 | Like arrows released in the four directions, the demon’s body grew, day after day. Tall and blackish, he appeared like a burnt hill and was as lustrous as a bright array of clouds in the evening. The hair on the demon’s body and his beard and moustache were the color of melted copper, and his eyes were piercing like the midday sun. He appeared unconquerable, as if holding the three worlds on the points of his blazing trident. Dancing and shouting with a loud voice, he made the entire surface of the earth tremble as if from an earthquake. As he yawned again and again, he seemed to be trying to swallow the whole sky with his mouth, which was as deep as a cave. He seemed to be licking up all the stars in the sky with his tongue and eating the entire universe with his long, sharp teeth. Seeing this gigantic demon, everyone, in great fear, ran here and there in all directions. | | | El cuerpo del demonio, como flechas disparadas en las cuatro direcciones, crecía día tras día. Alto y negruzco, tenía el aspecto de una montaña quemada, y su resplandor era el de un cúmulo de nubes que brillan con el Sol poniente. Los vellos de su cuerpo, su barba y su bigote, tenían el color del cobre fundido, y sus ojos eran tan hirientes como el Sol del mediodía. Parecía invencible, como si sostuviese los tres mundos en las puntas de su abrasador tridente. Bailando y profiriendo grandes voces, hacía temblar toda la superficie de la Tierra, como un terremoto. Bostezaba una y otra vez, y daba la impresión de querer tragarse el cielo entero con su boca, profunda como una caverna. Con la lengua parecía lamer todas las estrellas del cielo, y con sus colmillos, largos y afilados, parecía devorar el universo entero. Al ver al gigantesco demonio, todo el mundo, presa del pánico, corría de un lugar a otro, en todas direcciones. | |
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