The Parish Church; Or, Religion in BritainLongman&Company, 1825 - 411 pages |
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Page 77
... idoll of the SUN , they gave the name of Sunday , as much as to say , as the Sunsday , or the day of the Sun. This idoll was placed in a temple , and there adored , and sacrificed unto , for that they believed that the Sun in the ...
... idoll of the SUN , they gave the name of Sunday , as much as to say , as the Sunsday , or the day of the Sun. This idoll was placed in a temple , and there adored , and sacrificed unto , for that they believed that the Sun in the ...
Page 78
... idoll of the MOONE , whereof we yet retaine the name of Monday , instead of Mooneday . The forme of this idoll seemeth very strange and ridiculous , for , being made for a woman , shee hath a short coat like a man : but more strange it ...
... idoll of the MOONE , whereof we yet retaine the name of Monday , instead of Mooneday . The forme of this idoll seemeth very strange and ridiculous , for , being made for a woman , shee hath a short coat like a man : but more strange it ...
Page 79
Thomas Wood. WEDNESDAY . " The next was the idoll Woden , who was made armed , and , among our Saxon ancestors , esteemed and honoured for their god of battell , according as the Romans reputed and honoured their god of Mars . " The ...
Thomas Wood. WEDNESDAY . " The next was the idoll Woden , who was made armed , and , among our Saxon ancestors , esteemed and honoured for their god of battell , according as the Romans reputed and honoured their god of Mars . " The ...
Page 80
... idoll Thor , who was not onely served and sacrificed unto of the antient Pagan Saxons , but of all the Teutonicke people that dwelt beyond Thule or Island , for in Greeneland was he knowne and adored ; in memory whereof , a promontory ...
... idoll Thor , who was not onely served and sacrificed unto of the antient Pagan Saxons , but of all the Teutonicke people that dwelt beyond Thule or Island , for in Greeneland was he knowne and adored ; in memory whereof , a promontory ...
Page 82
... idoll Thor sitting or lying in a great hall upon a covered bed , they also placed on the one side of him the idoll Woden , and , on the other side , the idoll Friga . Some do call her Frea and not Friga , and say she was the wife of ...
... idoll Thor sitting or lying in a great hall upon a covered bed , they also placed on the one side of him the idoll Woden , and , on the other side , the idoll Friga . Some do call her Frea and not Friga , and say she was the wife of ...
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