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Thor's arrows — The Bob-tailed Dragon — Whirlwinds — The Japanese Thunder God — Christian survivals — Jinni Spirits or genies in Islamic mythology — Floods — Noah — Nik, Nicholas, and Old Nick — Nixies Water spirits in Germanic folklore — Hydras — Demons of the Danube — Tides — Survivals in Russia and England . . .	92

CHAPTER V.

ANIMALS.


Distinguishing animal demons — Simple origins of mythology — The Hedgehog — The Fox — Beliefs in reincarnation in Japan — Bewitched horses — Rats — Lions — Cats — The Dog — Goethe’s fear of dogs — Superstitions of the Parsis Followers of Zoroastrianism, the people of Travancore, African Americans, Native Americans, etc. — Dog-headed people original: "Cynocephaloi" — The Wolf — Traditions of the Nez Perce people — Fenris the wolf — Fables — The Boar — The Bear — The Serpent — Every harmful animal power turned into a demon — Horns . . .	121

Distinguishing animal demons — Simple origins of mythology — The Hedgehog — The Fox — Beliefs in reincarnation in Japan — Bewitched horses — Rats — Lions — Cats — The Dog — Goethe’s fear of dogs — Superstitions of the Parsis Followers of Zoroastrianism, the people of Travancore, African Americans, Native Americans, etc. — Dog-headed people original: "Cynocephaloi" — The Wolf — Traditions of the Nez Perce people — Fenris the wolf — Fables — The Boar — The Bear — The Serpent — Every harmful animal power turned into a demon — Horns . . .

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CHAPTER VI.

ENEMIES.


Aryans, Dasyus, and Nagas — Yakshas original: "Yakkhos"; nature spirits in Hindu and Buddhist mythology — Lycians — Ethiopians — Hirpini An ancient Italian tribe whose name relates to the wolf — Polites — Sosipolis — Werewolves — Goths and Scythians — Giants and Dwarfs — Berserkers — Britons — Iceland — Mi'kmaq original: "Mimacs"; a First Nations people of North America — Gog and Magog . . .	150

Aryans, Dasyus, and Nagas — Yakshas original: "Yakkhos"; nature spirits in Hindu and Buddhist mythology — Lycians — Ethiopians — Hirpini An ancient Italian tribe whose name relates to the wolf — Polites — Sosipolis — Werewolves — Goths and Scythians — Giants and Dwarfs — Berserkers — Britons — Iceland — Mi'kmaq original: "Mimacs"; a First Nations people of North America — Gog and Magog . . .

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CHAPTER VII.

BARRENNESS.


Famine in India and sunspots — Sun worship — The Demon of the Desert — The Sphinx — Egyptian plagues described by Lepsius Karl Richard Lepsius, a famous 19th-century Egyptologist: locusts, hurricanes, floods, mice, and flies — The Sheikh’s ride — Abaddon The Hebrew name for the "Destroyer" or angel of the abyss — Set — Typhon — The wind of Cain original: "Cain wind"; a scorching desert wind associated with the biblical Cain — Seth — Mirages — The Desert Eden — Azazel — Tawiscara and the wild rose A reference to the Iroquoian myth where the spirit Tawiscara creates thorns to spoil the rose . . .	170

Famine in India and sunspots — Sun worship — The Demon of the Desert — The Sphinx — Egyptian plagues described by Lepsius Karl Richard Lepsius, a famous 19th-century Egyptologist: locusts, hurricanes, floods, mice, and flies — The Sheikh’s ride — Abaddon The Hebrew name for the "Destroyer" or angel of the abyss — Set — Typhon — The wind of Cain original: "Cain wind"; a scorching desert wind associated with the biblical Cain — Seth — Mirages — The Desert Eden — Azazel — Tawiscara and the wild rose A reference to the Iroquoian myth where the spirit Tawiscara creates thorns to spoil the rose . . .

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CHAPTER VIII.

OBSTACLES.


Mephistopheles among the crags — Emerson on Mount Monadnock — Ruskin on Alpine peasants — Sacred and unholy mountains — The Devil’s Pulpit — Mountain dwellers original: "Montagnards" — Mountain lakes original: "Tarns" — Tenjo — Mount Tai original: "T’ai-shan"; a sacred mountain in China — Apocatequil The Incan god of lightning and thunder — Legends from the Tyrol — The ordeal by rock — Scylla and Charybdis Two mythical sea monsters from the Odyssey representing a choice between two dangers — Scottish giants — The Bridge-builder original: "Pontifex" — Devil’s bridges — The giant Yéous original: "Le géant Yéous" . . .	190

Mephistopheles among the crags — Emerson on Mount Monadnock — Ruskin on Alpine peasants — Sacred and unholy mountains — The Devil’s Pulpit — Mountain dwellers original: "Montagnards" — Mountain lakes original: "Tarns" — Tenjo — Mount Tai original: "T’ai-shan"; a sacred mountain in China — Apocatequil The Incan god of lightning and thunder — Legends from the Tyrol — The ordeal by rock — Scylla and Charybdis Two mythical sea monsters from the Odyssey representing a choice between two dangers — Scottish giants — The Bridge-builder original: "Pontifex" — Devil’s bridges — The giant Yéous original: "Le géant Yéous" . . .

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