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ARYAN
SUN-MYTHS
VA-
ARYAN
SUN-MYTHS
THE
ORIGIN
OF
RELIGIONS
WITH
AN
INTRODUCTION
BY
CHARLES
MORRIS
AUTHOR
OF
"
A
MANUAL
OF
CLASSICAL
LITERATURE,"
AND
"
THE
ARYAN
RACE
ITS
ORIGIN
AND
ITS
ACHIEVEMENTS."
:
TROY,
N.Y.
NIMS
AND
KNIGHT
1889
Copyrighted,
1889,
BY
NIMS
AND
KNIGHT.
All
Rights
Reserved.
PREFACE.
THE
attention
of
the
writer
having
been
called
to
all
the
fact
that
Indo-Germanic
nations
have
wor-
shipped
crucified
Saviours,
an
investigation
of
the
sub-
Overwhelming
proof
was
obtained
ject
was
made.
that
the
sun-myths
of
the
ancient
origin
of
the
religions
in
all
Aryans
were
the
of
the
countries
which
were
peopled
by
the
Aryans.
The
Saviours
wor-
shipped
in
these
lands
are
personifications
of
the
Sun,
the
chief
god
of
the
Aryans.
That
Pagan
nations
worshipped
a
crucified
man,
was
admitted
by
the
Fathers
of
the
early
Christian
Church.
The
holy
Father
Minucius
Felix,
in
his
Octavius,
written
as
late
as
A.
D.
211,
indignantly
resents
the
supposition
that
the
sign
of
the
cross
should
be
considered
as
exclusively
a
Christian
symbol
;
and
represents
his
advocate
of
the
Christian
argument
as
retorting
on
opponent
thus
crosses,
which
you
object
infidel
an
"
:
As
for
the
adoration
of
I
to
against
us,
must
tell
you
that
we
neither
adore
crosses
nor
desire
them.
You
it
is,
ye
Pagans,
who
worship
wooden
gods,
who
are the
most
likely
people
to
adore
as
being
parts
of
the
ties.
wooden
crosses,
dei-
same
substance
with
your
are
For
what
else
your
ensigns,
flags,
a'nd
?
standards,
but
crosses
gilt
and
beautified
Your
victorious
trophies
not
only
represent
a
simple
cross,
but
a
cross
with
a
man
upon
:
it."
Tertullian,
a
Christian
Father
of
the
second
and
third
centuries,
writing
to
"
The
Pagans,
says
origin
of
your
derived
from
figures
moulded
on
a
cross.
the
gods
All
is
those
rows
of
images
on
your
standards
are
;
those
hangings
on
your
"
standards
and
banners
are
the
robes
of
crosses
the
appendages
of
crosses
{Egyptian
Belief,
p.
217).
Arrian,
in
his
History
of
Alexander,
states
that
the
troops
of
Porus,
in
their
war
with
Alexander
the
Great,
carried
on
their
standards
the
figure
of
a
man.
Justin
Martyr,
in
his
Dialogue
with
Trypho,
says
that
there
exist
not
a
people,
civilized
or
semi-civilized,
who
have
not
offered
up
prayers
in
the
name
of
a
crucified
Saviour
to
the
Father
and
Creator
of
all
things.
Eusebius,
the
ecclesiastical
historian,
says
that
the
names
of
Jesus
and
Christ
were
both
known
and
{Eccl.
Hist.,
lib.
i.
honored
among
the
ancients
iv.).
chap,
We
find
Saint
Paul
avowing
that
he
was
made
a
minister
of
the
gospel,
which
had
been
preached
to
For
every
creature
under
heaven
(Col.
i.
23).
centuries
after
the
time
assigned
as
the
birth of
Jesus,
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