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Pictures from Error’s Chains: How Forged and Broken by Frank S. Dobbins, with Isaac Hollister Hall (1837 – 1896) and Samuel Wells Williams (1812 – 1884); I have the thirty-eigth edition, from 1884.
See the Title Page for the full title. This is an example of a genre of books illustrating religions of the world and religious practices from history, often somewhat fancifully, supposedly so people could see how bad they were.
Title: Error’s Chains: How Forged and Broken
Published by: Standard Publishing House
City: New York
Date: 1884
Total items: 6
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
Sacrificial Rites of the Ancient British Druids
In a glade in a forest of ancient trees, druids gather within the confines of a sacred stone circle. One bearded man among them holds up a knife with a curved blade. Below him, held down on a cold stone altar, a partly-naked [...] [more...] [$]
Indra is the Hindu god of the weather; the book refers to it as the atmosphere. Here he is seen riding an elephant. H e has an ornate headdress, carries perhaps a ceremonial saw (or lightning?) and spear, has four arms with bracelets or cuffs on the wrists, and two legs (we see only one). He is barefoot, and has anklets or cuffs round his ankles. He [...] [more...] [$]
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