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Excerpt from A New System, or an Analysis of Ancient Mythology, Vol. 5 of 6: Wherein an Attempt Is Made to Divest Tradition of Fable, and to Reduce the Truth to Its Original Purity
Ionar-hellenic colonies. I have repeatedly taken notice, that the worship of the Dove, and the circumstances of thédeluge, were very early interwoven among the various rites, and ceremonies of the eastern world. This worship, and all other memorials of that great event, were represented in hieroglyphical characters in Baby lonia: and from these symbolical marks, ill gnder stood,'was that mythology framed, which through vol. V. B.
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Excerpt from A New System, or an Analysis of Ancient Mythology, Vol. 5 of 6: Wherein an Attempt Is Made to Divest Tradition of Fable, and to Reduce the Truth to Its Original Purity
Ionar-hellenic colonies. I have repeatedly taken notice, that the worship of the Dove, and the circumstances of thédeluge, were very early interwoven among the various rites, and ceremonies of the eastern world. This worship, and all other memorials of that great event, were represented in hieroglyphical characters in Baby lonia: and from these symbolical marks, ill gnder stood,'was that mythology framed, which through vol. V. B.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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