The Pedigree of the DevilTrübner & Company, 1883 - 256 страници |
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abode aboriginal Accadian Ahriman Allat amongst ancestors ancient angels animals Aryan Asmodeus Assyrian attributes Babylonian became belief body Brahmans Buddhism Chaldean Chaos Chimæra Christian conquered created creed culture darkness dead death degraded deities demons destruction Devil devouring divine dragon dread duergar dwarfs earth Egyptian elves enemies evil evolution existence faith fate fays fire gods Greek Hades heaven Hebrew Hell Hindu horns human idea ideal influence inhabitants Izdhubar Jehovah Jews jinns Keightley's Fairy Mythology king legend light living Loki magical powers manes-worship material Max Müller mind Moloch monster moral myths nation nature nymphs origin Osiris passed pedigree Persian primeval probably punishment Rabbins race recognized religion religious Rephaim reptile Rhadamanthus rites river Roman sacrifices saints Satan satyr savage Scandinavian serpent shades Sheol souls spirits superstition supreme tail Tartaros tion Titans trace traditions tribes Turanian vast Veddas waters worship Zeus
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Страница 134 - 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...
Страница 214 - 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.
Страница 214 - 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.
Страница 124 - Indian mount; or faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the Moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the Earth Wheels her pale course; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Страница 171 - 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.
Страница 205 - 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.
Страница 103 - God made the earth and the heavens, and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew : for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till, the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Страница 198 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Страница 174 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Страница 201 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years...