Ps. xci. 6, LXX. δαιμόνιον
μεσημβρινόν. cf. Jer. Taylor, Serm. ii. pt. 2:
“Suidas” (Col. 1227) “tells of certain empusæ
that used to appear at noon, at such times as the Greeks did celebrate
the funerals of the dead; and at this time some of the Russians do fear
the noon-day devil, which appeareth like a mourning widow to reapers of
hay and corn, and uses to break their arms and legs unless they worship
her.”