Lectures On the Origin And Growth of Religion As Illustrated By the Religion of
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There were some who said that he shared half the year with the goddess of death, and the other half only with the goddess of love ; there were others who declared that his year was divided into three — 230 LECTURE IV, four months was he condemned to dwell in Hades, four months he was free to live where he might choose, while the other four were passed in the companionship of Ash- toreth, and that it was to Ashtoreth that he devoted his months of freedom. But all agreed that the Sun-god of sprin...g was not compelled to live for ever in the gloomy under-world ; a time came when he and nature would alike revive. It was inevitable, therefore, that in the days of Egyptianising fashion, Adonis and Osiris should be looked upon as the same god, and that the festival of Adonis at Gebal should be assimilated to that of Osiris in Egypt. And so it came about that a new feature was added to the festival of Adonis ; the days of mourning were succeeded by days of rejoicing ; the death of Adonis was followed by the announcement of his resurrection.
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