Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 381
hordes of wandering Indians. Their deities, repre-sented by misshapen images of serpents and otherhideous animals, were the creation of the darkest passionsof the human breast—of terror, hatred, cruelty and re-venge. They delighted in blood, and thousands ofhuman sacrifices were annually offered at… … ANCIENT AZTEC IDOL. or of alternate layers of clay and unburnt bricks, but, insome cases, faced with slabs of polished stone, on whichfigures of animals were sculptured in relief. One or twosmall chapels stood upon the summit, inclosing images THE GREAT SPIRIT Ol AMERICA. ->o, 0° of the deity.…
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