=a]lus, to whom
he entrusts his signet-ring to put down the rebellion headed by
Arb[=a]c[^e]s, the Mede, and Bel[)e]sis, the Chald[=e]an soothsayer.
Serem[=e]n[^e]s was slain in a battle with the insurgents.--Byron,
_Sardanapalus_ (1819).

=Sere'na=, allured by the mildness of the weather, went into the fields
to gather wild flowers for a garland, when she was attacked by the
Blatant Beast, who carried her off in its mouth. Her cries attracted to
the spot Sir Calidore, who compelled the beast to drop its
prey.--Spenser, _Fa[:e]ry Queen_, vi. 3 (1596).

=Sergis= (_Sir_), the attendant on Ir[=e]na. He informs Sir Artegal that
Irena is the captive of Grantorto, who has sworn to take her life within
ten days, unless some knight will volunteer to be her champion, and in
single combat prove her innocent of the crime laid to her
charge.--Spenser, _Fa[:e]ry Queen_, v. 11 (1596).

=Sergius=, a Nestorian monk, said to be the same as Boheira, who resided
at Bosra, in Syria. This monk, we are told, helped Mahomet in writing
the _Kor[^a]n_. Some say it was Sa[:i]d or Felix Boheira.

Boheira's name, in the books of Christians, is Sergius.--Masudi,
_History_, 24 (A.D. 956).

=Serimner=, the wild boar whose lard fed the vast multitude in Einheriar,
the hall of Odin. Though fed on daily, the boar never diminished in
size. Odin himself gave his own portion of the lard to his two wolves,
Geri and Freki.--_Scandinavian Mythology._ (See RUSTICUS'S PIG.)

=Seri'na=, daughter of Lord Acasto, plighted to Chamont (the brother of
Monimia, "the orphan").--Otway, _The Orphan_ (1680).

=Seriswattee=, the Janus of Hind[^u] mythology.

=The Serpent and Satan.= There is an Arabian tradition that the devil
begged all the animals, one after another, to carry him into the garden,
that he might speak to Adam and Eve, but they all refused except the
serpent, who took him between two of its teeth. It was then the most
beautiful of all the animals, and walked upon legs and feet.--Masudi,
_History_, 22 (A.D. 956).

_The Serpent's Punishment._ The punishment of the serpent for tempting
Eve was this: (1) Michael was commanded to cut off its legs; and (2) the
serpent was doomed to feed on human excrements ever after.

=Serpent d'Isabit=, an enormous monster, whose head rested on the top of
the Pic du Midi de Bigorre, its body filled the whole valley of Luz, St.
Sauveur, and G[`e]dres, and its tail was coiled in the hollow bel