Ancient symbol worship: influence of the phallic idea in the religions of antiquity [2 papers] by H.M. Westropp and C.S. Wake. With an intr. [&c.] by A. Wilder |
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... legends . If we had time and space to follow this subject , we might be able to show that the period when the Hebrew ... legend of " Airyana - vaeja , of the good creation which Anra - mainyas ( Ahriman ) full of death filled with evils ...
... legends . If we had time and space to follow this subject , we might be able to show that the period when the Hebrew ... legend of " Airyana - vaeja , of the good creation which Anra - mainyas ( Ahriman ) full of death filled with evils ...
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... legend , is evident from other considerations con- nected with the narrative . The most important relate to the introduction of the serpent on the scene , and the posi- tion it takes as the inciting cause of the sinful act . We are here ...
... legend , is evident from other considerations con- nected with the narrative . The most important relate to the introduction of the serpent on the scene , and the posi- tion it takes as the inciting cause of the sinful act . We are here ...
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... legend of the " fall " ? This may , perhaps , be explained by other facts which show also the nature of the wisdom here intended . Thus , in the annals of the Mexicans , the first woman , whose name was translated by the old Spanish ...
... legend of the " fall " ? This may , perhaps , be explained by other facts which show also the nature of the wisdom here intended . Thus , in the annals of the Mexicans , the first woman , whose name was translated by the old Spanish ...
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... legend , which agrees with that of other American tribes , a serpent must have been the father of the human race . This notion can be explained only on the supposition that the serpent was thought to have had at one time a human form ...
... legend , which agrees with that of other American tribes , a serpent must have been the father of the human race . This notion can be explained only on the supposition that the serpent was thought to have had at one time a human form ...
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... legend of the " fall " which deserves consideration is the reference to the tree of knowledge , or wisdom . It is now generally supposed that the forbidden fruit was a kind of citrus , | but certain facts connected with arborolatry seem ...
... legend of the " fall " which deserves consideration is the reference to the tree of knowledge , or wisdom . It is now generally supposed that the forbidden fruit was a kind of citrus , | but certain facts connected with arborolatry seem ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abraham adored ANACALYPSIS ancient animal antiquity appears Aryan Assyrian Astarté Avesta Baal Bacchus Brahmin Buddhism bull Bunsen CABIRI Chaldean character Christian connected consecrated curious custom deity Dionysus divine Druids earth Egypt Egyptian emblems embodied Essay fact faith father fecundity female Fergusson Genesis gilt top Gnostics goddess gods Greece Greeks half calf half morocco Hebrew Herculaneum Hercules Hermes Herodotus Hindoo Hindu holy human illustrated India Isis Kings Lajard legend lingam London male Mithra Mizpeh morocco Moses Mysteries myth Mythology nations nature omphalic origin Osiris pagan patriarchs peculiar PHALLISM phallus Phoenician pillar plates prehistorical religion Priapus primeval primitive Printed probably Puranas race reference religion religious represented reverence RICHARD PAYNE KNIGHT rites Rome Round Towers sacred Saturn scarce Semitic serpent Serpent Symbol Seth Siva stone sun-god superstition symbol temple translated tree tribes Typhon veneration Vishnu wisdom WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS Yoni ZOROASTRE
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Seite 13 - 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 Nahor : and they served other gods.
Seite 69 - Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Seite 52 - And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates...
Seite 12 - William accordingly describes the primeval religion of Iran and the Aryan peoples as consisting of " a firm. belief that One Supreme God made the world by his power and continually governed it by his providence : — a pious fear, love, and adoration of him ; — a due reverence for parents and aged persons ; a paternal affection for the whole human species, and a compassionate tenderness even for the brute creation.
Seite 91 - And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
Seite v - A lively desire of knowing and of recording our ancestors so generally prevails, that it must depend on the influence of some common principle in the minds of men.
Seite 69 - And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
Seite 50 - And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; this heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me. for harm.
Seite 91 - MORNING POST. A NEW EDITION, Revised and partly Re-written, with several New Chapters and Illustrations, crown 8vo, cloth extra, js. 6d. Jennings' The Rosicrucians : Their Rites and Mysteries. With Chapters on the Ancient Fire and Serpent Worshippers. By HARGRAVE JENNINGS. With Five fullpage Plates and upwards of 300 Illustrations.
Seite 34 - Among all barbarians whose primal want is progeny, we observe a greater or less development of the phallic worship. In Dahome it is uncomfortably prominent. Every street from Whydah to the capital is adorned with the symbol, and the old ones are not removed. The Dahoman Priapus is a clay figure, of any size between a giant and the pigmy, crouched upon the ground, as if contemplating its own attributes. The head...