Demonology and devil-lore . t to thee will I show it/ replied he. Whenthe box is opened a black cloud enshrouds the aunt, andthe demon disappears with the arm. Thereafter he is moretroublesome than ever. The demon carried off the fairestvirgins of Kiyoto, ravished and ate them, no beauty beingleft in the city. The Emperor commands Yorimitsa todestroy him. The hero, with four trusty knights and agreat captain, went to the hidden places of the fell in with an old man, who invited them into hisdwelling, and gave them wine to drink ; and when they were LAD V IN DISTRESS. 407 going h
Demonology and devil-lore . t to thee will I show it/ replied he. Whenthe box is opened a black cloud enshrouds the aunt, andthe demon disappears with the arm. Thereafter he is moretroublesome than ever. The demon carried off the fairestvirgins of Kiyoto, ravished and ate them, no beauty beingleft in the city. The Emperor commands Yorimitsa todestroy him. The hero, with four trusty knights and agreat captain, went to the hidden places of the fell in with an old man, who invited them into hisdwelling, and gave them wine to drink ; and when they were LAD V IN DISTRESS. 407 going he presented them with wine. This old man was amountain-god. As they proceeded they met a beautifullady washing blood from garments in a valley, weepingbitterly. In reply to their inquiries she said the demonhad carried her off and kept her to wash his clothes, mean-ing when weary of her to eat her, I pray your lordshipsto help me! The six heroes bid her lead them to theogres cave. One hundred devils mounted guard before Fig. 27.—Cruelty and Lust (Japanese). The woman first went in and told him they had come. Theogre called them in, meaning to eat them. Then they sawShudendozi, a monster with the face of a little child. Theyoffered him wine, which flew to his head: he becomesmerry and sleeps, and his head is cut off. The head leapsup and tries to bite Yorimitsa, but he had on two all the devils are slain, he brings the head ofShudendozi to the Emperor. In a similar story of thesame country the lustful ogre by no means possesses 4o8 BAHIRA WA. Shudendozis winning visage, as may be seen by the popu-lar representation of him (Fig. 27), with a knights handgrasping his throat. A Singhalese demon of like class is Bahirawa, who takeshis name from the hill of the same name, towering overKandy, in which he is supposed to reside. The legendruns that the astrologers told a king whose queen wasafflicted by successive miscarriages, that she would neverbe delivered of a he
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