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Sun-Worship

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The worship of the sun is conceived of as an impersonation of the deity, that originated among races so far advanced in civilisation as to recognise what they owed to its benignant influence, in particular as tillers of the soil, and, is associated with advance as the worship of Bacchus was, which could not originate prior to cultivation of the vine.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Sun-Worship'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/sun-worship.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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