The history of the devil and the idea of evil : from the earliest times to the present day (1900)
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 · Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co. · leaf 281
e first living creature thatcrossed it should be forfeited. When the work was fin-ished the lad drove a chamois over the bridge, which,seeing that he was cheated out of the price he had ex-pected, the Devil wrathfully tore into pieces.* * Grimm, Deutsche Sagen, 336, and Tobler, Appenzeller… … The Devils Bridge Over the Reuss. and salvation are based upon pre-Christian conceptionsultimately dating back to human sacrifices and the mys-tic rites of cannibalism in which man hoped to partake of DEMONOLOGY OF NORTHERN EUROPE. 261 divinity and immortality by eating the flesh and drinkingthe…
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