| John Richardson - Arabic language - 1778 - 514 pages
...moft hideous beings, which were produced of a twofold principle. Men appeared with two wings ; fome with four; and with two faces. They had one body, but two heads ; the one of a man, the other of a woman. They were likewife in their feveral organs both male and female. Other... | |
| Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 494 pages
...most hideous beings, which " were produced of a twofold principle. Men " appeared with two wings, some with four, " and with two faces. They had one body, but " two heads; the one of a man, the other of 18 These again are the vords of the transcriber. 19 The history of the kings... | |
| Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 502 pages
...most hideous beings, which " were produced of a twofold principle. Men f appeared with two wings, some with four, " and with two faces. They had one body, but '" two heads ; the one of a man, the other of *' a Woman. They were likewise in their several " organs both male and female.... | |
| 1834 - 438 pages
...Oannes wrote concerning the generation of mankind, and of their civil polity ; and the following ia the purport of what he said : " There was a time in...had one body but two heads ; the one that of a man, flic other of a woman; and likewise in their several organs both male and female. Other human figures... | |
| David Thomas - 1867 - 764 pages
...most hideous beings, which were produced of a twofold principle. Men appeared with two wings, some with four, and with two faces. They had one body, but two heads — the one of a man : the other of a •woman." The darkness and the abyss of waters certainly approach not to... | |
| Bible - 1867 - 380 pages
...most hideous beings, which were produced of a twofold principle. Men appeared with two wings, some with four, and with two faces. They had one body, but two heads — the one of a man : the other of a woman." The darkness and the abyss of waters certainly approach not to the... | |
| James Clement Moffat - Religions - 1871 - 596 pages
...birth of mankind, as well as of the kings and their memorable actions. He adds in another place that " there was a time in which there existed nothing but...heads ; the one that of a man, the other of a woman." He then mentions various other monstrous creatures, of all of which, he says, were preserved delineations... | |
| Ellen Russell Emerson - Comparative civilization - 1884 - 756 pages
...wherein resided must hideous beings, which were produced by a twofold principle. There appeared men, Rome of whom were furnished with two wings, others with...had one body, but two heads — the one that of a roan, the other of a woman ; and likewise in their several organs they were both male and female. Other... | |
| Religion - 1887 - 582 pages
...nothing but darkness and an abyss of waters, wherein resided most hideous beings, which were produced by a twofold principle. There appeared men, some of whom...heads ; the one that of a man, the other of a woman ; they were likewise in their several organs both male and female. Other human figures were to be seen... | |
| Laurence Oliphant - Mysticism - 1888 - 528 pages
...darkness and an abyss of waters, ' wherein resided the most hideous things, which were produced by a twofold ' principle. There appeared men, some of...but two ' heads — the one that of a man, the other that of a woman. They were like' wise, in their several organs, both male and female." Here is a distorted... | |
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