The Religions of the Ancient World: Including Egypt, Assyria and Babylonia, Persia, India, Phœnicia, Etruria, Greece, Rome |
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Ahura-Mazda altar Ammon Ancient Monarchies Angro-Mainyus animals Aphrodité Apollo Ashtoreth Asshur Assyrian Assyrian and Babylonian Athené Baal Baaltis Berosus Bybl called character chief Cities and Cemeteries Dagon Damascius deities distinct divine earth Egypt emblem Eshmun Etruscan evil festivals fire gate let Gesenius goddess gods Greek Hades Haug heaven Herod Herodotus Homeric Age honour human hymns Ibid Indra inscriptions Iranians Ishtar Jupiter Kabiri king Kneph lord Mandala Max Müller Melkarth Menrva moon mythology nations nature Nergal offered original Osiris pantheon Past peculiar perhaps Philo Byblius Phoen Phoenician Phthah polytheism prayer presiding priests Queen recognised Records regarded religious represented Rig-Veda Roman sacred sacrifice Sadyk Saturn Savak scarcely Science of Religion seems Shamas Soma sometimes soul spirit Sukta Taouris temple Thoth thou thought Tinia tion titles tomb triad Varuna victims Wilkinson worship Zendavesta Zeus
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Page 123 - Thirst came upon the worshipper, though he stood in the midst of the waters ; have mercy, Almighty, have mercy ! 5.
Page 122 - If I go along trembling like a cloud driven by the wind, have mercy, almighty, have mercy.
Page 127 - Where life is free, in the third heaven of heavens, where the worlds are radiant : there make me immortal.
Page 30 - The other gods, the gods of the popular mythology were understood in the esoteric religion to be either personified attributes of the Deity, or parts of the nature which he had created, considered as informed and inspired by him. Num or Kneph represented the creative mind, Phthah the creative hand, or act of creating; Maut represented matter, Ra the sun, Khons the moon, Seb the earth, Khem the generative power in nature, Nut the upper hemisphere of...
Page 71 - I sent the animals forth to the four winds, I poured out a libation, I built an altar on the peak of the mountain, by seven herbs I cut, at the bottom of them I placed reeds, pines, and simgar. The gods collected at its burning, the gods collected at its good burning; the gods like flies over the sacrifice gathered.
Page 61 - O my lord," says one suppliant, " my sins are many, my trespasses are great ; and the wrath of the gods has plagued me with disease, and sickness, and sorrow. I fainted, but no one stretched forth his hand ; I groaned, but no one drew nigh ; I cried aloud, but no one heard. O Lord, do not thou abandon thy servant. In the waters of the great storm do thou lay hold of his hand. The sins which he has committed do thou turn to righteousness.
Page 200 - Fresh as the foam, new-bathed in Paphian wells, With rosy slender fingers backward drew From her warm brows and bosom her deep hair Ambrosial, golden round her lucid throat And shoulder: from the violets her light foot Shone rosy-white, and o'er her rounded form Between the shadows of the vine-bunches Floated the glowing sunlights, as she moved.
Page 204 - With gay religions full of pomp and gold, And devils to adore for deities ; Then were they known to men by various names, And various idols through the heathen world.
Page 90 - Homa ceremony consisted in the extraction of the juice of the Homa plant by the priests during the recitation of prayers, the formal presentation of the liquid extracted to the sacrificial fire, the consumption of a small portion of it by one of the officiating priests, and the division of the remainder among the worshippers.