'DE MONOLOGY AND DEVIL-LORE. BY MONCURE DANIEL CONWAY, M.A. B. D. OF DIVINITY COLLEGE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY MEMBER OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, LONDON CONTENTS OF VOL. II. Dragon and Devil distinguished-Dragons' wings-War in Heaven-- Expulsion of Serpents-Dissolution of the Dragon-Theological Respect for the Devil- Primitive Atheism-Idealisation-Birth of new Mr. Irving's impersonation of Superstition-Revolution against pious privilege-Doctrine of Merits'-Saintly immorality in India- A Pantheon turned Inferno-Zendavesta on Good and Evil- VISWÁMITRA, THE THEOCRATIC devil. Priestcraft and Pessimism-An Aryan Tetzel and his Luther-Brah- man Frogs-Evolution of the Sacerdotal Saint-Viswamitra the Accuser of Virtue-The Tamil Passion-Play 'Harischandra'— Ordeal of Goblins-The Martyr of Truth-Virtue triumphant over 14745 PAGE |