Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 · New York : H. Holt and Company · leaf 433
not get any other soul thanthe gold, and the cold-blooded reptiles were left as a signof the life that had been lived. In the legends of the swarms of devils which beset St.Anthony we find them represented as genuine animals.Our Anglo-Saxon fathers, however, were quite unable toappreciate the… … Fig. 31.—Devil of a Danegeld Treasure(MS. Trin. Coll. Cantab. B. x. 2). ■ ANIMALISED DEVILS. 419 earth maintained by Christianity. Gradually the repre-sentation of the animal tempters was modified, and in-stead of real animal forms there were reported the beardedbestialities which sur-rounded St.…
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