Sun lore of all ages; a collection of myths and legends concerning the sun and its worship (1914)
Olcott, William Tyler, 1873-1936 · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 322
school children of New York City. We see astriking analogy in these dances to the sun dancesof the American Indians, which were part of theritual of their Sun worship, and the radiating linesof ribbons from the Maypole represent the rays ofthe sun, as the thongs attached to the sun-pole inthe… … Solar Omens 259 the compound word Baal, the Phoenician wordfor sun, and tein, the Gaslic word for fire. Lady Wilde1 says that the Beltane dance, wherethe participants circle about a bush hung withribbons and garlands, or about a lighted bush orbonfire, celebrating the returning power of thesun, is…
Sun worship · Mythology
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