The Origin Of Pagan Idolatry Ascertained From Historical Testimony And Circumstantial Evidence

F. and C. Rivingtons, 1816

BOOK III	1

Pag Idol VOL II d	9

The descriptions of the golden age prove it to have been really the age	11

The high antiquity of the fable of the four ages may be gathered from	32

CHAPTER III	34

Parallel traditions of the Iroquois	38

On the antediluvian and diluvian history as exhibited in the Zend	46

The materials of the ZendAvestaic history seem to be genuine though	104

Attis Atys Menes	260

DeoNaush	272

The Trimurti or triad of Hindostan is composed of the three sons	283

Hu Dylan Dwyvan Noë Aeddon	304

American gods	307

Mythological prayers of the Parsees	322

Otaheitean Ooro and triad	323

Buddha of Ceylon Gautameh	339

Babylonian account of the deluge from Berosus	108

Hindoo accounts of the deluge more or less literal	113

Druidical account of the deluge	130

American accounts of the deluge	141

CHAPTER V	147

Remarks on the sacred books	152

Local floods produced by the alleged submersion of a city or an island	159

Local floods produced by an irruption of the sea	176

Local floods not marked either by the bursting of a lake or by	193

BOOK IV	203

equally the Sun	206

The ancient mythologists assert that all their gods are the same person	213

The Sun was thought to have been plunged into the ocean	219

ALL the gods of the Gentiles resolve themselves into one person the great	231

menical superstition	233

Adonis Thammuz	256

Buddha of CochinChina Tonquin Japan and Tartary	348

The various titles of Buddha have been communicated to his votaries	349

Buddha of the Celts	360

Summanus	368

Terminus Betylus Cappotas	374

In the garden of the Hesperides he is Adam	381

Phtha Vulcan Hephestus Aphthas Twashta	401

Cupid Cama Eros Caimis Camasson Pothos Maneros Pappas	407

Mithras	413

MarsCamulus or Cadmilus	422

Respecting the birth of the Buddhic god from a virgin	431

Perseus	436

The Cyclopes	442

Memnon is the same character as the oriental Mahiman or Maiman	449

5 The perplexities in his history are such that some give up	457

CHAPTER VI	482

Title	The Origin Of Pagan Idolatry Ascertained From Historical Testimony And Circumstantial Evidence
Author	George Stanley Faber
Publisher	F. and C. Rivingtons, 1816
Original from	Austrian National Library
Digitized	27 Nov 2013

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