Fishes, Flowers, & Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths & Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, Rome, India, &c.

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Importance of the Lotos--Varieties of Lotos--Statements by Herodotus, Homer, Theophrastus, Dioscorides, Pliny, Athenæus and others--The arborescent Lotos--The Sacred Lotos of the Nile--The Indian Lotos--Nepaulese adoration of the Lotos-- Shing-moo, the Chinese Holy Mother--Lakshmi--The Queens of Beauty--The Loves of Krishna and Radha.