Angels and Women (1924)

168 ANGELS AND WOMENroyal sire. They were mounted upon horses,whose black, glossy bodies were thickly dappledwith spots, and whose fierce, rolling eyesand airy thread seemed to scorn the earth.Following the children of Satanas came athousand white elephants, bearing magnificentpresents to the mighty monarch.Next in rank were the sons of Owadu, inarmor of burnished green, seated in superbchariots drawn by harnessed lions, whosesavage nature tamely yielded to the superhumanstrength and fear-inspiring voices ofthe terrible beings who held the reins. Afterthem, the sons of Zaradis, Saranzis, Ramudas,and other celestial princes, all mightymen, men of renown, arrayed in the costumesof their fathers’ kingdoms, presenting munificentofferings to the King of earthlyprinces.Snatches of conversation were wafted tomy ears from various men and women in thevast assemblage, comments upon the debaucheriesof the Devas, and the Darvands,