Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 · New York : H. Holt and Company · leaf 286
h whichhe kills people, than all the apothecaries in the whole world.He sends all plagues and diseases among men. We maybe sure that when any one dies of the pestilence, isdrowned, or drops suddenly dead, the devil does it. Knowing nothing of Zoology, the primitive man easilyfalls into the belief… … Fig. 16.—Demon found at OSTIA. 266 CATTLE-DISEASE DEMONS. makes Him bear an exact resemblance to the dangeroussorcerer that fills the savage mind with dread. It isprobable that the covetous eye denounced in the deca-logue means the evil eye, which was supposed to blightan object intensely desired…
Demonology · Mythology · Occultism
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