The Pedigree of the DevilTrübner & Company, 1883 - 256 pages Traces the history and traditions of ideas related to demonology. |
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... dead of night , and carry off the first - born of man and beast ; wolves will decimate the flock , and the roaring lion will prowl about the herd , seeking whom he may devour , and not in vain ; monsters of uncouth shape and dire ...
... dead of night , and carry off the first - born of man and beast ; wolves will decimate the flock , and the roaring lion will prowl about the herd , seeking whom he may devour , and not in vain ; monsters of uncouth shape and dire ...
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... dead , and masses for the repose of the soul . As Nature was most prolific and versatile in the production of forces out of which man created demons , so the fertile imagination of the human race has given to these demons a develop ...
... dead , and masses for the repose of the soul . As Nature was most prolific and versatile in the production of forces out of which man created demons , so the fertile imagination of the human race has given to these demons a develop ...
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... dead , had two fugitive attendants , a shadow and a reflection , the former dark and dull , the latter much more bright and lively . The optical cause of these appearances was not recognized , and the nervous fear always attendant upon ...
... dead , had two fugitive attendants , a shadow and a reflection , the former dark and dull , the latter much more bright and lively . The optical cause of these appearances was not recognized , and the nervous fear always attendant upon ...
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... dead man and the living dreamer each had a something , more ethereal than the body , which lived in spite of the body's death , visiting one at the dead of night , continuing apparently the business and occupation of former days , and ...
... dead man and the living dreamer each had a something , more ethereal than the body , which lived in spite of the body's death , visiting one at the dead of night , continuing apparently the business and occupation of former days , and ...
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... Dead " proceeds throughout on this assumption ; the soul has a form , and can eat and drink , while the man's shadow is part of his personality , and something substantial ; it is taken from him at death , but restored to him in the ...
... Dead " proceeds throughout on this assumption ; the soul has a form , and can eat and drink , while the man's shadow is part of his personality , and something substantial ; it is taken from him at death , but restored to him in the ...
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