 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1837 - 548 oldal
...excellent blacksmith, and worked hard at his anvil. 8. Venus was the goddess of beauty ; her statues were made in the form of a beautiful woman. She had a son named Cupid, a mischievous little imp, and the god of love, according to the heathen mythology, from which so many... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1853 - 328 oldal
...excellent blacksmith, and worked hard at his anvil. 8. Venus was the goddess of beauty. Her statues were made in the form of a beautiful woman. She had a son named Cupid, who was a mischievious little deity, and used to shoot at people with a bow and arrow. 9. Neptune was the chief... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1854 - 650 oldal
...excellent blacksmith, and worked hard at his anvil. 3. Venus was the goddess of beautv. Her statues were made in the form of a beautiful woman. She had...marine deities. It was supposed that he had a huge scallop shell for a chariot, and that his horses had the tails of fishes. Whenever he rode over the... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1860 - 620 oldal
...excellent blacksmith, and worked hard at his anvil. 8. Venus was the goddess of beauty. Her statues were made in the form of a beautiful woman. She had...and used to shoot at people with a bow and arrow. 9. Nepkme was the chief of the marine deities. It was supposed that he had a huge scallop shell for a... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1862 - 616 oldal
...excellent blacksmith and worked hard at his anvil. 8. Venus was the goddess of beauty. Her statues were made in the form of a beautiful woman. She had...named Cupid, who was a mischievous little deity, and iiseA to shoot at people with a bow and arrow. 9. Neptune was the chief of the marine deities. It -was... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1867 - 626 oldal
...excellent blacksmith and worked hard at his anvil. 8. Venus was the goddess of beauty. Her statues were made in the form of a beautiful woman. She had...supposed that he had a huge scallop-shell for a chariot, anil that his horses had the tails of fishes. Whenever he roile over the waves, a tribe of sea-monsters,... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1869 - 718 oldal
...excellent blacksmith and worked hard at his anvil. 8. Venus was the goddess of beauty. Her statues were made in the form of a beautiful woman. She had...that his horses had the tails of fishes. Whenever he roJe over the waves, a tribe of sea-monsters, called Tritons, surrounded his chariot. 10. Pluto was... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1871 - 620 oldal
...excellent blacksmith and worked hard at his anvil. 8. Venus was the goddess of beauty. Her statues were made in the form of a beautiful woman. She had...fishes. Whenever he rode over the waves, a tribe of sea-monsters, called Tritons, surrounded his chariot. 10. Pluto was the deity who presided in the infernal... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1873 - 638 oldal
...excellent blacksmith and worked hard at his anvil. 8. Venus was the goddess of beauty. Her statues were made in the form of a beautiful woman. She had...fishes. Whenever he rode over the waves, a tribe of sea-monsters, called Tritons, surrounded bis chariot. 10. Pluto was the deity who presided in the infernal... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1886 - 732 oldal
...excellent blacksmith, and worked hard at his anvil. 8. Venus was the goddess of beauty. Her statues EUROPE. were made in the form of a beautiful woman. She had...fishes. Whenever he rode over the waves, a tribe of sea-monsters surrounded his chariot. 10. Pluto was the deity who presided in the infernal regions.... | |
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... war, and Mercury the god of thieves, and Bacchus the god of drunkards, and Vulcan the god of blacksmiths. Vulcan seems to have been one of the best and most useful of the heathen deities, for he was an excellent blacksmith and worked hard at his anvil.... 