Angel by Laura Lee

Author:Laura Lee [Lee, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-09-29T11:53:04+00:00

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These days we tend to think of snowcapped mountains as a peaceful, spiritual place. The serene spot where the Earth meets Heaven, a fitting home for angels. In earlier times, though, sinister beings populated the high peaks. Trolls, flying dragons, and witches were all said to live in the mountains.

In 1555, a Swiss naturalist named Conrad Gesner sought to prove that there were no monsters. He climbed Mount Pilatus to confront the ghost of Pontius Pilate, which was said to haunt Lake Pilatus. Gesner and a friend tossed stones into the waters of the lake, a deliberate provocation. The earth did not tremble; the skies did not erupt with thunder and lightning; there was no cataclysm of any kind. After that, Westerners began to release their fears about monsters on the mountains.

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