. Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names: or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations, by an interpretation of the names given to children by priestly authority, or assumed by prophets, kings, and hierarchs . ved up to the time Figure 32. of Berosus. This being wasaccustomed to pass the dayamongst men, but took no foodat that season; and he gavethem an insight into lettersand sciences and arts of everykind. He taught them to con-struct cities, to found temples,to frame laws, and explainedto them the principles of geo-metric knowledge. He ma
. Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names: or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations, by an interpretation of the names given to children by priestly authority, or assumed by prophets, kings, and hierarchs . ved up to the time Figure 32. of Berosus. This being wasaccustomed to pass the dayamongst men, but took no foodat that season; and he gavethem an insight into lettersand sciences and arts of everykind. He taught them to con-struct cities, to found temples,to frame laws, and explainedto them the principles of geo-metric knowledge. He madethem distinguish the seeds of the earth, and showedhow to collect the fruits; in short, he instructed man-kind in everything which could tend to softenmanners and humanise their lives. From that timenothing material has been added by way of improve-ment to his instructions. And when the sun hadset, this being, Oannes, retired again into the sea, andpassed the night in the deep, for he was this, there appeared other animals like Oannes, ofwhich we have no account, except that one was calledOdacon. Moreover, Oannes wrote concerning the gene-ration of mankind, and of their civil polity. (Abridgedfrom Corys Ancient Fragments, pp. 22-43.)84. 84 The reader will probably associate the above description with that which amodern New Zealander may be supposed to give to his children of the first comingof Captain Cook amongst them. The story of Oannes is remarkably other things, it points to the probability that the fish-god and the Baby-lonians were of a cognate race, the latter being old colonists who had forgottenthe arts of their parent. England with all her power has not been able to civilisesuch races as the Red Indians, Maories, Hottentots, etc. We doubt, therefore*whether those instructed by Oannes (supposing the story to have any foundation infact) were what we call savages. These considerations take our thoughts backwards,and eastwards, to th
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