| John Hughes - Druids and druidism - 1818 - 378 pages
...the following- remarks from Mr. Toland: " On May eve the Druids made prodigious fires on these Cams, which being every one in* sight of some other, could...over a whole nation. These fires were in honour of Real, or Bealan, latinized by the Romans into Belenus, by which name the Gauls and their colonies understood... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1821 - 624 pages
...from Toland's History of Druidisni. ' " On May eve, the Druids made prodigious fires on these Cams, which being every one in sight of some other, could not but afford a glorious shew over a whole nation. These fires were in honour of Beal or Bealan, latinized by the Romans into... | |
| Thomas Wood - Christianity - 1825 - 440 pages
...circumstantial account of their festivals. He says, on May-eve the Druids made prodigious fires on those earns, which, being every one in sight of some other,...honour of Beal, or Bealan, latinized by the Roman authors into Belenus, by which name the Gauls and their colonies understood the sun ; and therefore,... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...communication. "On May-eve the Druids made prodigious fires on those Cams, which being every one, as we said, in sight of some other, could not but afford a glorious show over a whole nation. These fires were in honor of Beal, or Beaton, latinized by the Roman authors into Belenut, by which name the Gauls and... | |
| Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 512 pages
...says Mr. Toland, "the Druids made prodigious fires on those earns, which being every one as we said, in sight of some other, could not but afford a glorious show over a whole nation. These fires were in honor of Beal, or Bealan, latinized by the Roman authors into Belenus, by which name the Gauls and... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1841 - 840 pages
...prodigious fires on those Cams, which being every ope, as we said, in sight of some other, could nnt but afford a glorious show over a whole nation. These fires were in honor of Beat, Or Sealan, latinized by the Roman authors into Belenus, by which name the Gauls and... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1859 - 854 pages
...communication. "On May-eve the Druids made prodigious fires on those Cains, which beinn every one, as we said, in sight of some other, could not but afford a glorious show over a whole nation. These fire* were in honor of Beat, or Bealan, latinized by the Roman authors into Selenus, by which name... | |
| Fire - 1800 - 116 pages
...stood thus. On May-eve the Druids made prodigious fires on those earns, which being every one in sight, could not but afford a glorious show over a whole...nation. These fires were in honour of Beal or Bealan, latinised by the Roman authors into Belenus, by which name the Gauls and their colonies understood... | |
| Edgar Barclay - Antiquities - 1895 - 242 pages
...following is given by Mr. Tolands : — 3 " On May-eve the Druids made prodigious fires on those carns, which, being every one in sight of some other, could...in honour of Beal or Bealan, Latinized by the Roman authors into Belenus, by which name the Gauls and their colonies understood the sun, and, therefore,... | |
| Eliza Burt Gamble - Christianity and other religions - 1897 - 360 pages
...sun. Of fire-worship Toland observes : " On May-day the Druids made prodigious fires on these cairns, which being every one in sight of some other could...glorious show over a whole nation. These fires were in honor of Beal, or Bealan, Latinized by the Roman writers into Belanus, by which name the Gauls and... | |
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