Psychology of the Unconscious / A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido. A Contribution to the History of the Evolution of Thought

by C. G. Jung

Ergriffen, fühlt er tief das Ungeheure.

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[708]. Pausanias: I, 18, 7.

[709]. Ocean, who arose to be the producer of all.

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[711]. J. Maehly: “Die Schlange im Mythus und Kultus der klassischen Völker,” 1867.

[712]. Duchesne: “Lib. pontifical.,” I, S. CIX. Cited by Cumont: “Textes et Monuments,” Vol. I, p. 351.

[713]. There was a huge dragon on Mount Tarpeius, where the Capitolium stands. Once a month, with sacrilegious maidens, the priests descended 365 steps into the hell of this dragon, carrying expiatory offerings of food for the dragon. Then the dragon suddenly and unexpectedly arose, and, though he did not come out, he poisoned the air with his breath. Thence came the mortality of man and the deepest sorrow for the death of the children. When, for the defence of truth, St. Silvester had had a conflict with the heathen, it came to this that the heathen said: “Silvester, go down to the dragon, and in the name of thy God make him desist from the killing of mankind.”

[714]. Cited by Cumont: “Textes et Monuments,” Vol. I, p. 351.