Chemosh
Americannoun
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Yet he resists temptation, and except for a few scenes in which priests of Chemosh, played by weight lifters in green lingerie, clomp about to oboe music, the picture is commendably unepic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Assur was purely Semitic in his attributes, and, like Yahveh of Israel or Chemosh of Moab, was wifeless and childless.
From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Milcolm and Chemosh were real gods too, ruling in Philistia and Moab as Jehovah did in Canaan.
From Christianity and Progress by Fosdick, Harry Emerson
As in old days, "on that opprobrious hill," the temple of Chemosh had stood close by that of Moloch, so now we find the spoliarium beside the fornices—Lust hard by Hate.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Chemosh of Moab, for instance, and Asshur of Assyria were alike wifeless.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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