A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto UncollectedIncludes papers on Heathen mythology, Genii of antiquity, Genii and fairies of the East, etc. |
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Page 84
... devil's mark about her , God bless us , that had a giant to her son that was called " Lob - lye - by - the - fire . " Todd's Milton , vol . vi . p . 96. Burton in a passage subsequently quoted , tells us in speaking of these fairies ...
... devil's mark about her , God bless us , that had a giant to her son that was called " Lob - lye - by - the - fire . " Todd's Milton , vol . vi . p . 96. Burton in a passage subsequently quoted , tells us in speaking of these fairies ...
Page 85
... devil . It is remarkable , also , that inasmuch as the northern mythology is traceable to the Eastern invaders of Europe , our fairies may have issued out of those same mountains of Caucasus , the great Kaf , to which we are indebted ...
... devil . It is remarkable , also , that inasmuch as the northern mythology is traceable to the Eastern invaders of Europe , our fairies may have issued out of those same mountains of Caucasus , the great Kaf , to which we are indebted ...
Page 92
... devils ; but the converts could never heartily enter into the notion . Ac- cordingly , in spite of the endeavors of the clergy ( which it is said , have been more or less exerted in vain to this day ) , a sort of half - and - half case ...
... devils ; but the converts could never heartily enter into the notion . Ac- cordingly , in spite of the endeavors of the clergy ( which it is said , have been more or less exerted in vain to this day ) , a sort of half - and - half case ...
Page 93
... devils , and yet distinguished from them . " Terrestrial 66 devils , ” says Burton , are those Lares , Genii , Faunes , Satyrs , Wood - nymphs , Foliots , Fairies , Robin Good- fellows , & c . , which as they are most conversant with ...
... devils , and yet distinguished from them . " Terrestrial 66 devils , ” says Burton , are those Lares , Genii , Faunes , Satyrs , Wood - nymphs , Foliots , Fairies , Robin Good- fellows , & c . , which as they are most conversant with ...
Page 94
... devil but in a dark night ; * There is a personage in Eastern history , who appears to have been of kin to this grim phenomenon . He was a sorcerer of the name of Setteiah . He is described as having his head in his bosom , and as being ...
... devil but in a dark night ; * There is a personage in Eastern history , who appears to have been of kin to this grim phenomenon . He was a sorcerer of the name of Setteiah . He is described as having his head in his bosom , and as being ...
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