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,lhe!IAres'llríPenatc., ;Pollu>\.-Qiiiinus, 'Berno'Sanea. rten'may :conTlil< 'yjiih ...avaDta.&e ,the 'lbeogany oT!IlIelío&.

• .or D io. fidillS,

f:;c.

:the catalogue df Apollodorus, ,he me,amorphofe. of

G-

According

Ihe '(econd ¡¡ivifion, all Ihen- ¡¡ivinilies .vid, Ihe

fa.~le.

of f.iygina, .Lylii ,Gregorii

Gyr~ldi

Syn–

"'ere c1alfed inlo, (. Cddlial god.,

2 .

Terreílnal godl, .tagmade.D"s Gennhum, Ihe

mythologyofNat&JISCome~

3. S.. gods, and 4. The Infernal deitie., or

i''Í<ri,

The ' :the b,ooks ofG,.rard

:Voíli~s

de Idolalria Geotilium, Jo ·

celeClial gods were Jupi<er, J uno, Apollo, Aurora, Cup,d, .haoOls Boceal" Genealog.. D eoruR>, the ,Panlheon

.C)'bcle, .he Grates, Hebe, .I ris, Luna, Maro, Mercllry,

.Pomey,

the hil10ry of heaveo by Abbe. Pluche, the bi.

M inerva , N cmelis, S \turn, Themis, Venus,

Oc.

The [torie explanation of

rabies by

Abbe Bamer, aod number...

.terretlrial gods VIere JEolus, Aílra:us, Aílr:Ea, Cere• . D ia· lers other works of Ihe fame kind in alllanguageo.

.na, the F.luní.

FeroniOl,

Flora, ] anus, Momus,

theMufcs,

There wc:re lliIl many other diflinét:ions, of which the

Folles, Pan,

POR10na.,

Priapus, the Satyrs,

S ilenus,

Sil·

pagans

madc:

ure

to mark the rank, the funétiaos and.

¡,anHS,

(he god Terminus, rVcfla

or ,

Rhea, Berccyothi3;, nature of theír Ceveral divioities.

For

exainplt, the god–

Vulea. , H"pocrates,

&c.

Th~

rcn.gods were Neplune, def. Veíla, or the mother ofall ,be god.,..was adored by

Amphitrite, Thetis, Canopus, G laucl.:!, loo, the Nereid,.

.people in .general.

Mus,

BeJlona, Vi8:oria, Fonu.–

Nereu. , Oceanu., Palzmon, Triton,

&c.

Tbe ioferoal nat.,

&c.

aílilled all parties. The lopieal ,gods, on the

..gods \Vere Pluto, Prorerpine, Charon, Mino!, iEacus, contrary, were adored in panicular countrie.s ooly; as AClar–

.l{hadamanlhu., ,he Furies, Death, Nighl, ,be ·fate., te io Syria, D ereeto and Semiramis amooglhe Alfyriaos.,

Plutus,

&c.

lfis and OGris by theEg.yptians,

~iriou.

Rome,

&~.

The third divi(jon ranged the divinities according

The tide Semones, which wa! "iveo to a certaiD

ciar,

,the!' prer.Eled,

Over the pregoancy of women

(P"..

.diviniries, was doubtlef.

deri.ed

from Semi·hornine.,

7tRI11iuIN : ):2

At parturitions

(Parlllrienlium ;)

tbat

ji,

demi·meo; and fignified the Came:M Cemi*dii,

birth.

(Na(cmlium;)

adulterie.; 5.

l\"

mar· demi.geds. ' Thefe \Yere monareh•• nd illullriou. heroes.,

riages: To wh ieh ,hey l dded. 7. Dii morales, or mo· or tbofe gr••t men who \Yere the founders of cities aod

'ral gods: and 7. F unerAl gods, The gods of pre¡:nan· nations, that were dcifi ed by way ofapotheofi•. Pythagoraa

r.y \Vere Pilumnus, [Dlercidona; and Dcverra : the gods had taught the ChaJd'i!ans the doél:rine of tnOrmigration;

of panurition, Juno, LuciDa, D iana. Egcrio, ProCa, and that, after their de3th, thoCe who werc: vinuous

..Poflverta, Men, genata, L atooa, the gods Ihal \Vere cal· ,would be e1evated ·Io ,the rank of .divinili... Thi. doc–

led N ixi, er of labour,

f:;c.

The ¡lod. of birth were Ja. trine wa. adopted by all the pagan world. The apotheo–

J')us, Opis. N aCcioll, Cunioa,

C,umcnta,

:Vaginianus, Le· lis, aCter they had

er'c~cd

temples aDti .altars to the ncW'

n na, Rumia, Potina, Educa, OOil'go, Carnea, Nundina, gods, was cclebraled \Virh much folemniiy. In ,be laa

Sta,ilinus, f ..bulinus,Paventi.,

&c.

Thegodsofadu ltery ceremony, an eagle was fixed on the

ca~falk,

orfunera!

wereJuventus, Agenoria, Strenul, StimuJa, Horta ,

~itst

piJe, on which was pJaced the image of the hero; and

Murcia, Adeona, Abeona, Volupra., Orbona, P ellonia, when the pile began

burn, the ..&Ie waslet loofe, wbo,

N umeria, Camoena, Senda, Aogtrona, Heres. Man ea, mounting ioto {he air wi,h the flames, Ceemed

carry

L averna, the god Avcrruncus, Confus, Ca,ius, VoJumnus the- fout of the departed hero up to heaveoo

and Volumna, Honoriu., Aiu. Locu,ius,

&c.

Tbe nup'

MYlhology informo u. alfo, who Ihofe perfons tvere

tial gods \Vere D iana, D omiduca, D omitius, Hymen:Eus Ihal antiquity «garded -as the children of the gods, fuch

or Hymen, Juga,in"s, Jupiter p:rfeliu., Juno perfeéla, a. Thefetls, HippolytU9, P ari., 6<.; what Ihe pagansbe.

Juno cinxia, Juna unxia , Lucina, Manturna, Mutinus, lieved with regard to the oature of their Genii and De–

n ca M"er prima, Suada, Thalaílius, Venu,,

Oc.

The mons, of their Dryade., Hamadryade., Nymphs, TriloD',

moral gods were called Virtus,

HOllor,

Fides . Spe" Juf- Sirens, Fauns, Sylvans. Centaurs, aod other fubalter.n

titia , Píet4J, MiCc:ricordia, Clementia, Pudiciti3., Veritas, divinities: and io this manner it expJains all the fyllem8

M en., Concordia, E.x, S.lus,.Felicitas, Libertas, .P eeu· of the pofitive religion of the Greeks and Roman., They

nia, Rirus, Invidia. Contum.elia, Impudenda, Calumnia. who Qre deúrous of exteoding iheir knowJedge of paga–

F,.u., Difcordia, Furor, Fama. F ortuna. with all their nifm ílill further, of,knowing tbe dogma. of eaeh parti.

epithets good or bad, Feb ris, P.l.vor and Pidor, Pauper- cular people. what \Vere lheir gods, and the-various

m~n.

tas, Neceílira., Tempefl.., Silen,ium,

6c.

The f"neral ners in which .hey were worfhipped, fuch a. Apis, IGs,

&ods were

PIUlO,

Libitina, Na:nia, Death, the Fates, Qúris,

-ec.

the adoralion of crocodiJes and onions,

Ó'l'.

6c.

among the

E~yprian.,

muíl íludy ,he different ,heogoni..

.H eGod IOdecd prelend. Ihal all thefe godo derived Iheir of .hefe people; and notwi,hílaDdin¡: all the informalions

ongin (rom chao.!; bút we have already pointed out more which ancient .aod modero authors afford, this fludy is yet

joíl fourccs.

;salmoíl incredible 'o what a prodigiou. boundlef., and attenaed witb' maoydilJieulties and uncer.

number the Cupcrflilion and wt.'aknefs or the Gretks and taimies : Though it appears demonllrative, that the ori,¡rt

R om.n. mulriplied thefe diyinitie.: Ihere have beeD thirty of paganifOl, and of idol.try in general, was,derivedfrom

thoufaud of them

enumer~tcd

.. \ 1, wlil not be ex pe(led the Chaldean., from wbom ,he E¡:yp,ians drew ,haldoc–

that we fhould brre attempt to.aefqibe {hem, nor. \ViII it trine which they after tranCmi tted to.1I olher' natioDs;

be reOlarkabl'i!

we have (orgot Oto

m~nnoln

even Come of ar.d confequentl y that the primordial divinitie!

wer~

the

I.he

r.ríl rank: Allhough, vaíl as this cbmp'tny of ¡:Qd. (anle, under difl'<rent dcnominalion., among all tbe ido.

¡s,

mytho:ogy.does

flot omit to

tr~cc:

the hiUory of th.e Jatrous Inations of lhe earth .

J\.reateO part

thrm, as is t.\ught

p.lR

-lnd¡',;

and

dlcy

Tht! nature of ,his \York wiII not 'permit us to dercend

Wbo.are d.:firoo s of particular infol/uatron in thefe mal· lo,

fu ~,her

y artieul"". But to give our readers aD idea