Gadarene swine

== English == === Noun === Gadarene swine pl (plural only) (biblical) A herd of swine that become possessed by demons after the latter are exorcised from men, in a parable told in each of the Synoptic Gospels, although not the Gospel of John. 2000 [1908, Weiser Books], R. Campbell Thompson, Semitic Magic: Its Origins and Development, Red Wheel/Weiser, page 208, The most remarkable parallel to this spell is contained in the New Testament story of the Gadarene swine. === Further reading === Exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac on Wikipedia.Wikipedia