Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 · New York : H. Holt and Company · leaf 316
(Fig. 20) which possesses far-reaching significance. It is amodification of that idea, which gained such wide currencyin the Middle Ages, that it was the serpent-woman Lilithwho had tempted Adam to eat the forbidden fruit. Inthis picture, while the beautiful face and ample hair ofLilith are given,… … Fig. 20.—Lilith as Cat. large number of Southern and Oriental stones whichrelated it to the lunar and amorous demonesses. Whenthe gods fled before the Titans, Diana, as Ovid relates,changed herself to a cat, and as infernal Hecate thatanimal was still beside her. If my reader will turn tovol. i. p.…
Demonology · Mythology · Occultism
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