Fishes, Flowers & Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths & Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, Rome, India, &c., with Illustrative Myths and Legends |
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adoration Agni altar amongst ancient appear Assyrian Atergatis Baal Beltane Berosus bishop of Glasgow Brahma Buataranga burnt called ceremonies Chamanim Christian consecrated custom Dagon daughters deity Derceto divine dolphin Druids Drupadi earth Egyptian emblem extinguished faith father feast female festival fire-god fire-worship fish flame flower Forlong Glasgow goddess gods Greeks hand heathen heaven Hebrew Herodotus Hindoo Hindu Hinnom holy fire honour idol India Ireland Irish kindled king Lakshmi leap light Lord lotus Magi Magians Māni Manike Maruts Maruts come hither means Méru Midsummer Moloch mother nether-world Oannes offered Padma Parsees pass Persians Phallic Phoenician plant practised prayer priests religion represented ring Romans round sacred fire sacred rites sacrifice sacrificed Sanscrit says Scotland secret seed-vessel Serpent Shing-moo signifies stones symbol Syrians temple thee Theophrastus thou Tlachtga tree Venus Vesta Vishnoo Vishnu word worship writer Yoni Zodiac Zoroaster
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Page 75 - First Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears ; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol.
Page 76 - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan : and the land was polluted with blood.
Page 84 - And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
Page 14 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold : only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Page 69 - They cut a square trench in the ground, leaving the turf in the middle ; on that they make a fire of wood, on which they dress a large caudle of eggs, butter, oatmeal, and milk, and bring, besides the ingredients of the caudle, plenty of beer and whiskey : for each of the company must contribute something.
Page 77 - And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
Page 76 - And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
Page 77 - And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
Page 87 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
Page 18 - There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the Sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.