Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 · New York : H. Holt and Company · leaf 402
propaganda, because of the sanctity attachedto them by African tribes,—a sanctity which continues tothis day in many parts of that country, where to kill oneof these reptiles is beheved to superinduce dangerousinundations. In Semitic traditions, also, Leviathan wasgenerally identified as a demonic… … Fig. 29.—From Albert Durers Passion. some of its characters to the lacertine dragons which wereso often painted in the Middle Ages, with what effect maybe gathered from the accompanying design by AlbertDurer (Fig. 29). In this loathsome creature, which seeksto prevent deliverance of the spirits in…
Demonology · Mythology · Occultism
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