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Usous
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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in Phoenician mythology, was, according to tradition, handed down by Sanchoniathon as a brother of Hypsuranius, who at first protected his body with hides of animals which: he had killed; and when rains and winds came, and fire broke out through friction of the trees one with another, he risked himself upon a tree, whose branches he had cut off, out upon the treacherous sea. He dedicated two pillars to fire and wind, and sacrificed the blood of the animals he had slain.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Usous'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​u/usous.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Usous'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​u/usous.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.