Thammuz
Britishnoun
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Thus as Milton writes: Smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie
"Trust, ye saints, your Lord restored, Trust ye in your risen Lord; For the pains which Thammuz endured Our salvation have procured."
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
The general version of the legend of Baal is the same as that of Adonis, Thammuz, Osiris, and the Arabian myth of El Khouder.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
The daughters of Israel, weeping for Thammuz, mentioned by Ezekiel, sat looking to the North, and waiting for his return from that region.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
Recurring back to the eighth Cycle, we observe the advent of that period of Chrishna, Zoroaster 2d, Bali, Thammuz, Atys, Osiris, and several others.
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
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