Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 · New York : H. Holt and Company · leaf 159
corruption of the word diabolus. 144 HIERARCHY OF HELL. grotesque imps receded before the array of majestic devils,like Satan and Beelzebub; and these were invested with acertain grandeur and barbaric pride. They were regardedas rival monarchswho had refused to submit themselvesto Jehovah, but they… … Fig. 4.—Hierarchy of Hell (Russian, Sixteenth Century). appear in some of these superb pictures. Satan is gene-rally depicted with similar dignity to the king of heaven,from whom he is divided by a walls depth, sometimeseven resembling him in all but complexion and hair(which is fire on Satan).…
Demonology · Mythology · Occultism
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