The Doctrine of the Deluge: Vindicating the Scriptural Account from the Doubts which Have Recently Been Cast Upon it by Geological Speculations, Volume 1Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838 - Bible |
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... FIRE . - The Worship of Fire.- Its Conflict with the Arkites . - Affinity of Irish Mythology to the Indian and classical Mythology— The Ship Temple - Patrick's Purgatory — Kieven's Bed , all Arkite Monuments.- Combat of Hercules the ...
... FIRE . - The Worship of Fire.- Its Conflict with the Arkites . - Affinity of Irish Mythology to the Indian and classical Mythology— The Ship Temple - Patrick's Purgatory — Kieven's Bed , all Arkite Monuments.- Combat of Hercules the ...
Page 31
... fire on the pyramid : numbers of the workmen perished : the work was discontinued , and the monument was afterwards dedicated to Quelzalcoatl , the god of the air . " When therefore , in the subsequent part of this work , evidence shall ...
... fire on the pyramid : numbers of the workmen perished : the work was discontinued , and the monument was afterwards dedicated to Quelzalcoatl , the god of the air . " When therefore , in the subsequent part of this work , evidence shall ...
Page 44
... fire of Ormuzd was kindled upon an altar erected on the summit of Mount Bagavan , which no doubt had before been devoted to a very different system of rites , 3 1 Col. Tod's Comparison of the Hind . and Theb . Hercul . , Trans . As ...
... fire of Ormuzd was kindled upon an altar erected on the summit of Mount Bagavan , which no doubt had before been devoted to a very different system of rites , 3 1 Col. Tod's Comparison of the Hind . and Theb . Hercul . , Trans . As ...
Page 72
... fire is . 1 In the parish of Callander , on the first of May , the herdsmen cut a square trench in the ground , leaving the turf in the middle , on which the fire is kindled.2 But since it was a common thing to substitute a period of ...
... fire is . 1 In the parish of Callander , on the first of May , the herdsmen cut a square trench in the ground , leaving the turf in the middle , on which the fire is kindled.2 But since it was a common thing to substitute a period of ...
Page 73
... fire to go out , they might find a difficulty in getting a supply from their neighbours the next morning . But the ... fires are kindled in the month of June , on the eve of John the Baptist's and St. Peter's day ' : in Ireland , Bel ...
... fire to go out , they might find a difficulty in getting a supply from their neighbours the next morning . But the ... fires are kindled in the month of June , on the eve of John the Baptist's and St. Peter's day ' : in Ireland , Bel ...
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Ammon ancient antiquity Apollodorus Arabic Ararat Arkite Ayeen Akbery Baris Bochart Budha bull called Celtic Celts Chaldee Champollion character constellation crescent Cronus dæmon deity deluge derived Deucalion diluvian divine Doorga dragon earth Egypt Egyptian emblem etymology fable father fire flood gods Grecian Greeks head Hebrew hence Hercules hieroglyphic hill Hindoos Hist honour horns Horus Ibid idol idolatry Indian Irish Isis island Jupiter king lake language meaning Menu Mizraim moon Moor's Hindu Pantheon Mount mountain mysteries mythology Neptune Nile Noah observes ocean Ogyges origin Orion Osiris Ovid Patriarch Pausanias Pelasgi Pelasgian Persian Phut Pleiades Plutarch preserved priests religion remarkable Remphan represented rites river rock sacred Sanscrit Saturn says serpent ship signifies Siva sometimes stars stone Strabo superstition supposed temple Thebes Thoth tradition Typhon Vallancey word worship zodiac δὲ καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῦ τῶν