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The god Vishnu in his fish avatar, Matsya, vanquishing the demon Hayagriva (left), who had stolen the sacred scriptures (Vedas) from the god Brahma. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 27837i
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Demonologia; or, natural knowledge revealed; being an exposé of ancient and modern superstitions. Credulity, fanaticism, enthusiasm, & imposture, as connected with the doctrine, caballa, and jargon, of amulets, apparitions, astrology, charms, demonology ... witchcraft, &c / By J.S. F[orsyth].
Forsyth, J. S.Date: 1831
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The infernal legion of demons, in Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata. Wood engraving by J.A. Faxardo after Lecurieux, ca. 1838.
Jacques-Joseph LecurieuxDate: 1838Reference: 562726i
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Two demonic physiognomies, expressive of malignity. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 29009i- E-books
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Dissertations upon the apparitions of angels, dæmons, and ghosts , and concerning the vampires of Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia. By the Reverend Father Dom Augustin Calmet, A Benedictine Monk, and Abbot of Senoners in Lorraine. Translated from the French.
Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]