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Macedonians, never worshipped them, nor any heroes or canonised
mortals whatsoever."
204. " During the Pagan state of the Irish," says a learned
antiquary of that country, " every child at his birth received a
name generally from some imaginary divinity ; under whose pro-
tection it was supposed to be: but this name was seldom retained
longer than the state of infancy ; from which period it was gene-
rally changed for others arising from some perfection or imperfec-
tion of the body ; the disposition or quality of the mind ; achieve-
ments in war or the chace ; the place of birth, residence, 8tc." 1
When these descriptive titles exactly accorded with those pre-
viously imposed, and derived from the personified attributes of
the Deity, both were naturally confounded ; and the limited ex-
cellences of man thus occasionally placed in the same rank with
the boundless perfections of God. The same custom still prevails
among the Hindoos, who when a child is ten days old give him
the name of one of their deities ; to whose favor they think by
this mean to recommend him ;3 whence the same medley of his-
torical tradition and physical allegory fills up their popular creed,
as filled that of the Greeks and other nations. The ancient theism
of the North seems also to have been corrupted by the conqueror
Odin assuming the title of the supreme God, and giving those of
other subordinate attributes to his children and captains ;4 which
are, however, all occasionally applied to him :5 for the Scandina-
* No/iifouiri 8' civ Aiymrioi ovh' ^paxrtv ovStv. Hcrodot. lib. ii. s. 50. See also
S. lit aud 3.
z Collectan. Hibern. No. xi. p. 259.
^ Sonnerat Voyage aux Indes. T. 1. p. 84.
' 4 Mallet Introd. a l'Hist. de Danemarc.
5 Odinus ego nunc nominor;
Yggus mode- nominabar;
Vocabar Thundus ante id,
Vacus et Skilfingus,
Vufodus et Hoopta-tyr
Guutus et Ialcus inter Doos,
Ossier et Suafner ;
Quos puta factos esse
Oranes ex uno me.
Grunnismal liii. Bdd. Sa;mond. p. 61.
Macedonians, never worshipped them, nor any heroes or canonised
mortals whatsoever."
204. " During the Pagan state of the Irish," says a learned
antiquary of that country, " every child at his birth received a
name generally from some imaginary divinity ; under whose pro-
tection it was supposed to be: but this name was seldom retained
longer than the state of infancy ; from which period it was gene-
rally changed for others arising from some perfection or imperfec-
tion of the body ; the disposition or quality of the mind ; achieve-
ments in war or the chace ; the place of birth, residence, 8tc." 1
When these descriptive titles exactly accorded with those pre-
viously imposed, and derived from the personified attributes of
the Deity, both were naturally confounded ; and the limited ex-
cellences of man thus occasionally placed in the same rank with
the boundless perfections of God. The same custom still prevails
among the Hindoos, who when a child is ten days old give him
the name of one of their deities ; to whose favor they think by
this mean to recommend him ;3 whence the same medley of his-
torical tradition and physical allegory fills up their popular creed,
as filled that of the Greeks and other nations. The ancient theism
of the North seems also to have been corrupted by the conqueror
Odin assuming the title of the supreme God, and giving those of
other subordinate attributes to his children and captains ;4 which
are, however, all occasionally applied to him :5 for the Scandina-
* No/iifouiri 8' civ Aiymrioi ovh' ^paxrtv ovStv. Hcrodot. lib. ii. s. 50. See also
S. lit aud 3.
z Collectan. Hibern. No. xi. p. 259.
^ Sonnerat Voyage aux Indes. T. 1. p. 84.
' 4 Mallet Introd. a l'Hist. de Danemarc.
5 Odinus ego nunc nominor;
Yggus mode- nominabar;
Vocabar Thundus ante id,
Vacus et Skilfingus,
Vufodus et Hoopta-tyr
Guutus et Ialcus inter Doos,
Ossier et Suafner ;
Quos puta factos esse
Oranes ex uno me.
Grunnismal liii. Bdd. Sa;mond. p. 61.