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Python - the 2nd of the 9 archangels
or archdemons in the evil hierarchy. Python is "prince of the
lying spirits." [Rf. Camfield, A Theological Discourse of Angels.]
In Greek mythology, Python is the monster serpent, hatched from the
mud of Deucalion's deluge, that lurked in a deep cleft of Parnassus;
he was wounded and finally killed by the arrows of the sun god
Apollo. [Rf. Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Dragon";
Summers, The History of Witchcraft and Demonology;
Redfield, Gods/A Dictionary of Deities of All Lands.] (a)
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