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CHAPTER IX.

ILLUSION.

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Maya The concept of illusion or the supernatural power to create appearances in Indian philosophy—Natural Treacheries—Misleaders—Glamour—Lorelei A legendary siren of the Rhine River—Chinese Mermaid—Transformations—Swan Maidens—Pigeon Maidens—The Seal-skin—Nudity—Devil's Lake original: "Teufelsee"—Gohlis Lake original: "Gohlitsee"—Japanese Siren—Dropping Cave—Venusberg The mountain home of the goddess Venus in German legend—Godiva—Will-o’-the-Wisp—Holy Maiden original: "Fräulein"—The Forsaken Merman—The Water-Man—Sea Phantom—Sunken Treasures—Suicide . . . . . .	210

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Maya The concept of illusion or the supernatural power to create appearances in Indian philosophy—Natural Treacheries—Misleaders—Glamour—Lorelei A legendary siren of the Rhine River—Chinese Mermaid—Transformations—Swan Maidens—Pigeon Maidens—The Seal-skin—Nudity—Devil's Lake original: "Teufelsee"—Gohlis Lake original: "Gohlitsee"—Japanese Siren—Dropping Cave—Venusberg The mountain home of the goddess Venus in German legend—Godiva—Will-o’-the-Wisp—Holy Maiden original: "Fräulein"—The Forsaken Merman—The Water-Man—Sea Phantom—Sunken Treasures—Suicide . . . . . .

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CHAPTER X.

DARKNESS.

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Shadows—Night Deities—Kobolds Spirits of the household or mines in Germanic mythology—Walpurgis Night original: "Walpurgisnacht"; a traditional German spring festival associated with witches—Night as an Accomplice original: "Abettor" of Evil-doers—Nightmare—Dreams—Invisible Foes—Jacob and his Phantom—Nott The personification of night in Norse mythology—The Prince of Darkness—The Brood of Midnight—Second-Sight—Specters of Souter Fell—The Moonshine Vampire original: "Vampyre"—Glamour—Glam and Grettir Characters from the Icelandic Grettis Saga involving a ghost and a hero—A Story of Dartmoor . . . . . . . . .	231

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Shadows—Night Deities—Kobolds Spirits of the household or mines in Germanic mythology—Walpurgis Night original: "Walpurgisnacht"; a traditional German spring festival associated with witches—Night as an Accomplice original: "Abettor" of Evil-doers—Nightmare—Dreams—Invisible Foes—Jacob and his Phantom—Nott The personification of night in Norse mythology—The Prince of Darkness—The Brood of Midnight—Second-Sight—Specters of Souter Fell—The Moonshine Vampire original: "Vampyre"—Glamour—Glam and Grettir Characters from the Icelandic Grettis Saga involving a ghost and a hero—A Story of Dartmoor . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER XI.

DISEASE.

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The Plague Phantom—Devil-dances—Destroying Angels—Ahriman The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism in Astrology—Saturn—Satan and Job—Set The ancient Egyptian god of chaos and storms—The Fatal Seven—Yakseyo Demon spirits in Sinhalese (Sri Lankan) folklore—The Sinhalese original: "Singhalese" Pretraya Hungry ghosts or ancestral spirits in Buddhist and Hindu belief—Reeri A demon of blood—Maha Sohon A powerful graveyard demon—Morotoo—Luther on disease-demons—Gopolu—Madan A deity or spirit in South Indian and Sri Lankan folk religion—Cattle-demon in Russia—Field-spirits original: "Bihlweisen"; spirits associated with fields and crops—The Plough . . . .	249

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The Plague Phantom—Devil-dances—Destroying Angels—Ahriman The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism in Astrology—Saturn—Satan and Job—Set The ancient Egyptian god of chaos and storms—The Fatal Seven—Yakseyo Demon spirits in Sinhalese (Sri Lankan) folklore—The Sinhalese original: "Singhalese" Pretraya Hungry ghosts or ancestral spirits in Buddhist and Hindu belief—Reeri A demon of blood—Maha Sohon A powerful graveyard demon—Morotoo—Luther on disease-demons—Gopolu—Madan A deity or spirit in South Indian and Sri Lankan folk religion—Cattle-demon in Russia—Field-spirits original: "Bihlweisen"; spirits associated with fields and crops—The Plough . . . .

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CHAPTER XII.

DEATH.

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The Blood Feud original: "Vendetta" of Death—Teoyaomiqui The Aztec goddess of those who died in battle—Demon of Serpents—Death on the Pale Horse—Kali The Hindu goddess of death and time—War-gods—Satan as Death—Death-beds—Death original: "Thanatos"; the personification of death in Greek mythology—Yama The god of death in Hinduism and Buddhism—Yimi The first mortal/king of the dead in Iranian mythology—Towers of Silence Structures where the dead were placed by Zoroastrians for exposure to the elements—Alcestis—Hercules original: "Herakles", Christ, and Death—Hell—Salt—Azrael original: "Azraël"; the angel of death in Islamic and Jewish traditions—Death and the Cobbler—Dance of Death—Death as Foe and as Friend .	269

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The Blood Feud original: "Vendetta" of Death—Teoyaomiqui The Aztec goddess of those who died in battle—Demon of Serpents—Death on the Pale Horse—Kali The Hindu goddess of death and time—War-gods—Satan as Death—Death-beds—Death original: "Thanatos"; the personification of death in Greek mythology—Yama The god of death in Hinduism and Buddhism—Yimi The first mortal/king of the dead in Iranian mythology—Towers of Silence Structures where the dead were placed by Zoroastrians for exposure to the elements—Alcestis—Hercules original: "Herakles", Christ, and Death—Hell—Salt—Azrael original: "Azraël"; the angel of death in Islamic and Jewish traditions—Death and the Cobbler—Dance of Death—Death as Foe and as Friend .

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