ils, and the
like.

Typical examples are found in the imprint of Buddha's feet on stones in
Siam and Ceylon; in the imprint of the body of Moses, which down to the
middle of the last century was shown near Mount Sinai; in the imprint
of Poseidon's trident on the Acropolis at Athens; in the imprint of the
hands or feet of Christ on stones in France, Italy, and Palestine; in
the imprint of the Virgin's tears on stones at Jerusalem; in the imprint
of the feet of Abraham at Jerusalem and of Mohammed on a stone in the
Mosque of Khait Bey at Cairo; in the imprint of the fingers of giants on
stones in the Scandinavian Peninsula, in north Germany, and in western
France; in the imprint of the devil's thighs on a rock in Brittany,
and of his claws on stones which he threw at churches in Cologne and
Saint-Pol-de-Leon; in the imprint of the shoulder of the devil's grand
mother on the "elbow-stone" at the Mohriner see; in the imprint of
St. Otho's feet on a stone formerly preserved in the castle church at
Stettin; in the imprint of the little finger of Christ and the head
of Satan at Ehrenberg; and in the imprint of the feet of St. Agatha
at Catania, in Sicily. To account for these appearances and myriads of
others, long and interesting legends were developed, and out of this
mass we may take one or two as typical.

One of the most beautiful was evolved at Rome. On the border of the
medieval city stands the church of "Domine quo vadis"; it was erected in
honour of a stone, which is still preserved, bearing a mark resembling a
human footprint--perhaps the bed of a fossil.

Out of this a pious legend grew as naturally as a wild rose in a
prairie. According to this story, in one of the first great persecutions
the heart of St. Peter failed him, and he attempted to flee from the
city: arriving outside the walls he was suddenly confronted by the
Master, whereupon Peter in amazement asked, "Lord, whither goest thou?"
(Domine quo vadis?); to which the Master answered, "To Rome, to be
crucified again." The apostle, thus rebuked, returned to martyrdom; the
Master vanished, but left, as a perpetual memorial, his footprint in the
solid rock.

Another legend accounts for a curious mark in a stone at Jerusalem.
According to this, St. Thomas, after the ascension of the Lord, was
again troubled with doubts, whereupon the Virgin Mother threw down her
girdle, which left its imprint upon the rock, and thus converted the
doubter fully and finally