History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . s are different avatars, orincarnations of one of these. Another class Was formed by personifyingand worshipping the powers of nature ; and others of them were men deifiedafter death. But these classes are mingled in inextricable confusion. Someancient hero or statesman is represented as an incarnation of lingam, the obscene emblem of the generative power, is also an em-blem of Siva, and the reasons for its worship are explained by a reference-to a passage in his indecent history. The stories
History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . s are different avatars, orincarnations of one of these. Another class Was formed by personifyingand worshipping the powers of nature ; and others of them were men deifiedafter death. But these classes are mingled in inextricable confusion. Someancient hero or statesman is represented as an incarnation of lingam, the obscene emblem of the generative power, is also an em-blem of Siva, and the reasons for its worship are explained by a reference-to a passage in his indecent history. The stories of their gods show abold and inventive fancy, an insatiable love of the marvellous, and an utterwant of that refined and elegant taste, which distinguished the poets andartists who formed the Greek mythology. The images of their gods aremonstrous : many headed, and many handed; with heads like elephants,or like monkeys; destitute of majesty, of beauty and of gi-ace. Their his-lories are full of the most absurd, and ridiculous miracles, and of disgusting THE TEN INCAENATIONS OF Tortoise Avatar. Hog ATalnr.
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