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The legend of Perseus, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 66.4 — Chapter XV · THE COUVADE AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE STRENGTH OF THE BLOOD-TIE—CONCLUSION OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE THEORY OF THE LIFE-TOKEN.

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Addy, 74. Bodin, 369, relates a curious tale of a lascivious devil who got a girl into his power by inducing her to give him a lock of her hair. Barham has made powerful use of this incident in the Ingoldsby Leg. (“A Passage in the Life of the late H. Harris, D.D.”).

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