Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Setebos

A deity of the Patagonians, introduced by Shakespeare into hisTempest.

His art is of such power,
It would control my dam's god, Setebos,
And make a vassal of him.

Tempest, i. 2.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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