A Hunt After Devils

This fascinating account of the author's search for the diabolical starts in Leipzig with a rousing performance of Weber's supernatural opera, Der Freischutz. The author continues on to Auerbach's Cellar, featured in Goethe's Faust, where he probes the origins of the Faust legend, devil legends, Odin and Odinism, King Olaf, Norse gods, paganism, animal superstitions, supernatural animals, the Wild Huntsmen and more.

Originally published in 1869, this insightful article is as fresh and informative as the day it was written. 9,000 words, all of them interesting.

Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907) was an author, abolitionist, clergyman, suffragette, and free-thinker. His friends included Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, and Charles Darwin.

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