Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names; or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations (1873)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876 · London and Liverpool, Printed for the author · leaf 419
in which Jah, or Y^ho, or Jaoseems incorporated with Oannes. This god is onlyspoken of by Berosus ; but as we know his works solelyby fragments which have come down to us throughlater authors, and these do not entirely agree intheir statements, it will save the readers time if Icondense the various… … from the Erythrteau sea, to have been foul ordirty {(/.va-apog), destitute of reason, and to have beencalled Oannes. His whole body was that of a fish,but under the fishs head he had another, with feetbelow similar to those of a man, and conjoined withthe fishs tail. His voice, too, and language,…
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