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An Account Of Druidism.
hunc eaiarum atque ilinerum . ducem ; hunc ad quezstas pecunies- mercaiurasque habere vim maximam arbiirantur . —Post hunc , Apollinem , et Martem , et yfoycm , et Minervay . —De his emjdem fen quam reliquee geutes habent ofinionem—Apollinem inorbes depelhre- ^ Mhiervam operum atque arlificiorum initio . transdere—Jowm imperium ccelestiian tenere—Martem bella revere . " The-origin of the British gods , has been ' generally attributed to the Phenicians Canaanites
- or . The god whom the Romans compared to Jupiter , was worshipped by the name of Tar am , or Tar-amis , and of ^ W- ^ -both which names signify the Thunderer in Phemcian . ' The god whom tlie Romans compared tq Mp-cury was worshipped under the ' name p f Tentates or Thenlaies , or Taantes or Thoth—Ahk Phenician name for the fin ofMisor . The god whom ' the Romans compared to Mars
, was worshipped under the name of Hizzus or Hesus , and also b y the name pf Cham , or Camu , or Camo—palled by the Romans Ca-¦ niulus . "He was also-called Hues ' , which is another name for Bacchus or Rarchus—that is , the fon cf Chus ,. The Greeks ! adopted the ' Huesin the rites or orgies of Bacchus . Itis of Phenician origin .
and signifies Fire ; and , as such , Bacchus was Worshipped ! The god whom the Romans compared to Apollo was worshipped by the name qf ¦ Bel-am ; or , as the ' Romans' called him , Belinus . He . was also . called ¦ Bel-atre ^ cadrii <; , from the Phenician Bel-atitr-cares , signifying , Sol As-- syrice Detts . ^ The god whom the Romans compared to Diana , w ^ s Belisama : it is a Phenician word signifying the £ > necn of Heaven . The whom the
god Romans compared to-Minerva , was worshipped by the iiatne of Onca , Onva , or O ' avana , the Phenician word for that ' goddess . The " god whom the Romans compared ' to Venus , was worshipped by % hfs name of Andraste , —the Astarte of the Phehicians " . " . ' The other gods pf the Britons were the ' Pluto fProserpin ^ ' Ceres ., and Hercules , of the , Romans . Of these divinities the Druids had symbolical representations cube
: a was the symbol of Mercury , and the oak of Jupiter * : ¦ But it would be a vain attempt to enumerate their gods - . in the eye of ¦ the vulgar they deified every object around them . They worshipped the spirits of the mountains , the vallies , and the rivers ,, Every rock and every spring were-either the instruments qs : the objects of adoration . ' The moon-light v-allies of Danmonium were filled with the fairy . people , and its numerous rivers were the resort of Genii . The fiction of
fairies is supposed to . have been brought , with other extravagancies of a like nature , from the eastern nations , whilst the ' European christians were engaged in the . holy war : such , at least , is the notion cf an ingenious writer , who thus expresses himself : (( Nor . were the monstrous embellishments of enchantments" the invention of romancers , but Formed " eastern talesbrought thence btravellers from " their
upon , y crusades and pilgrimages , which , ' indeed , "have ' a cast peculiar to the wild imagination of the eastern people f . " That fairies , in particular , came from the East , we are assured by that learned orientalist , M . Herbelot , who tells , us that the Persians called the fairies Peri , and the . 'Arabs Genies ; thsi ' t , according to the eastern fiction , there is a certain
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An Account Of Druidism.
hunc eaiarum atque ilinerum . ducem ; hunc ad quezstas pecunies- mercaiurasque habere vim maximam arbiirantur . —Post hunc , Apollinem , et Martem , et yfoycm , et Minervay . —De his emjdem fen quam reliquee geutes habent ofinionem—Apollinem inorbes depelhre- ^ Mhiervam operum atque arlificiorum initio . transdere—Jowm imperium ccelestiian tenere—Martem bella revere . " The-origin of the British gods , has been ' generally attributed to the Phenicians Canaanites
- or . The god whom the Romans compared to Jupiter , was worshipped by the name of Tar am , or Tar-amis , and of ^ W- ^ -both which names signify the Thunderer in Phemcian . ' The god whom tlie Romans compared tq Mp-cury was worshipped under the ' name p f Tentates or Thenlaies , or Taantes or Thoth—Ahk Phenician name for the fin ofMisor . The god whom ' the Romans compared to Mars
, was worshipped under the name of Hizzus or Hesus , and also b y the name pf Cham , or Camu , or Camo—palled by the Romans Ca-¦ niulus . "He was also-called Hues ' , which is another name for Bacchus or Rarchus—that is , the fon cf Chus ,. The Greeks ! adopted the ' Huesin the rites or orgies of Bacchus . Itis of Phenician origin .
and signifies Fire ; and , as such , Bacchus was Worshipped ! The god whom the Romans compared to Apollo was worshipped by the name qf ¦ Bel-am ; or , as the ' Romans' called him , Belinus . He . was also . called ¦ Bel-atre ^ cadrii <; , from the Phenician Bel-atitr-cares , signifying , Sol As-- syrice Detts . ^ The god whom the Romans compared to Diana , w ^ s Belisama : it is a Phenician word signifying the £ > necn of Heaven . The whom the
god Romans compared to-Minerva , was worshipped by the iiatne of Onca , Onva , or O ' avana , the Phenician word for that ' goddess . The " god whom the Romans compared ' to Venus , was worshipped by % hfs name of Andraste , —the Astarte of the Phehicians " . " . ' The other gods pf the Britons were the ' Pluto fProserpin ^ ' Ceres ., and Hercules , of the , Romans . Of these divinities the Druids had symbolical representations cube
: a was the symbol of Mercury , and the oak of Jupiter * : ¦ But it would be a vain attempt to enumerate their gods - . in the eye of ¦ the vulgar they deified every object around them . They worshipped the spirits of the mountains , the vallies , and the rivers ,, Every rock and every spring were-either the instruments qs : the objects of adoration . ' The moon-light v-allies of Danmonium were filled with the fairy . people , and its numerous rivers were the resort of Genii . The fiction of
fairies is supposed to . have been brought , with other extravagancies of a like nature , from the eastern nations , whilst the ' European christians were engaged in the . holy war : such , at least , is the notion cf an ingenious writer , who thus expresses himself : (( Nor . were the monstrous embellishments of enchantments" the invention of romancers , but Formed " eastern talesbrought thence btravellers from " their
upon , y crusades and pilgrimages , which , ' indeed , "have ' a cast peculiar to the wild imagination of the eastern people f . " That fairies , in particular , came from the East , we are assured by that learned orientalist , M . Herbelot , who tells , us that the Persians called the fairies Peri , and the . 'Arabs Genies ; thsi ' t , according to the eastern fiction , there is a certain