John Lubbock (Lord Avebury), Origin of Civilisation, p. 32. London, 1889.
[646]. Certain savages mentioned by Tylor endeavoured to stay the progress of small-pox germs after this fashion.—Primitive Culture, ii. p. 115.
[647]. See, for instance, Abbot Richalmus, Liber revelationum de insidiis et versutiis daemonum inversus homines.
[648]. “... but as I knew it was the Devil,” wrote Luther, “I paid no attention to him and went to sleep.”
[649]. Primitive Culture, i. p. 409.
[650]. E. B. Tylor, Ency. Brit. ninth ed. vol. vii. p. 63, etc.
[651]. Cheyne and Black, Ency. Bib. art. “Satan,” by Gray and Massie.
F. T. Hall, The Pedigree of the Devil. London, 1883.
J. Tulloch in Ency. Brit. ninth ed. art. “Devil.”
[652]. Satan, said Tertullian, is God’s ape. He was indeed supposed to possess a tail; this might be severed, but it would grow again.