Note 536 — Chapter X · THE SYSTEM OF THE PISTIS SOPHIA AND ITS RELATED TEXTS[459]
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This demon in the shape of a flying arrow seems to be well known in Rabbinic lore. Mr Whinfield in J.R.A.S., April, 1910, pp. 485, 486, describes him as having a head like a calf, with one horn rising out of his forehead like a cruse or pitcher, while to look upon him is certain death to man or beast. His authority seems to be Rapaport’s Tales from the Midrash.