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[ Colotropis gigantea.]
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[ Rákshashas and rákshasís are male and female demons or ogres, in the Hindú mythology.]
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[ Literally, the king of birds, a fabulous species of horse remarkable for swiftness, which plays an important part in Tamil stories and romances.]
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[ Here we have a parallel to the biblical legend of the passage of the Israelites dryshod]
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[ Demons, ogres, trolls, giants, et hoc genus omne, never fail to discover the presence of human beings by their keen sense of smelling. "Fee, faw, fum! I smell the blood of a British man," cries a giant when the renowned hero Jack is concealed in his castle. "Fum! fum! sento odor christianum," exclaims an ogre in Italian folk tales. "Femme, je sens la viande fraîche, la chair de chrétien!" says a giant to his wife in French stories.]