Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites And Mysteries Connected With the Origin R
Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites And Mysteries Connected With the Origin R
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The work- 72 OPHIOLATREIA.
manship is delicate, and the characteristic features of the rattle- snake are perfectly represented, the head, unfortunately, is not entire, but enough remains to show that it was surmounted by some kind of feather-work resembling that so conspicuously repre- sented in the sculptured monuments of the South. It was found carefully enveloped in sheet copper, and under circum- stances which render it certain that it was an object of high regard and probably of worship.
N...otwithstanding the striking resemblances which have been pointed out, in the elementary religions of the old and new worlds, and the not less remarkable coincidences in their symbolical systems, we are scarcely prepared to tind in America that specific combination which fills so conspicuous a place in the early cos- mogonies and mythologies of the East, and which constitute the basis of these investigations, namely, the compound symbol of the Serpent and the Egg. It must be admitted that, in the few meagre and imperfect accounts which we have of the notions of cosmogony entertained by the American nations, we have no dis- tinct allusion to it.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The work- 72 OPHIOLATREIA.
manship is delicate, and the characteristic features of the rattle- snake are perfectly represented, the head, unfortunately, is not entire, but enough remains to show that it was surmounted by some kind of feather-work resembling that so conspicuously repre- sented in the sculptured monuments of the South. It was found carefully enveloped in sheet copper, and under circum- stances which render it certain that it was an object of high regard and probably of worship.
N...otwithstanding the striking resemblances which have been pointed out, in the elementary religions of the old and new worlds, and the not less remarkable coincidences in their symbolical systems, we are scarcely prepared to tind in America that specific combination which fills so conspicuous a place in the early cos- mogonies and mythologies of the East, and which constitute the basis of these investigations, namely, the compound symbol of the Serpent and the Egg. It must be admitted that, in the few meagre and imperfect accounts which we have of the notions of cosmogony entertained by the American nations, we have no dis- tinct allusion to it.
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