18th Century Russian Lubok woodcut, quoting from the source (which is here linked) “”The Horrifying and Terrifying Parable from the Mirror A certain maiden concealed her foul sin of fornication from her spiritual father during confession and died with this sin. Her spiritual father began to pray to God and suddenly saw her sitting on a fiery dragon. On her eyes were huge toads, in her ears were arrows, great fire was burning in her mouth, vipers were sucking on her nipples, and the hounds of the inferno were biting her hands…”
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18th Century Russian Lubok woodcut, quoting from the source (which is here linked) “”The Horrifying and Terrifying Parable from the Mirror A certain maiden concealed her foul sin of fornication from her spiritual father during confession and died with this sin. Her spiritual father began to pray to God and suddenly saw her sitting on a fiery dragon. On her eyes were huge toads, in her ears were arrows, great fire was burning in her mouth, vipers were sucking on her nipples, and the hounds of the inferno were biting her hands…”
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