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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Page 11
... sense it is still used in the North ; two animals from the same parents are said to be Sib to one another , and hence Gossip was used to signify Godfathers and Godmothers , i . e . those who had a religious relationship to the child ...
... sense it is still used in the North ; two animals from the same parents are said to be Sib to one another , and hence Gossip was used to signify Godfathers and Godmothers , i . e . those who had a religious relationship to the child ...
Page 43
... sense than that which he intended . The antipathy to which he alludes was the effect , far more of re- ligious differences , than of a struggle for power ; for the priests were as much a ruling caste in Per- sia as in Egypt ; and if in ...
... sense than that which he intended . The antipathy to which he alludes was the effect , far more of re- ligious differences , than of a struggle for power ; for the priests were as much a ruling caste in Per- sia as in Egypt ; and if in ...
Page 74
... by an abuse of man's highest privilege , a subjection to a sense of religion , is sure to be generated in all unenlightened minds . 75 CHAP . IV . EVIDENCE THAT THE PATRIARCHS WERE 74 PERMANENCE OF ANCIENT SUPERSTITIONS .
... by an abuse of man's highest privilege , a subjection to a sense of religion , is sure to be generated in all unenlightened minds . 75 CHAP . IV . EVIDENCE THAT THE PATRIARCHS WERE 74 PERMANENCE OF ANCIENT SUPERSTITIONS .
Page 100
... sense , if it can be allowed to have had a common origin with two Celtic words ; for Fou in Welsh , and Vou or Vau in Cornish , signify a cave . But if a recent author is to be trusted , there is yet another sense of that little word ...
... sense , if it can be allowed to have had a common origin with two Celtic words ; for Fou in Welsh , and Vou or Vau in Cornish , signify a cave . But if a recent author is to be trusted , there is yet another sense of that little word ...
Page 135
... sense in the Cornish Celtic . " Bâd Tor , " says Borlase , " means the Governor's house . " But Minos being the same as Menu ( Meen Nuh , the fish - god Noah ) , was also the chief or ruler of the diluvian mount ; hence the tutelary ...
... sense in the Cornish Celtic . " Bâd Tor , " says Borlase , " means the Governor's house . " But Minos being the same as Menu ( Meen Nuh , the fish - god Noah ) , was also the chief or ruler of the diluvian mount ; hence the tutelary ...
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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