A temple in China, Hindustan, etc. (Hindustanee, boot-khuda, abode of God; Persian, put-gada, idol-house; Spanish, pagoda.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
An idol worshipped at Nantes, in ancient Gaul. An inscription was found to this god in 1592. (Celtic mythology. ) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
(2 syl.). Priests of the savages of Florida. Each priest has his special idol, which must be invoked by the fumes of tobacco. (American Indian mythology.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…
Chief idol of the Irish before the preaching of St. Patrick. It was a gold or silver image surrounded by twelve little brazen ones. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
An idol of the savages of Panama', to whose honour slaves are burnt to death. (American mythology.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DabbatDab, Din A B C D…
(3 syl.). A Japanese idol of colossal size. Each of her hands is full of hands. (Japanese mythology.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DaikokuDahomey A B C…
or Ermensul. A Saxon deity, worshipped in Westphalia. Charlemagne broke the idol, and converted its temple into a Christian church. The statue stood on a column, holding a standard in one…
The supreme idol of the ancient Finns and Lapps. The word is sometimes used by the Scandinavian poets for the Almighty. On a lonely cliff An ancient shrine he found, of Jumala the seat,…
The female idol adored in the temple of Juggernaut. Its head and body are of sandalwood; its eyes two diamonds, and a third diamond is suspended round its neck; its hands are made entirely…
(god of gods). An idol worshipped in Pegu. This god is to sleep 6,000 years, and when he wakes the end of the world will come. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
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