Thammuz

British  

/ -ʊz, ˈtæmuːz /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Tammuz

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Example Sentences

It was said to the Prophet, "Behold, I will show thee worse things than these: women weeping to Thammuz."

From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Carlyle, Thomas

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 Graves, Kersey

At the same time a crowd of gods, demiurges, and demons, such as Mithra, Thammuz, the good Isis, and Eubulus, meditated taking possession of the peace-enfolded world.

From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole

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 Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

Ezekiel speaks of the festivals of Adonis under the name of those of Thammuz, an Assyrian Deity, whom every year the women mourned, seated at the doors of their dwellings.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert