After his missing pal found the Necronomicon, a forbidden book of spells and thaumaturgy, he was led to a tunnel underneath the surface of the Earth, below which terrifying beings are said to dwell.

Then there’s the environment, thaumaturgy and everything else.

The practice of thaumaturgy, and the legends invested with the display of the miracle-working power, both preceding and subsequent to that era, rose to a great height.

The sequel, indeed, is a great mirror in which the Spanish society of Cervantes’ day is reflected with all the thaumaturgy of genius.

The origin is Chinese, and in Japan it has become mixed with the worship of a Shintō deity, and further enlarged by the Buddhist belief of thaumaturgy and magic.