Note 179 — PART II (continued 3)
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Inf. v., where Dante couples with them the angels who abstained from taking either part on Satan’s revolt, but per sè foro. In like manner the Irish writers, as in the story of St. Brendan, extended their more merciful judgment to these spirits also. The popular traditions of modern times identify them with the Daoine Sidhe, but without agreeing as to their ultimate fate after the Judgment.