The Pedigree of the DevilTrübner & Company, 1883 - 256 Seiten Traces the history and traditions of ideas related to demonology. |
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... became blended into national communities , and the relations between man and man became more complex still , fresh standards had to be created of national and political good . In forming such standards , the majority of power in the ...
... became blended into national communities , and the relations between man and man became more complex still , fresh standards had to be created of national and political good . In forming such standards , the majority of power in the ...
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... became " Satans " to Solomon , after his pro- fuse luxury had opened the way for corruption and disaffection.2 In all these cases , the idea is simply identical with the plain meaning of the word : a Satan is an opponent , an adversary ...
... became " Satans " to Solomon , after his pro- fuse luxury had opened the way for corruption and disaffection.2 In all these cases , the idea is simply identical with the plain meaning of the word : a Satan is an opponent , an adversary ...
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... became one of unmixed malignancy , consisting of nothing but evil , and incapable of any other motive or result . This is another Persian ideal , that of Ahriman , the Anra - mainyu of the Zend religion , the god of evil . In the ...
... became one of unmixed malignancy , consisting of nothing but evil , and incapable of any other motive or result . This is another Persian ideal , that of Ahriman , the Anra - mainyu of the Zend religion , the god of evil . In the ...
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... became exclusively identified with the idea of malignancy . Even then , however , their baneful influences were , in principle , not the result of a desire to injure , but simply of the fulfilment of their natural vocation ; causing ...
... became exclusively identified with the idea of malignancy . Even then , however , their baneful influences were , in principle , not the result of a desire to injure , but simply of the fulfilment of their natural vocation ; causing ...
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... became a demon as it separated from the body . Demons of this class have had attached to them characteristics as widely different as light is from darkness ; but the true and original idea in the Tura- nian mind seems to have been ...
... became a demon as it separated from the body . Demons of this class have had attached to them characteristics as widely different as light is from darkness ; but the true and original idea in the Tura- nian mind seems to have been ...
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Seite 103 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell...
Seite 176 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Seite 176 - Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable Shape. The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair, * But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent arm'd With mortal sting.
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Seite 135 - His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
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Seite 169 - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
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