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Demonology and devil-lore (1879)

Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 · New York : H. Holt and Company · leaf 218

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warriors marked on the Mycense pottery, has gene-rally been a physiognomical characteristic of Europeanogres, who are blood-smellers. That the significance ofTen-jos long nose is this, appears probable when we com-pare him with the Calmuck dem.on Erlik, whose long noseis for smelling out the dying.… … Fig. 15.—Snouted Demon. The Chinese Mountains also have their demons. Thedemon of the mountain Tai-shan, in Shantung, is believedto regulate the punishments of men in this world and thenext. Four other demon princes rule over the principalmountain chains of the Empire. Mr. Dennys remarksthat…

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