: Fishes Flowers & Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths & Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece Babylon Rome India &c. by Anonymous - Phallicism

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Frequent occurrence of the Fish Symbol--Fish Heraldry--Earliest devices--Fish devices on Churches and other public buildings--The Catacombs--Ichthus--Fish devices at Glastonbury Abbey, &c.--The Book-fish--Glasgow Fish-arms--The Fish and the Ring Story of Scotland--Solomon and the Fish and Ring--The Hermit's Fish Pond of St. Neot's--The Sacred Perch--The Dolphin--Neptune.

The Ancient Sacred Fish--Fish diet and its supposed effects--Fish and the Jews--The God Krodo--Oanes--Dagon--The Fish-god at Nimrod--Khorsabad--Fish Worship in Syria--Temple of Dagon at Azotus--The Dagon of the Bible--Adramelech--Abstinence from Fish-food--Ancient character of Fish Worship--"Paradise Lost"-- The Irish demi-god Phin--The Fish as a Christian Symbol--Idea involved in Fish Worship--Holy Fish Ponds--Ancient Caledonian objections to Fish--Other anti-fish-eating nations--Ishtar.

Universal Love of Flowers--Indifference to Flowers--Excessive Love of Flowers leading to adoration--Myths and Legends connected with Flowers--The Flos Adonis, Narcissus, Myrtle, Silene inflata, Clover--The Hundred-leaved Rose--Worship of Lily species--Signification of the Lotos--Hermaphroditic character of the Lotos--The Indian Mutiny of 1857, part played by the Lotus during its instigation.

Importance of the Lotos--Varieties of Lotos--Statements by Herodotus, Homer, Theophrastus, Dioscorides, Pliny, Athenaeus and others--The arborescent Lotos--The Sacred Lotos of the Nile--The Indian Lotos--Nepaulese adoration of the Lotos-- Shing-moo, the Chinese Holy Mother--Lakshmi--The Queens of Beauty--The Loves of Krishna and Radha.

Story of the Fire-god and his Secret--Growth of Fire Worship-- Fire an essential in Hindoo Worship--The Chaldeans--The Persians--The Hebrews--Fire in Hindu Ceremonies--Duties of Hindu Life--The Serpent and Fire--Phallo-Pythic Solar Shrines-- Fire and Phallic Worship--Leaping through fire--Fire-treading in Scotland--Fire-leaping in Russia--The Medes as Fire Worshippers--The Sabines--Fire and the Ancient Christians--The Roman Church and Fire--The Jews--Temple of Vesta--Fire Worship in Ireland--Phallo-fire-worship of the Greeks and Romans.

Fire Worship in the States of the Mediterranean--Special sacredness of the Public City-fire of Greece and Rome--The Sacred Fire of Tlachtga--Ceylon Fire Worship--The Parsees-- Persian Monuments--Impiety of Cambyses--Cingalese Terms, Sanscrit, Welsh, &c.--The Yule Log--Fire Worship in England-- Fire of Beltane--Druidical Fires--May-day Fires--November Fires in Ireland--Between two Fires--Scotland--The Summer Solstice-fire Ceremonies--Worship of Baal in Ireland--St. John's Day-- Bonfires--Decree of Council of Constantinople.

Paradise Lost and Moloch--The God of the Ammonites--The slaughter of Children by Fire, notices in the Scriptures--Fire Ceremonies and Moloch--Sacred Fire of the Phoenicians--The Carthaginians-- Custom of Oziese--Sardinian Customs and Moloch--The Cuthites-- Persian Fire Worship--House-fires of Greece and Rome--Sacred Books of the East--Laws of Manu--The Rig Veda and Hymns to Agni, the God of Fire--Vesta, Worship of--The Magi--Zoroaster.

FISHES, FLOWERS, AND FIRE.

It is not unlikely that the vast numbers of fishes and their great variety may have had much to do with their employment in this connection; some years ago the British Museum contained fifteen hundred different species, while the museum in Paris--one unusually rich in specimens of this part of the animal kingdom--possessed as many as five thousand, a number which has steadily gone on increasing. "As the symbol of a name, almost all fish have been used in Heraldry; and in many instances fish have been assumed in arms in reference to the produce of the estate, giving to the quaint device a twofold interest. They are borne upright and extended, and when feeding are termed devouring; Allum?, when their eyes are bright, and Parn? when their mouths are open."

"The earliest known device of fish, the zodiacal sign, is emblematical of the fishery of the Nile, commencing in the month of February, about the time when the sun enters Pisces, which is the best season for fishing, according to Pliny. Modern travellers relate that the walls of the temple of Denderah are literally covered with magnificent sculpture and painting. The figures representing the Zodiac are on the ceiling of the portico, and are engraved in the great work on Egypt published by order of the French Government. The signs of the Zodiac were frequently sculptured on the exterior of ancient churches, presenting a sort of rural calendar for the labours of the field each month in the year, which was of practical use.

'When in the Zodiac the fish wheel round, They loose the floods and irrigate the ground.'

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