Angels and Women (1924)

160 ANGELS AND WOMEN
arches were the banners, with tinkling bells
wrought into the significant words:
"Satanas and Samoula."
"’Queen of the Earth."
"Bride of the Sun."
Gilded pavilions were made ready to receive
the queens of the other Devas, and in
the center of the court rose a great throne,
upon which Satanas was to crown Samoula
at once Bride and Queen. This throne, of
more than human grandeur, rested upon the
backs of four brazen dragons, from whose
mouths flowed a perpetual stream of Homa.
There were no steps to the throne, but from
a wide opening in the wall of the Palace,
leading directly to it, was an aerial pathway
resembling a broad sunbeam.
As I observed these wonders, a sudden
hush pervaded the court. Each workman
suspended his labor, and a subdued murmur
ran through the crowd: "Make way, make
way! Ormandu, the Prince of the Winds,