Sassenach, a Saxon, an Englishman. (Welsh, saesonig adj. and saesoniad noun.)
I would, if I thought I’d be able to catch some of the Sassenachs in London.—Very Far West Indeed.
Satan, according to the Talmud, was once an archangel, but was cast out of heaven with one-third of the celestial host for refusing to do reverence to Adam.
In mediæval mythology, Satan holds the fifth rank of the nine demoniacal orders.
Johan Wier, in his Præstigiis Dæmonum (1564), makes Beëlzebub the sovereign of hell, and Satan leader of the opposition.
In legendary lore, Satan is drawn with horns and tail, saucer eyes, and claws; but Milton makes him a proud, selfish, ambitious chief, of gigantic size, beautiful, daring, and commanding. He declares his opinion that it is “better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.” Defoe has written a Political History of the Devil (1726).
Satan, according to Milton, monarch of hell. His chief lords are Beëlzebub, Moloch, Chemos, Thammuz, Dagon, Rimmon, and Belial. His standard-bearer is Azaz´el.
He, above the rest
In shape and gesture proudly eminent,
Stood like a tower. His form had not yet lost
All her original brightness; nor appeared
Less than archangel ruined, and the excess
Of glory obscured ... but his face
Deep scars of thunder had intrenched, and care
Sat on his faded cheek ... cruel his eye, but cast
Signs of remorse.
Milton, Paradise Lost, i. 589, etc. (1665).
*** The word Satan means “enemy;” hence Milton says:
To whom the arch-enemy,
... in heaven called Satan.
Paradise Lost, i. 81 (1665).