The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day (1899)
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 · Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co.; London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner · leaf 229
combustion and rises in a transfigured shape fromthe flames of the pyre. The Jews also appropriated thefigure of this solar hero in the shape of Sampson whosestrength is conditioned by his hair, as the power of thesun lies in his rays. In spite of the strong admixture of foreign m3th-ology,… … Prometheus Tied by Zeus to the Stake (or Cross) and Exposed to the Eagle; Rescued by Hercules. (A vase found at Chiusi, now in Berlin. Baumeister, D. d. cl. .4 , p. 1410.) resents Prometheus (the fore-thinker) as struggling andsuffering mankind, tied to the pole of misery by Zeus asa punishment for…
Devil · Demonology · Good and evil
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