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Front CoverError’s Chains: How Forged and Broken (1884)

The front cover of this book has been somewhat damaged by having silver paint spilled on it at some time in its history. Before then, it was dark reddish brown with goild foil samped and black ink.

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Title Page, Error’s ChainsError’s Chains: How Forged and Broken (1884)

The title page is very typical for an 1880s reference work in the USA: ERROR’S CHAINS: How forged and broken. A comparative history of the national, social and religious errors that mankind has falle [...]

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Gods of our Saxon Ancestors.Error’s Chains: How Forged and Broken (1884)

In the engraving, Thor is seated at a throne; he wears a crown and voluminous regal robes, and has a halo or stars. Woden is also crowned, and wears medieval armour. In the back, in statue niches, the [...]

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Ancient Druidic Worship at Stonehenge, EnglandError’s Chains: How Forged and Broken (1884)

A fictional reconstruction of “druids” at an intact Stonehenge. Stonehenge actually predates the Romans and the peoples called the druids by British historians of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuri [...]

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Sacrificial Rites of the Ancient British DruidsError’s Chains: How Forged and Broken (1884)

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 sto [...]

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Added: 2025-06-21

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Indra, God of AtmosphereError’s Chains: How Forged and Broken (1884)

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 s [...]

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Added: 2025-07-17

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