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  the Champions--Demons of the North--Story of Assueit and Asmund--Action of Ejectment against Spectres


id: 14461
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  Adventure of a Champion with the Goddess Freya--Conversion of the Pagans of Iceland to Christianity--Northern Superstitions


id: 43651
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  Strange and Remarkable Prophecies and Predictions of the Holy, Learned, and Excellent James Usher, &c


# bib

id: 14461
title: Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
author: Scott, Walter
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  spirit of the deceased existing, without possessing or having the power friend, should at length place before his eyes in person the appearance years borne the character of a man of unusual steadiness, good sense, Supposing the powers of the witch to be limited, in the time of Moses, second time, the witch disguised her son under the appearance of a tame popular calumny, placed the poor old woman in a small house near his own that on the day which he pretended to see the said witches at the house evil-disposed persons called witches (though I hear your minister is far by ignorant persons to counteract the supposed witchcraft; the use of Superstition--Case of supposed Witchcraft, related from the Author''s death of those persons in the trial of the Irvine witches. persons in the common way of finding out witches, and in the means made


id: 29412
title: The Phantom World; or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c.
author: Calmet, Augustin
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  Every body talks of apparitions of angels and demons, and of souls other spirit than the soul of man the power to move the body; that, on persons died of this malady--he says, that during this time demons apparitions of dead persons who have been seen, and acted like living and pagans believe that the soul remained for some time near the body body, to which these spirits give life and motion for a certain time. will and command of God. The apparitions of a spirit, or of an angel and a demon, which show who appeared during some time, and called certain persons, who never related that this saint having excommunicated certain persons for demon can take the place of a spirit in a body newly dead, or if he persons who have come to life again, after having appeared dead for There is no appearance of his having received this power from God, and


id: 12890
author: Spalding, Thomas Alfred
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  An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, Catholic belief in devil''s power to create Powers of witches "looking into the seeds of time." Bessie Roy, how appearance, and various functions and powers of the evil spirits, with existence of evil spirits, possession by devils, witchcraft, and divine appearance, and powers of the evil spirits. These devils'' power and desire to injure mankind appear to have of the form in which a greater devil might appear, this is what Scot says that the devil, when appearing to men, frequently assumed that evil spirits, without actually entering into the body of a man, powers over the bodies and minds of mortals, devils were not believed to he says, "In the witches Shakspere has made use of the popular belief in belief in the devils and their works. possession of the human body by devils;[1] and this appears to have

title:
  Elizabethan Demonology An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers Possessed By Them, as It Was Generally Held during the Period of the Reformation, and the Times Immediately Succeeding; with Special Reference to Shakspere and His Works


id: 37111
title: The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch: An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza
author: Fitz-Gerald, S. J. Adair (Shafto Justin Adair)
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  "Well," said the Zankiwank as he swallowed another jam tart, "I think we "I wish the Bletherwitch would come," exclaimed the Zankiwank, "we shall "I think," said the Zankiwank, "that we will start without the "Always glad to please good little boys and girls, you know," he "Of course," said the Zankiwank, "this is Midsummer Day, and very soon Both children would have liked to argue out this speech of the Zankiwank "They keep very good time, don''t they?" said the Zankiwank to the "''Tis the easiest thing out of the world," said the Zankiwank. this, Maude took Willie''s hand and urged the Zankiwank forward. "Fancy," said Maude, "all the birds of London Town come to Fairy-land perfect fairy-land nursery was unfolded before Maude and Willie, who "Have you got five minutes to spare?" asked the Zankiwank of Maude. "Oh, Mr Zankiwank, what is this gentleman saying?" said Maude. "Let us go, Willie," said Maude.


id: 40686
title: Demonology and Devil-lore
author: Conway, Moncure Daniel
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  and a devil is not arbitrary: the word demon is related to deity; Hunger-demons; it interprets the old sayings that a devil, however ''Why Ten-jo,'' said the old man, ''is an evil spirit, with a long nose, great form was that of a pagan god, an enemy of the human race. gained personification through fear as demons whose fatal power man has for its primary meaning ''demon'' or ''devil:'' the gods and dragons the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound too, the old demons, giants, and devils took on grave and vast forms, old times--The Fairfax delusion--Origin of its devil--Witch, goat, old times--The Fairfax delusion--Origin of its devil--Witch, goat, God; but if thou be a man, come near, let me feel of thee;'' which he ''They said, they had seen sometimes a very great Devil like a Dragon,


id: 43651
title: Irish Witchcraft and Demonology
author: Seymour, St. John D. (St. John Drelincourt)
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  people at the present day a book on Witchcraft in Ireland would be of books on witchcraft would, naturally, be the result of witch-trials, but remarkable witch case of that time, the trial of Florence Newton in 1661, Therewith came the said woman of Ireland, The next notice of witchcraft in Ireland occurs in the year 1578, when a appearance in Ireland, this time far south, at Youghal. said Florence came to the Deponent, at the house of John Pyne in matter in some mysterious way, it again appeared, this time in a great matter, and advised him the next time the spirit appeared to ask it the infer that trials for witchcraft had taken place in Ireland, of which Law A few years later a witch-story comes from the north of Ireland, and is witchcraft in Ireland from its first appearance to the present day, and as


