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{{Style P-HPB SB. Title continued |Curios Phases of Witchcraft|3-236}} | {{Style P-HPB SB. Title continued |Curios Phases of Witchcraft|3-236}} | ||
... | {{Style P-No indent|avidity, balls of rice and curry thrown into the air; some have human mistresses and concubines, and even outrage the modesty of their occasional fair worshippers. At Bodinaikenur in the Madura District, a certain Chetty bought of a magician a Malabar demon, for Rs. 90, it is said; but ere a day had passed since the transfer, the undutiful spirit fell in love with his master's wife, and succeeded in its nefarious purpose. A''' '''pious Hindoo assures me that the woman still lives, leading a very unhappy life with the demon, the husband being long dead and gone.”}} | ||
This would be an aspect, undreamed of by Coleridge, of “Woman waiting for her demon lover.” | |||