Project Gutenberg 2011-10-11 Public domain in the USA. 196 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous 18001775 Fishes, Flowers, & Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths & Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, Rome, India, &c. Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "Fishes, Flowers, & Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths & Worship" is a scholarly work written in the late 19th century. The text delves deeply into the ancient religions of civilizations such as Greece, Babylon, Rome, and India, exploring the themes of fecundity and worship through the symbols of fish, flowers, and fire. The opening of the work introduces the frequent use of the fish symbol across various cultures, detailing its significance in heraldry, Christian symbolism, and ancient rituals. It mentions how fish have been a prominent motif in Christian catacombs, possibly symbolizing Christ himself. Furthermore, the text starts to explore the various fish-related myths and legends connected to deities in multiple ancient religions, setting the tone for a detailed discussion on the interrelations between these symbols and the broader themes of sexuality and fertility in worship practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37713/37713-h/images/cover.jpg en Phallicism BL Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 274001 273980 2024-09-16T04:38:15.934168 2023-09-16T11:06:46.719358 text/html text/html 277157 2011-10-11T10:04:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 132071 2011-10-11T10:13:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 138521 2024-09-16T04:38:19.769099 application/epub+zip 141283 2024-09-16T04:38:16.531168 application/epub+zip 141283 2024-09-16T04:38:16.216119 application/epub+zip 228511 2024-09-16T04:38:22.613115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201750 2024-09-16T04:38:19.470076 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 202001 2022-09-17T09:22:13.951398 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 249590 2024-09-16T04:38:15.557146 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 249004 2011-10-11T10:04:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 98108 2011-10-11T10:13:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 249315 2011-10-11T10:11:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 98036 2011-10-11T10:13:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 249176 2011-10-11T10:05:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 98023 2011-10-11T10:13:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21581 2024-09-16T04:38:22.753079 application/rdf+xml 14298 2024-09-16T04:38:16.299131 image/jpeg 2687 2024-09-16T04:38:16.256092 image/jpeg 132347 2024-09-16T04:38:15.961094 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Unknown