct ive
th a n the lion s ja w Wh a t mystery in it
’
s lo ngevity in
it
.
,
s s el f s ubsi s tence
-
in its sel f renova tion ! Out of the
,
-
it
,
a l s o a re it
,
s v a st ,
M ON K E YS HOR R OR
’
O F S N A KE S
whose worship
is fully m a int a ined is the N om bO/z (Le a per) a sm a ll sn a ke
, ,
o
t
surviva l a n d multiplica tion It is this fa a l power of
.
t m i Am i — Th V il d S p t
A n Africa n Serpen d ra - — Th A k
a n er ca e e e er e n e r
ft t—A R d — Th W m t
—
o h C e ov en an — A E pi d h
a ron s
’
o e or n so e on e
D ii I l t
i— Th S —T
nv o u
p h B mb i tR m e S p t
era es e a no a o e er en
t f mt
ra n s or i a on s .
ing .
—
the pre a cher sa id though in word s w hose elo qu ent s h o rt
B rethren a nd s i s t e rs t
,
a rm s -
h e op
pre s s ed Bu t
.
—
ba d influen ces a round the Pres ident to night a re stron ger
th a n a n y Coppe rhe a ds The Old S e rpent is a broa d to
1
, h , .
1
A d dly S t
ea h k ouol d lik t
ern h il
sna w hi h it
e, c l k h d oure e e so on c ur s, a
b mt
eco e h t m f p lit
e cu rre n ii nawh w hil p f
e ori g l y lt
o yt o th
c ans o, e ro ess
s
o a e
U n ion, a id ed t
h ose wh o sough t t
t h w it
o over ro .
A FR I CA N SE RP E N T D R A M A I N A M E R I CA -
.
333
t
hi s church this eveni n g A s midnight comes on we sh a ll
B ut
.
l a n d of freedom
’
.
j y
o . B u t the s cene a n d excitement which followed were
in de s c rib a ble A fe w m ome n t s be fore midnight the con
t
.
g g
r e a io n were r e q ue s ted to kneel which they did a n d , ,
o f his
-
,
tion took his god a lon g with him in his che s t or ba s ket—a t
.
—
once a rk a nd a lt a r a n d in th a t hiding pl a ce it u nd e rw ent -
of the processio n a l he
t
m he athen world Thi s w a s held s o s a cred
fi g , .
Gm"
,
“ w
i h; t ha t it w a s not publicly exposed to view ,
a s G e rm ny
a a n d —
E ngl a nd where no l a rge se rpents a re
found the popul a r im a gin a tion could n ot
, be impresse d by
merely s aying th a t S iegfried or L a mbton ha d s l a i n a
sn a ke Th e tortuous ch a ra cter of the s n a ke w as pres erv e d
.
,
d a u ghter of t
.
e pt i t
o
crh ole a w o m n a r
A nd ou ttptf i s e a a r la d ye,
, .
a lw a ys fi n a l a n d fa t a l .
Bu t
.
ad
hei r ,
Sa i s w as I am ‘
p o o f s o-
c a lled m a n n a a n d the st a ff,
s a id to h a ve o n ce
been a se rpent a nd a fterw a rds blos so med Fa shioned by .
a l w ood or
h e R om ans
A s a n a ge of scepticism a dva n c e d it
.
, ,
s ecret god s
‘ ’
was
i s h o u ld be ‘
o f Olives
a n d p a inted by S t
,
of it
,
he
exhibiting p riest w as a stounded a t
, ,
the suggesti o n No
doubt he w as right the only wonder is tha t the fa c e is not
.
h e le s s hese
a re of less e ffect in hiding it
.
,
one ti m e
t o h a ve received more medic a l fees th a n a ll the ph ysici ans
A P O PHI S .
The N t li t
i Th y
a ura s c e or of A o
p ph is — Th e Serpe n t T e Epi
of m— i c of
t
h W m — Th A p
e or e s of t
M eli e— V a n qu ish ers of T im—N h e ac a sh
,
he ,
, roy er ,
h e , ,
1
See hi l ds d l ble tt
ea rne i an Th S p t
va ua h of A i t
My t rea se, e er en s nc en
Egypt H d wi k 18 73
’
. ar c e, .
N A TU R AL I S TI C THE O R Y .
34 1
, ha
gini a n a nd L uca n the R om a n a nd if it is now no longer a n
inh a bita nt of th a t region it is prob a bly owing to t
,
, he
a dva nce of civilis a tion h a ving driven it fa rther south
’
.
I f in d e ed t
, .
theory : ,
h e re fe rence s cited were to a reptile
,
been the exa lta tion of its objects Primitive peoples h ave .
s e a w a ves
-
A pophis (or A pa p) would h ave been a decora
.
T me d F it
1 h i 204
i G oom
an b idg 1857
a ,
’
. . r r e, .
of li fe Th e dea th of t h e serpent m a y pos s ibly b e in t en d e d
’
io n
might be a genera l one rel a ting to a ll time o r it mig h t
.
ur
, h
an d m ajesty of m a n an d re ducing h is gra n d es t a c h ie ve
— v — o dust h e u n d y in g .
Worm .
u r n roke s en r s
t
,
Ye d o I gna w n o less
t
Love in h e h ea r , s ars tt t
in h e liv id s pa ce,
Go j ealou s,
d — a kin
g m
v aca n t
th y us ou r p la ce
tl y t
,
An d s ea ou r w i n esses.
t tfl m m w ld b w
S ince h e s ar a es , an ou e ron g ttho ea c
T t t ’ w r
ha he gra ve s o m t h gl y h ca n n o suc or rea c
N gh t l i m au re a s sav e e.
W it hi t h bl t
h t h m bl
’
n e ue, a s l b I li
n ea e ar e s a e,
I b it t e a th t it
on ce hi t h ky
e s ar w n e s
t t
,
Th pp l h e a e on e ree.
T g wy
o na ti t m tgh tm
on s ar s no ore ou o e
Th anh gi g g p
an n i f S i ily ;
ra es on v n es o c
I lip t h y t h t f ll c e ra s a a
E t it
e rn y yi ld t etpl d b s no o s en ou rs ra v e.
Fly tll t d i d gh t
an , a crea u res e, a n n ou ca n save
tll t
,
Th
t
i ll e con s e a ons a .
Th y h ip h igh i t
e s arr s h t
h n e e er sea,
M t t t t t
,
li d w k
an i h d h irechi g h llnb e en s n s a e
d ig d S t t
us p s
Th b e roa r n e a u rn os s
i Si i t h d by m d y
-
T o ru n r u s, ou c e e, eca
A t mll b t f mI t
,
s h e s a h oa y ro aca a w a
T h tt tK lym a s e e rs o a n os.
1
1 The Epi f t
c o h W m by Vi tH g
e or ,T lt
’
d by B y d T yl
c or u o. ra ns a e a ar a or
‘
h e D e a d we le a rn th a t it w a s the high p riv ile ge
a n d t a sk of the heroic de a d to be reconstruct ed a n d go
forth to encounter a nd subdue the a gents of A po p h is w ho ,
and , ,
h e h e ro s
’
he
mon s ter s folds These a re the Va nquishers of Time
’
.
,
the immort a l
In A pophis we find the Serpent fa irly develop ed t
.
o a
’ ’
a lon
m
, ,
,
h e w ay or gu a rding the door ,
.
of de s t ruc t
,
con n ect the Greek word with 3x59 but C urtius m a i nt a ins ,
find you ou t
, ,
’
.
1
Pi
r nciples of Gree k E t
yml gy oo ii 63
,
’
. . Englis h tl t
i
rans a on.
1
See pp 8.and 20 .
34 6 TR E AD I N G ON SE R P E N TS .
‘
h a nds formed the crooked se rpent It ma y h av e be e n .
’
firs t in ferred th a t
he w a s a murderer whom though he h ath esca ped t
, ,
,
‘
he
sea ,
yet V enge a nce su ffereth not to live conclud ed h e ,
’
‘
Behold I give unto you power to tre a d on s e rpents
,
’
o .
to them proof t
.
—
ions s e rpent trea ding and -
,
he -
ility ;
N ot
,
,
th a t the spirits a re subject ,
t
The Ka nka o na — The Ve dic Serpen s n o w orsh ipfu l— A n a n a a nd tt t
— t
S esh a Th e Healing Se rpe n — t
Th e gu ard ia n of rea s u r e s — M iss
B kl d
uc t
h
an y P imit
— ’
si t
i li m U d w
e or r ve ra on a s n er o r ld
p lu o t
y— R i d ligh t
c ra c i g— V i
a n ant Hi ty f t
— h w n n r ra s or o e o rd
‘
Ahi
'
— Th A d d — Z hak—A T ti L k
e er o eu on c a o oon.
j
nn a o w r a n a a ll a o f s ou s
, heir venom .
‘
4 .T h e cows h a d l a in do w n in their s t a lls ; the wil d
be a sts h a d retrea ted to their l a i rs ; the s enses of me n were
at rest ; when the unseen venomou s crea tures a nointed m e
.
34 9
ple a s u re .
‘
8 Th e a ll seeing S u n rises in the E a st the destroyer
.
-
,
cours ers he will overt a ke the poi son : the science of a nti
dotes converted thee Poison to a mbrosi a , , .
Poison to a mbrosi a
, .
. he ,
35o VE D I C S E R P E N TS N O T W O R SHI P F UL .
,
-
1 5 M a y the insignifica nt
. hy
venom P oiso n : if not I will crush the vile crea t u r e w ith
, ,
to dista nt regions
16 Ha stening forth a t th e comm a nd of A gas ty a t
.
. h us ,
, h e mungoo s e a re s a id though , ,
h e A sw in s It .
with the fa c t th a t t
, ,
1
Rig -
ved a ,
’
v. (W ilson) .
352 THE HE AL I N G SE R P E N T!
h e s nake s
’
,
a k e rs
o be
l as t a s a red
stripe round the ba rbe r s pole The primitive zool ogist
,
’
.
’
ies
m ight be the source of va lu a ble preca utions .
he
s a cra ments a n d the other pl a in symbols a re inve s ted wi t
,
,
h
a ll m a nner of philosop hic a l me a nings Th e S e rpent h a v .
in a n y c a pa city wh a tever .
t
Indi a to E gypt a n d C ha ld ze a a nd the nce to E urope a n d
even to A me ric a be aring their a rt
, ,
a n d its sign a nd th a
of
a n d th a t t
,
s melting ,
he A ry a n myths of serpent sl a ying -
1
In a paper ( n th iO igie r n of Serpen worship, t-
’
rea d b e fore t
h A t
e h
n ro
ph ologica l I ns t
itti L d
u e n on on, D ece mbe r 17, 18 72.
VO L I . .
354 M I SS B U CK LA N D S THE OR Y ’
.
But
.
he
hypothesis of a id h a ving bee n given by the Serpen t to ma n
in his d iscove ry of meta l s S urely the jewelled dec o ra t ion
.
—
some re a sons a ssocia ted with the sn ak e the to ad h a d —
n ot the like bright spots the cogn a te superstiti on mi g ht
a rise th a t its jewel is conce a led in it
,
s he a d A n d fi n ally
when these reptiles h a d been connected with gems t
.
, ,
h e e ye ,
po s s ibly god s) the tre a s u res va lued most by men (there fore
by a nthropomorphic deities ) the fru it of immo rta li t
,
y (which
the gods might wis h to monopoli s e) might see m t
,
— he ,
,
the
end of it is known to m a ny a n E nglish a nd A me rican
child .
h -
- — ‘ ’
h
of the M a h abh ara ta when the god s a n d demon s t u r n e d
‘ ’
,
oth er fa ir ,
a rope to p ro
V rit
.
, ,
grew ”
V rit
.
— he
s erpent A h i .
a m to stra ngle ; in , , ,
, , , ,
from the s a me root I n Greek the root ret a ined its na tura l
.
we h a ve a w e in a wf u l in fe a rful a nd ng in ug ly
, , Th e
, , .
ie a stra it 1
In this wonderful hi s to ry
, .
1
Lect
u es o Languag
r n e, 1. 4 35 .
358 TII E A D D E R .
c ia lly t t
,
T eutonic folklore a d
n w as supposed to,
b rin g g o od lu c l
r
1
.
e xceptio n I ca n find
to the ba le fu l b ranches
into whi c h t he root
a]: h a s g ro w n t hrough
the world ; o n e of it s
he
orn a menta l b osses of
Wells Cath e d ra l .
The A dde r d e m
F"
onhas
,
-
,
h e fa ble has ,
‘ ’
a
’
ana
1
Zo h ak is
y g
a es .
o n (
a y e
, ,
he ‘
1 G imms
r yt
M hology, p 650 ff
’
mrock
Si p 0
44 .
t t l f t t t
.
. .
,
J h G m O y 2 16 E:
’
e n al Soc ie vol
1
h
Ro h, in ri
‘
ou rna o er
e e an 11. p
l id t
d t yt
. .
,
has e uc h h l m
a e h e w o e .
360 A TE U TO N I C L A O K O O N .
,
h e fruit .
. h e o ld w om an
e rp illa rs
which speedily bec a me butte rflies then grew t
,
, o b e a n gels
in y b l a ck
worms ; t
,
s n akes in R us sia a nd m y— Ki g ke — He ld ic d go
Ge r an n -
sna s ra ra n
—
Hen ry I I I M elus in a e — Th L id l y W o m
a e r —V ict
o io
r us d go ra ns
t
.
-
s .
Bu t
.
e h a ving men
t
, ,
of th a t species of sn a ke by whose m e a ns it is sa id a pe r , ,
h e sa me notion in ,
THE SE RP E N T S GE M ’
h e article;
for this re a son he puts t h e be nch by a n d w hen t he
foreigner returns a yea r a fterwa rds lea rn s fr o mh imthat
,
h e blood
t n it ut
,
h e butcher
cut it O pen a nd found the serpen t dea d h o ld in g in it
,
h e e ye of a dri ed fi sh .
a nd yet on t
.
o:
-
, s p a ralysi ng ,
h e jewelled, ,
o fa scin a te m ay be
, ,
the se rpent kills with its eye A mong Sa nskrit words for
se rpent a re d n g ozlr/za a nd d r is/zt
.
‘ -
i v is /za
’
— literally ‘
-
‘
h aving poison in the eye ’
h .
crowned serpe n t .
to ,
h e sn a ke with
the child a nd kill itthe child w a s tes a wa y Once the
.
.
,
,
h them I n s o me regio ns it is .
much dre a ded while their gra titude e s peci a lly for milk is
, , ,
s n a ke w a s never seen a g a in 1
.
1
G ste Rom cap 68
a ,G imm M yt h 650 ff Simock p 4 00
. . r
’
s , . r , . .
366 HE R ALD I C D R A G O1V .
he
dra gon in Chin a a n d J a p a n where it is the emblem of a ll
n a tion a l gra nde u r It wou ld a lso a ppe a r t
,
. o underlie
— he
horrors of the mons ter becom e tra nsformed in the hero s ’
, he e a gle S evera l of .
says a t
.
s c h ew e d fort
, , ,
a uthority s a ys t
.
,
red silk e mbroide red with gold its tongue like a fl a min g
fire m u s t a lwa ys seem to be moving ; its e yes mus t be
m a de of s a pphire or of some othe r tone suita ble for th a t
,
~
purpose 2
.
’
. he
1
hers deri e t
Ot he n m
v e f omt
h a r e a ncien t
B bt
mg or e o a us.
t
Trad i ions ,
p 44
. .
368 V]C TO R I O U S D R A GON S .
s origin a l
of N orthumbri a , h a t ca me
fro m the Iri s h S e a a nd w a s l a st seen disa ppea ring in
t
,
h e fiendish
a ir fi ye r m a de fi re grow h a te ful to the sight of men
-
Then
it was told t
.
One wound t
.
Beowul f died .
in the a ir a t t
,
h e be a r which as
s a u lt e d him a nd thre w him do w n scorched to the e a rth
’
, .
d a rting forth a ra y a t t
,
, , wo
r a ys one of which seemed to stretch out itsel f tow a rds the
,
t e rpre t
, .
he
D ra gon so completely developed into a merely wa rrior
like symbol th a t its mora l ch a ra cter has to be determined
by its colour A s in the two a rmies of serpents seen by
.
he
triumph of Ormuzd over A hrim a n the tyra nny of V or ,
VO L . I .
2 A
376 M E R LI N AN ! ) VO R TI GE R N .
A d t t d h h im t
,
n h g o e r ou n e cas
ith t f h i bl t
,
A d n h fi w e re o s as
A lt t t t
, ,
g h b
o e h er d re n e re
Th t
,
a f h im
n e ve r of d h w as oun en s red ;
B t d tp
u t h g
us u d h l y
on e r ou n e a .
t
.
C H A P TE R V I I I .
THE D RA GO N S '
EY E .
t
-
t
h S e n a ke — P rome t
h eus an d J ov e — Ar and N ate— D rago
ur n
m
for s : A nglo S ax on , I
-
tli
a an , t
E gyp ia n , Greek, Ger m
an —The
mod e rn con v en t
ion al D ragon .
—
but thro ugh them a ll one fe a tu re is const a nt the ide a lised
It
,
wres t
-
. s
points a lmo s t
blend wi t
,
st ony he a rted m a t r ix ; t
,
-
h e cra g be gin s to coil a nd quiver
t
,
, s m a rk st ra ight ,
bet w een the mon ste r s eyes ; but there is no more a nger
’
he
N a tion a l G a llery by the s a me a rti s t the Hespe ri a n ,
h e ed ge of
TU R N E R S D R A G ON S ’
.
g a llery I m agin a -
.
de fe a t a n d victo ry
, .
,
we re to some ga thering
pla ce of a eri a l gods Bene a th a long ba r of m a roon tint
.
-
he .
.
,
ine ,
,
— h e e a rth .
,
h olo
ic a lly h a d it n ot been th a t in thi s w orld sting s h over ne a r
g
a ll sweetne s s d a nger environs be a uty a n d as Pl a to s a i d
, , , ,
‘
G ood things come h a rd The g ra ce a nd lu s tre of the .
’
he
intere st of their righteou s ne s s ; a n d there w as n ow w a r in
h ea v en ; the dra gon a n d h is a llies were c a st down a n d ma n ,
s gre a t interpreter It is .
C ur ti t
hy h
a n th J w ith l d
ea v e n s , dou ov e , c ou s an
A d lik
n b yt h t mw t
e a h t
o hi t l d w
a o e s es o n,
t d m t i t
,
U l n oos eh y pl k s een on oa p s an ou n a n - o s
Y t t
e th
c ans td p i m f my t
ou n o he r ve e o e ar
t t t t t
,
N fm
or o y h h w hi h hu d id e b i ld c ou s no u
t t t
, ,
N fm
or o y h h w h li l
ea r h f l fl m ose e c ee r u a e
i t
,
Th m
ou en v es e
I k w no t gh t w it
no hi t h au i n e u n ve rs e
M ligh t
ore s m pit if l th ore
y y g d u an ou , e o s
t t t
,
Wh o n urs e
y m j y w i h
our pp l i
a es sca n su es
O f ff i g w
o er n g f m f
s d
ru n m tt rod p y e ar, a n u ere ra ers,
A d d m t t w tt h t
t b b d b
’
n n ee s us s a rv e, e re no a a es a n egga rs
A re h 0 pe -
b es ot
td foole s
W h en I w a s yeth t a ch ild , a n d kn ew no w en c e
My b m h tt itp
e ing ca e, n or w e re o u rn s ow er s ,
Up t t
h I b t
o my ild d y
e su n en w e re e e,
A th gh b
s ouh i it
w it gl i ba ov e, n s or ou s or
T h d lt tli t tmy pl i t
,
er e we a n ear o s en o a n
tlik mi tpit t
,
A h ear , y
e h ne, o e oppre s s ed .
P R OM E THE U S AN D [ 0 VB .
377
W h o ga veme cco su ur
Ag i t t
he T its i t
a ns h i ty o migh tan ? n e r ra n n us
W ho d m f omd t
re s cu e h f omsl
—
y ? e r ea r a ver
T ho h t t
,
h y lf a lo e ch ie d itll !
u as se n a ve a
Y t d id t
e tho i t h y yo g s im
s pli it
u,y n un c
Glow w it i g id ed t t
,
h m h kf l e o h im
s u an u n ss
T h tl mbe o i idl
a s u th bo e
rs n n es s e ere a v
I t h
re vere n ce ? ee
Wh f ? H t
ere ore th as ou e v e r
Tfi tth t h y h d tt
ou e ver s re c ill t
h t an o s e ea rs
Of th p pl d i p i it
e er? ex e n s r
W it tas no
Alm igh t
y Tim d d i g F t e, a n ev er- ur n a e
Myl d d t h i —t
or s an h t h p d d f hi ne a s a e an as on ed me
I t th M
n o I m? e AN a
t t m
i
B el ke i w a s h y d rea
T t t t t d w i ld
h a I s h ou ld h a e life— fly o w as es a n s,
F h t
t
or t
h b d f ii ayt h gh t e u s o v s on ar ou
D id tll ip i tg d ly fl w ?
no a r en n o oo o e rs
H d I it d m ld
ere o s an ou
M ftm
en a i w img er ne o n a e
A t
h t
ra cemy b lik tmy lf a a e e un o se
w p t j y d t j i
,
T ff
o su er, ; ee o en o an o re o ce
A d lik m y lf h d i g ll f t
,
n , e h l se , un ee n a o ee
h e roe s
l htn bu s h i m lf t
’
h hi g b t tle led ;
se e ru s n a
tt t
,
P or en ou s s h on e , a n d s h ad ed a ll
h fi e eld
V l tJ th immt
u ca nl gift ig o ove
’
or a cons n ed ,
T th t d tify m k nd
t o sca er os s, a n e rr an i .
D eep h orror se izes ev r Grec ia n rea s , ’
y b t
Th e ir force is hu t t mb
led, a nd h eir fea r confes
t
t
.
fl
So ies a h erd of oxen, s ca e red w id e,
N i t
o swa n g d t
h m d od y t
uar g id e an no a o u e,
W h t f ll li f mt h m t
,
en wo e i m on s ro e ou n a n co e,
A d p
n d t
h
s great
h th h d y gl m
e c arn a e ro
’
e s a oo
t
.
Th G ie g d
re c an s i h w ild d i
a ze arou n
p w es a r,
C f d
on u s e d y ll t
h i ,p an ith y
w e ar
p a e r
’
ow rs w ra er .
l
,
—
lightning rock oce a n vulture the s e blend together with
, , ,
s .
a rt
,
Th e c u t t
.
,
o f the Ha t
,
of
Fig
. 28 —Fromt
h e Fre sc o a t
. Aren a .
a n e a rly pe riod
e nte red in t
,
— o
t
,
Fig. 29 . —FromAlbe rt
D urer s
'
P assion.
’
s ome of it s ch a ra cters t
o the l a ce rt
ine dra gons which were
s o o ften p a inted in the M iddle A ges with w ha t e ffect m ,ay
Fig p
.
—C n ru u .
he
C him a ra a n d such a s the Hyd ra or ou r co nventio n a l ,
1
See p. 1 54 .
C H A P TE R I X .
THE C O M A B T .
T e pe
h r M -
h t
i
u n c a u s e n e world — i
Th e C olon a l D ragon — 10 s o u r n e y
’
j
t
— M ed u sa — Br i is h D ra on s— The C o
g u n a l D ragon— S a v mm
a g e
— m —
S a v iou rs A M i a c h elper Th e Bru al D ra gon — W o a n p r o t m
tt
d — Th
ec e e Sa in tf t
h M ik
o e a d os .
,
o
,
h in
the l a ws of a n a logy a s s lowly a s their des ce n d a nts s o
i n cluded the pl a nets Th e mon s trou s forms with wh i c h
.
hos e forms
a g a inst which the Prometheus of E s chylus c a utions Io
‘
When thou sh a lt h ave crossed the strea mth a t bounds
the continents to the rosy re a lms of the morning where
the s u n sets forth thou s h a lt re a ch beyond the roa ring
s e a Cis t
,
h e river
t
, ,
AZ h iops
’ l
'
.
1
E sch. P om 790
r . &c .
VOL . I .
38 6 C OL ON I AL D R A GON
s pa in
Fig
.
—Bau . n or n ou I mCp u xu m (C orin t
hi
an ) .
hes e
must be destroyed be fore ma n ca n found his city it is t
, .
he
fiery poisonous bre a th of the C oloni a l D ra gon
M ost of the D ra gon myths of Gre a t Brit a in a ppea r t
.
o
-
he
C him e ra which c a me we s twa rd upon coins Belleropho n
h a ving become a n ation a l hero a t
, ,
of th fe t On ccou t f t
e a h interests conce ned i a ld n o e r n o
t
.
t Th b rb ric chie em t f
,
i l in om loc lities
on a s e a e a a a v en s o
knights did t
.
lo e i the b ll d f minstrel
no y m s n a a s o s an ar
c me from t
,
o fW a rw h d a ra s o e a ; a
‘
p ws a lion S i Willi m D ugd le thought th t
as a
’
this r a a a
om nt
.
fought with D a ni s h
chi e f A C 9 26 S imila rly the D ra g o n
a
of W a n t
, .
. .
, ,
Bi s hop I here pres ent you with the fa lchion wherew ith
t pion C onye rs slew t
,
he Ch a m h e Worm D ra gon or fie ry , ,
wi shes t
.
h e ye a r 1 39 6 Th e fa mily .
Th e w od e La ird of Larist
on e
And w a n a ll Lint
on pa roch in e .
to its lenth th a n it
,
,
eenth
century
A D ragon grea an d gry t mm e,
Fu ll of fyre, a n d a ls o of v en y mm e
W ih t t t d tk g t
a w id e h ro e an us es re e,
U pp th t
onk ight f t g a h b t; n as an e e e
A d
n Li t
as ah hi f t on n en wa s s e e,
Hi t
s yl al g d f l
e wa s m t on an u un e e
B t
e w eenhi h d d hi t y l
s e e an s a e
W ii f t
as xx w it
h t f yl o e ou en a e
i t
.
Hi b d y w lik
s o as e a w ne onn e,
H h
e s f ll b ight
on eg y t th
u r a e ns e s u n ne ;
Hi y b ight
s e es w e re yg l r as an a s s e,
Th e fa mil ia r to ry of St
s Pa trick clea ring t
h e s nak es out
o f Irel a nd a n d the C orni s h version of it in which t
.
h e e xor
ci s t is St
, ,
is mor e
’
, he s avag es an d a ll , ,
1
Vol i p 38 . . . .
39 0 SA VA GE S A VI O UR S .
t
But when these di fficulties h ave been surmounted t
.
he ,
— s more re a l de
yt
,
he
struggles of immigra nts with wild n a ture a nd incl u d e ,
the fu rther sta ge where they repres ent the form a tion of
the community Th e grow th of p a trioti s m a t length is
mea sured by its s h a dow The Coloni a l is tra nsformed t
.
. o
tat as t
.
t
.
17,
‘
D a n sh a ll be a serpent by the w ay a n a dder in the ,
39 2 S AI N T OF THE M I R A D OS
oro it
th ti the serpent of eigh t hea ds a nd tails st r e t
a s, ch i n g
a riv e r
O n e is remin d ed b y t
,
ies
with st re a ms which the C hi n ese h a d to surmount b e fo re
they could m a ke the M iddle St a tes h a bita ble B u t th is
Coloni a l D ra gon in t h e further e volution of t he co u n t
.
ry
on e
h e possessio n of Sosa n o o -
no M ikot
,
-
o (the Princ e of Sos a n o) a piece of iron w h ic h
h e j a ws o f a
monster The prince descended fro mhea ven to a b a n k
of the river Hino K a w a a n d t
.
,
h a t Him e w a s
the l a s t of their d a ughters seven of who m h a d bee n
devoured by a te rrible serpent This serpent h a d e igh t
,
,
ha d ce a se d to deso
l a te the district w a s th a t one of these eight m a ide ns sho u ld
be brought a nnu a lly to this spot to s a tis fy his vora city .
stretched
over eight v a lleys It was covered w i t
,
h trees a n d mos s ‘
a n d it
.
,
h e m a iden s a ved
to wed the firs t
,
M ik a do Pri nce
.
C H A P TE R X .
THE D RAGO N SL A Y E R
-
.
De migod t
—Alces is— Herakles—Th e Gh ilgh i Fi end — I ncarna e d e
s t t
t
liverer of Ghilgh i — A D a rd is an M a d on na—The religion of t
t m—R
A h eis es u s ci att
i on of D ra g S
ons tG g eor e an d his D ra g o n
Ge orge S a in t t
.
’
-
ru e ,
— —
mother A lcmene a nd his l a bours for hum a n wel fa re a s ,
considered 11
.
R o d of t h P t 79 P g 285 1
1 ’
ec r s e as , x. . a e .
39 6 THE GHI L GHI T FI E N D .
tribe a nd government w a s to ld b y a
n a tive
w h o se
origin is u ncerta in Whether they sprung from t
. he s o i l o r
h a d immigra ted from a di s t a nt region is doubt ful ; s o mu ch
is believed th a t they w ere Ga yu pf fa sponta neous a b ori
gines unknow n Over t
, , ,
s h who te rr o r is e d
he pe r
form a nc e of t h e m a nly g a me of P 010 His t as tes w e r e .
. h
resign a tion for wh a t could they e ffect a ga inst a mo n a rc h
at
,
a l bloomed a tt ra ctive h e v ir
t u ou s Peris a t
.
,
y for
ca n niba li s m Thi s t as te h a d bee n developed by an a cci
dent On e d a y his cook brought him som e mutto n b rot
.
. h
the like of which he ha d nev er t a sted A fter much inqu iry
a s to the n a ture of t h e fo od on which t
.
h e sheep h a d be e n
brought up it w a s eventu a lly tra ced to a n old wom a n it
,
s ,
h e secret of the p a l a ta
bilit
.
fles h whe n converted into broth wou ld rem ind him of the
, ,
ly to
improve it by s acrificing in t
,
y felt by m a ny fa milies
at Gh ilgh it t
,
o sl a u ghter
h e mounta in K o
which it t a kes a d ay t
.
,
river a ppe a red three figures They looked like men but
much more stro ng a n d h a ndsome In their a rms t
.
, ,
hey
ca rried bows a nd a rrows a n d turni ng their eyes in t
.
, he
direction of D oyu r they perceived innumerable flocks of
,
h e sa me
t
,
Le t
,
l a st A zru
, .
,
the spot
where t h e c a l f wa s l yi ng proceeded t o cut
,
, ,
HI S I N CA R N A T1 01V .
‘
They then ro a sted these delica cies a nd in v ite d A z ru ,
h e lips of A z r u
’
th a n t
.
a n d we h a ve m a de u s e of your ign o r a n ce
,
at Then sa id t
, , ,
‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
Gh ilgh it
.
, , ,
h e K 0 mounta i n , ,
though m a ny miles ,
a time .
‘
We must now retu rn to A zru whom we le ft con versing ,
, , , ,
ime a nd I a m ,
s s ou l w a s of s n ow in t
,
as [ u ire s n ow s a n d th a t he could
, ,
tthe c
o tl e in a circle keep close together a nd surrou n d
as , ,
’
s
, ,
h e tyra nt beca m e ,
.
, , ,
.
,
, ,
’
, .
VO L I
. . z c
THE HE A R TL E SS S UP P LA N TE D .
, o ,
his c a stle
M y n a ture is of a h a rd met a l s a id S hi ri a n d B a d a t t ’
, .
s h o M a lik a I D e m S ingh s
, , ,
’
Tha t
,
.
,
torches !
A ll gre a t religions w ere born in this gra nd a thei s m A s
the wors hip of He ra kle s mea nt the down fa ll of Zeu s t
.
he ,
1
tf T
Resu l s o a ou r in D ard is t K hmi
an , as r,
’
&c , by Ch e valier Dr G W
t Lh t
. . . .
1
P age 9 1 .
4 64 R U SK /N A N D E M E R S ON ON S I : GE OR GE .
w e s trut
’
a n y r a te not for ,
St
.
le -
,
a go n ist a n d the city of A lex a n d ri a
g o n fi
-
re . H e w a s a m a n who h a d t a ken to the s word a n d ,
,
-
ec
d a rted h is spe a r .
( 4 06 )
C H A P TE R X I .
THE D RA GO N S B R E AT H
'
m f
M ed us a — P h e no en — Th B ood of E hid
en a o d t
recu rrh i ce e r c na a n e r
—
i l B
s u rv va h mot d Le i t
h h — Th M o t
e e h f H
anll— Th v a an e u o e e
L mbt
a o W o m— R g
— Th nL m b t
o Dro m — T ha W o m
na r e a n o e r
’
s
O t
h od o y Th S p t
r — S p xtit
io d S i e er en ,
u e rs n, a n c e n ce .
he
word ca me to s igni fy both the good a n d the evil S pi rit
.
.
d u ce d . o
s throne a s a
t
.
p e rs e d but it
,
return s ; the s torm m a
y cle a r a w a y b u ,
a nd t h ey sp ra n g up a s dogm a s more h a rd a n d cr u el t
, ,
han
the fe rociou s forces of n a ture which ga ve birth t o th e ir
s pl e a
oo
eve n t
,
s a ve h is mora l ch a r a cter o
h a ve been a t
.
,
s c ed
a r —
re cord s from a e a rly mythology Behemot h
n —
a n d L evi a th a n Unwilling to a dmit th a t Jehova h h a d
.
h e de s cend a nt s of C a i n e a s t of E de n , ,
,
h e firs t m h e Lord of
4 10 THE M O U TH OF HE LL .
,
he ,
he
pe na s d a mn a t oru m u t be a t
it t
,
u d o illi s m a gi s c om l
’
p, a c e a .
, he
‘
que s tion of eve rl a sti n g d a m n a tion bega n with the re
’
,
t
,
1
Th J w i h M ih & By J m D mm d B A L gm
s e ss a
’
0. a es ru on on a ns
l bl w k h pt i
e e
i t
.
, , .
C 0 . S hi ee n s va u a e or c a er x x .
4 12 C O N D I TI ON S OF THE C OM B A T .
into it a n d beheld a —
cre a ture th a t m a de him s hu d d e r a
di a bolica l big sna ke with nine fe rocious eyes A li t
, ,
tle .
o a sm a ll hill . c o i led
. s ni n e t e r ra ce s ,
nea r Ha vi n g ta ken up it
. s he a dqu a rters on thi s h i ll t he ,
a n a — s s a s ,
—
were told tha t the mo n ster would be s a ti s fied if i t w ere
given ea ch d ay the milk of nine co w s So nine cows w ere .
he .
in single comba t Bu t
,
, he
comb a t on cert a in conditions He must provide hims elf .
. he
AN AL YSI S OF THE M YTH 4 3
1
sa c rifice the first living thing he s hould meet a fter his vic
tory These conditions h a ving been fulfilled the knight
entered the strea m The dra gon n ot
. ,
we nt at
, ,
,
first but when ful l ,
Then .
,
ic of Hydra s P tah ‘ ’
. n au ,
s ta il in
of cow s connects him stra ightly with the dra gon V rit
.
ra
h a t is ’
,
4 14 THE LA M B TON D OOM
t
h good
e clouds w h ose mi lk is gentle ra in a nd d o n o
h a rm ) a n d s hut t
, ,
iu s it is s a id t ha t
.
he
h a ir which freezing enca s ed him in a n a rmou r of ice
, , ,
.
R a gn a r w o ser
to gu a rd h is
d a ughter but which h a d grown to s uch s ize th a t they
terrified the country It ma y be obs erved tha t t
,
h e L a mb
t
.
h e rescue of ch ri s ti a n s
,
tha t h is ow n fa ther
.
4 16 OR TH OD OX Y OF THE W OR M
ma y re i t it o n ly to h a ve it pa ss
s s the heredita ry doo m as
g ener a tion ’
a rv
ion s of ‘
a fe a rful N emesi s
follows the d e ifi c a t
.
will be ma de to s e e th a t it is a ll for t
,
h e be s t If I
’
.
ure s Th e D ra go n s
’
.
, ,
N o c o ld th is d esp t
r e ch a mpuio d au t ’
ra n n
Th e crifice of Jeph t
sa h a s d a u ghter to the one a nd of
’
,
{s t
, ,
,
A nthony could now .
once begi n s ,
VO L . I .
2 D
4 18 SE R P E N T S UP E R S TI TI ON A N D S CI E N CE .
-
hropo
morphic Love a nd Wi s dom a s a ll a cknowledge when a
,
C H A P TE R X I I .
FA TE .
’
D oré s Lor et a nd Fa e — M oira a nd —
M oire Th e Fa t
es of E s ch ylu s
Di i b lt
v ne im a so u s s u rre n d e re d — T yph o —Gomm
J ov e a nd n u
tt
ai f th
on oD m e e on s
’
sh P op l
a re fa tl m Th ologica l
i — u ar a s e
f tli m
a a —F t d N
s a e an ec s y D eifi cat
e s it— o of W ill— M ta ph y s ics
i n e
t t
,
he
tender E ros a nd while the l a tter is extend ing the thre a d
a s fa r a s he c a n the wrinkled h a n d s of D e s tiny a re t
,
, he
bound a ries o f h is po wer a n d the fa t a l s he a rs clo s e upo n
the joy he ha s s tretched to it
,
wo rm a t it
,
t
h l e es s, while this is the Homeric theo ry or th eology ,
he
E rin n ye s This fore s h a dows a ch a nge of government
. .
They do n ot a ct
.
, , ,
s u a n ce of thei r j u s t counsels he , ,
Ch or us th i t
W ho
h g id fN it y?e n, s e u e o eces s
mt Th t i f mF t d t f g t t
.
,
P ro h e eus h e igF i
r -
or a es an e u n or e n ur es
t t t
. .
Cl I Z
io. hs l p f l
e u s, h h y ?
en, ess ow er u an e
P m At
ro l tt i ti h eas t p hi w d m
’
s c er a n e ca n n o es c a e s o n oo
A d h t b Z d mb t l t
. .
’
Ci ro. n w a ca n i g l e eu s oo u e v er a s n ru e
P m Th i y my t
ro l s p i
et t a no earn re s s no
m l m my ty t h id t
. .
67 S
10 ly u re hso e so e n s er ou es
mT t m t t
h m f t t t
. .
P ro h
u rn o soh i di l e oim h er e e or s s c osu re e as no
itmt y ty f by t
.
ip
r d
en e :b il d i d p m us e ve h k pi g f
e n ee s er or e ee n o
t th ll m my lib t
,
hi s secre s y f mb
a co h i e d m i y er ro ase c a ns an s er .
he , ,
4 23 I O VE A N D TYP H ON .
co mmi s era ted too s a ys the rock bound P rometh eus whe n
’
-
‘
-
h e C ilici a n ca verns ,
na he .
,
C OM M U TA TI ON .
tt
i
u ons a re every theologic a l system a nd t
found in o
’
re o f
, he .
he ,
he
re fra in M a y the ench a ntment go fort h a n d to it s own
1
Ma t
tiii 3
. v . 0.
1
L i.
u ke xxii 3
.
1 ti
Ac s . 2 5.
P OP ULA R FA TAL I SM 32 5
0
form a n d a re shocked t
, herea t n ot remembering th a t it is
,
men excited their di s ple a sure ; a nd this not beca use the
rescued were a t
,
w o others ,
y
a n d the l a st sta te of t
,
h a n the fi rst .
Y e s wo rs e : for a ll th a t m
,
a n ever won of cour a ge o r
h e u n ive rs e a s a n
a re n a of s t ruggle between good a n d evil P rinciple s a n d ,
however a potheos i s ed .
) ,
he
n a ture of things ; a n d it is precisely opposed to th a t ide a
4 28 M E TAP H YSI CS .
t a in mysteriou s mo st
,
the deity .
‘
A s a king whose son h a d stra yed a wa y from him a nd
,
lived in igno ra nce of his fa ther a mong the V edd ahs (wild
me n) will on di scove ring his s on excl a im C ome to me
, , , , ,
to him s el f a n d bless it a t
, ,
h is holy feet
’
.
,
at
,
rol of ’
perso n ifica tion w hich rem a ins for our co sider tion t
, ,
n a — he
D evil .
E N D O F VO L I . .
P RI N E
T D BY B A LL A N T YN B , HA N SO N A N D C O .
E DI N BU RG H A N D LO N DO N