Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names: or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations, by an interpretation of the names given to children by priestly authority, or assumed by prophets, kings, and hierarchs (1872)
g, as it were, sanctified the power by whichthe great father carried out his designs, a style ofworship was rendered to her that was supposed tobe adapted to her sex. She was addressed withthe most flattering and endearing epithets that mancould devise. Her worshippers vied with each other 127 See… … in the invention of lovely and powerful attributes ;and there is not a single form of homage, addressedby the Papist to Mary, which has not been bestowedon the Sacti by her worshippers. The Sactas,her adorers, see in every woman an effigy of thegreat goddess ; and, during worship, many dress upa…
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