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  • Thanks to the dark, sephardic devil-god William Barton not to be confused with the Australian didgeridoo player, I heard about "Nasdijj."

    March 2009 2009

  • Thanks to the dark, sephardic devil-god William Barton not to be confused with the Australian didgeridoo player, I heard about "Nasdijj."

    Goooooo Nasdijj! 2009

  • Thanks to the dark, sephardic devil-god William Barton not to be confused with the Australian didgeridoo player, I heard about "Nasdijj."

    Books 2009

  • Thanks to the dark, sephardic devil-god William Barton not to be confused with the Australian didgeridoo player, I heard about "Nasdijj."

    Goooooo Nasdijj! 2009

  • The women and the children came from the huts to witness the slaying of the devil-god.

    Jungle Tales of Tarzan 1919

  • There was a sudden interruption from above, from the branches of the very tree beneath which they squatted, and as the five blacks looked up they almost swooned in fright as they saw the great, white devil-god looking down upon them; but before they could flee they saw another face, that of the lost little Tibo, and his face was laughing and very happy.

    Jungle Tales of Tarzan 1919

  • The latter stood his ground because he saw that the devil-god did not run, and because the black had the courage to face a certain and horrible death beside one who had quite evidently dared death for him.

    Jungle Tales of Tarzan 1919

  • Then came Bukawai, and at first he could not believe the witness of his own eyes; but when he did and saw that it was indeed the devil-god his rage knew no bounds, for he thought him dead and himself cheated of the revenge he had so long dreamed upon.

    Jungle Tales of Tarzan 1919

  • Only once had the black witch-doctor seen the devil-god, as he was most often called among the blacks, and upon that occasion Tarzan had robbed him of a fat fee, at the same time putting the lie in the mouth of Bukawai, and making his medicine seem poor medicine.

    Jungle Tales of Tarzan 1919

  • In a solid mass of muscled ebony they waited the coming of the devil-god; yet beneath their brave exteriors lurked a haunting fear that all might not be quite well with them -- that this strange creature could yet prove invulnerable to their weapons and inflict upon them full punishment for their effrontery.

    Jungle Tales of Tarzan 1919

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