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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 934

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at a pun,even of the most far-fetched character, can associatethe tortoise with any male or female deity. Indeed itis a j)riorl improbable that such a pun could exist inboth languages. If, again, we inquire into the naturalhistory of the creature, we do not discover anything sovery peculiar in it… … trudes its head from the shell, thus changing its lookof repose, with the utmost rapidity, to one of energyand action, we shall readily recognise why the animalwas said to bo sacred to Venus, and why it is sj-m-bolic of regeneration, immortality, and the like. Thetortoise, from the configuration of…

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