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 63
) evil spirits. The monuments of Chaldca prove the existence of an extremely complex demonologythe exact gradation of which is not yet sufficiently known. Concerning the Devil of the disease - engenderingsouthwest wind Lenormant sa^s {ibid. V., p. 212) : The Louvre possesses the image of a horrible… … ACCAD AND THE EARLY SEMITES. 45 suspend the figtire. On the back of the statue is the inscriptionin sumero-accadian, indicating that it represents the demon of thesouthwest wind and that it should be placed at the door or the win-dow for the sake of warding off his injurious influence. Tin. soutli-
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