The worship of the serpent traced throughout the world, attesting the temptation and fall of man by the instrumentality of a serpent tempter / By the Rev. John Bathurst Deane.

  • Deane, John Bathurst, 1797-1887.
Date:
1833
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Credit: The worship of the serpent traced throughout the world, attesting the temptation and fall of man by the instrumentality of a serpent tempter / By the Rev. John Bathurst Deane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Preliminary Observations on the Fall of Man 1—36 Chap. I.—Serpent Worship in Asia 39—115 Sect. 1. Babylon 41 2. Persia 47 3. Hindustan 60 4. Ceylon 66 5. China and Japan 69 6. Burmah 74 7. Java 76 8. Arabia 77 9. Syria 78 10. Asia Minor 99 11. The Islands of Asia Minor 109 Chap. II.—Serpent Worship in Africa 119—179 Sect. 1. Egypt 119 2. Ethiopia 160 3. Whidah and Congo 162 Chap. III.—Serpent Worship in Europe 183—290 Sect. 1. Greece 183 2. Epirus 229 3. Italy 235 4. Northern Europe 242—253 1. Sarmatia 244 2. Scandinavia 247 5. Western Europe 253—290 1. Britain 253 2. Ireland 270 3. Gaul 272 4. Britany 278 Chap. IV.—Serpent Worship in America 293—308 Sect. 1. Mexico 293