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As seen in "The Laundry Files" a series of books by Charles Stross mixing computer science, lovecraftian horror, and British humor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi

• probably_wrong 11y ago
  And in Hellboy, "Box full of evil"[1]. I don't know how Mignola found so many interesting pieces of trivia and legends, but once again I'm not surprised to learn that something he mentions on passing turns out to be a real thing. [1] http://hellboy.wikia.com/wiki/Box_Full_of_Evil http://hellboy.wikia.com/wiki/Box_Full_of_Evil
• kenOfYugen 11y ago
  "Severed hands in an occult context occur as early as Herodotus's 'Tale of Rhampsinitus'"[1]. In the "The Invisibles" as well [2]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_Glory#In_literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_Glory#In_literature 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisibles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisibles