Bell, John (1788) Travels From St. Petersburgh in Russia, to Various Parts of Asia, Vol. II, p. 194

The vulgar really imagine the Mammon to be a creature living in marshes and underground, and entertain many strange notions regarding it. The Tartars tell many fables of its having been seen alive... I have been told by Tartars in the Baraba that they have seen this creature called Mammon at the dawn of day near lakes and rivers; but that on discovering them the Mammon immediately tumbles into the water, and never appears in the daytime. They say it is about the size of a large elephant, with a monstrous large head and horns, with which he makes his way in marshy places and underground, where he conceals himself till night. I only mention these things as the reports of a superstitious and ignorant people.

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