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 902
elief that a pun,even of the most far-fetched character, can associatethe tortoise with any male or female deity. Indeed itis a priori improbable that such a pun could exist inboth languages. If, again, we inquire into the naturalhistory of the creature, we do not discover anythingso very peculiar… … it protrudes its head from the shell, thus changingits look of repose, with the utmost rapidity, to one ofenergy and action, we shall readily recognise why theanimal was said to be sacred to Venus, and why it issymbolic of regeneration, immortality, and the like.The tortoise, from the configuration…
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