The ancient Church believed that he would take possession of those who saw the images and cause them to do terrible mings, or in some cases he could even abduct the viewer into the images themselves,
Kirkjan til forna trúđi ūví ađ hann tæki sér bķlfestu í ūeim sem sæju myndirnar og fengju ūá til ķdæđisverka. Eđa stundum getur hann sett ūann sem horfir inn í myndirnar.