Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names; or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations (1868)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876 · London and Liverpool, Printed for the author · leaf 452
from the Erythraean sea, to have been foul ordirty (iMvo-Sipog), 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,… … articulate and human; and a representation of himwas preserved up to the time Figure 32. of Berosus. This being wasaccustomed to pass the dayamongst men, but took no foodat that season; and he gavethem an insight into lettersand sciences and arts of everykind. He taught them to con-struct cities,…
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