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Thread #123578   Message #2722300
Posted By: Azizi
12-Sep-09 - 11:14 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: The Devil The Color Black
Subject: RE: Folklore: The Devil The Color Black
Speaking of "pigs", here's an excerpt from "Folklore, Volume 16 By Folklore Society (Great Britain)" that relates to the subject of demons being described as being the color black:

Chapter: Folklore of the Wye Valley, page 175
"Ghosts we had a plenty, and of the most commonplace kind, the ordinary road or lane ghost, taking the form of a black sheep or pig (I may mention that our pigs are usually a beautiful pink)."

From
http://books.google.com/books?id=YEcKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=devil+black+in+folklore&source=bl&ots=TS32Qlf01o&sig=SbD0BamE2