11) Chapter 49. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals. § 2. Demeter, the Pig
and the Horse. Frazer, Sir James George. 1922. The Golden Bough
...European folk-lore the pig is a common embodiment of the corn-spirit, we may now ask whether the pig, which was so closely associated with Demeter, may not have been...
12) Animals sacred to special Deities. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...To Apollo, the wolf, the griffon, and the crow; to Bacchus, the dragon and the panther; to Diana, the stag; to Aesculapius, the serpent; to Hercules, the deer; to...
13) 979. Mythic and pagan deities. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s
International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
...King of the lower world); Kronos, Saturn (time); Eros, Cupid (love); Pan, Faunus (flocks, herds, forests, and wild life). Hera, Juno (Queen); Demeter, Ceres (fruitfulness);...
14) Dyser. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...The deities who conduct the souls of the deceased to the palace of Odin. (Scandinavian mythology.) 1...
15) Crowns. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...(worn by heathen deities): 1 APOLLO wore a crown of laurels. BACCHUS, of grapes or ivy. CERES, of blades of wheat. COMUS, of roses. CYB LE, of pine leaves. FLORA,...
16) Abiala. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...Wife of Makambi; African deities. She holds a pistol in her hand, and is greatly feared. Her aid is implored in sickness. 1...
17) Bossum. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...One of the two chief deities of the negroes on the Gold Coast, the other being Demonio. Bossum, the principle of good, is said to be white; and Demonio, the principle...
18) deity. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...The essential nature or condition of being a god; divinity. b. Deity God. Used with the. Middle English deite, from Old French, from Late Latin deits, divine nature,...
19) Auld Hornie. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...After the establishment of Christianity, the heathen deities were degraded by the Church into fallen angels; and Pan, with his horns, crooked nose, goat s beard,...
20) Panthe'a (Greek). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...Statues carrying symbols of several deities, as in the medal of Antoni nus Pius, where Sera pis is represented by a modius, Apollo by rays, Jupiter Ammon by ram s...
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