. The image of the Cross and Lights on the Altar, in the Christian Church, and in heathen temples before the Christian era, especially in the British Isles, together with the history of the triangle, the dove, floral decorations, the easter egg, and other heathen symbols. The Two Babylons, London,1871). Tannnuz or Thammuz, i. e., the perfecting fire, or firethe ]ierfector, was also known by other names and titles, Lights on the Altar. 33 as Shamash, Shems (and he is worshipped to this day inAsia Minor as Sheick Shems), Nimrod, Dionysus, Mithra,Osiris, Bacchus, Adonis* (from Adon, Lord), Odin,
. The image of the Cross and Lights on the Altar, in the Christian Church, and in heathen temples before the Christian era, especially in the British Isles, together with the history of the triangle, the dove, floral decorations, the easter egg, and other heathen symbols. The Two Babylons, London,1871). Tannnuz or Thammuz, i. e., the perfecting fire, or firethe ]ierfector, was also known by other names and titles, Lights on the Altar. 33 as Shamash, Shems (and he is worshipped to this day inAsia Minor as Sheick Shems), Nimrod, Dionysus, Mithra,Osiris, Bacchus, Adonis* (from Adon, Lord), Odin, Woden(whence our Wodenesdaeg or Wednesday), and in Mexicoas Wodan, Baal or Bel (Lord), and other a preserver he was called Baal-Ghon ; as a destroyerBaal-Moloch ; as presiding over the decomposition of thosedestroyed beings whence new life was again to springBaal-Zebub, or the Lord of the Hy, and it also signifiesthe restless Lord. Worshipped at Tyre he became Baal-Tsur; at Sidon, Baal-Sidon ; at Tarsus, Baal-Tars. ThePhoenicians adored him as Baal-Samen, Lord of Heaven,and in Ireland he was worshipped under the same nameBeuil-Samhan, and the night of the first of November iscalled in Erse Oidhche Samhna, the night of Samhan, andin Gaelic In fact, this God had so many appellations that Sopho-cles called Bacchus the many-named, and the poet pro-bably only knew his classical names. Bacchus was some-times represented with a head-band of crosses. * Jerome who lived in Palestine when the rites of Tammuz were still ob-served, in his Comnieiitanj on Ezekiel expressly identifier Tammuz andAdonis. C 34 Lights on the Altar. In Scotland, May-day is called Beltane, or Baals fire,and in the Isle of Man Boaldyn, and there is a Gaelic pro-verb, Eadar da theine Beil —between the two fires ofBaal. In Ireland, May-day is called Lla Beuil-tinne, thethe day of Baals fire, and the rent due on that day isstyled Cios-na-Beuil-tinne, the rent of Baals fire. InBrittany, a R
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