| William Ellis - 1829 - 610 pages
...production of the world, including waters, &c., by the procreative power of their god. The Bramiuical account is, that " He (ie the divine Being) having...luminary with a thousand beams, and in that egg he was bom himself, in the form of Urania, the great forefather of all spirits. The waters were called nara,... | |
| William Ellis - 1829 - 606 pages
...production of the world, including waters, &c., by the procreative power of their god. The Bramiuical account is, that "He (ie the divine Being) having...productive seed. That seed became an egg, bright as goldj blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams, and in that egg he was born himself, in the... | |
| James Haines McCulloh - 1829 - 548 pages
...himself, in the form of BRAHMA, the great forefather of all spirits. "The sole self existing power, having willed to produce various beings from his own...the waters, and placed in them a productive seed. "The waters are called noro, because they were the production of NARA, or the spirit of GOD; and since... | |
| 1827 - 822 pages
...from eternity, even HE, the soul of all beings, whom no being can comprehend, shone forth in person." Having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought he created the waters : " the waters are called nara, because they •were the production of Nara,... | |
| William Ellis - 1831 - 448 pages
...that " He (ie the divine Being) having willed to produce various beings from his own Divine substunce, first, with a thought, created the waters, and placed...forefather of all spirits. The waters were called Mara, because they were the production of narau, the Spirit of God ; and since they were his first... | |
| Vans Kennedy - 1831 - 666 pages
...eternity, even He the soul of all beings, whom no being can comprehend, shone forth in person. He, having willed to produce various beings from his own...that seed became an egg bright as gold, blazing like a luminary with a thousand beams ; and in that egg He was born himself, in the form of Brahma, the... | |
| William Ellis - 1832 - 446 pages
...language preserved among the Tahitians, and inhabitants of other isles of the Pacific, when they axe compared with those prevailing in different parts...forefather of all spirits. The waters were called na.ru, because they were the production of narau, the Spirit of God ; and since they were his first... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1832 - 456 pages
...Soul of all beings— having willed to produce various being« from his own divine яипямпсе, first, with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed. " Trie waiera are called пата: because they were the production of Narm, or the Spirit of (nxl... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1832 - 430 pages
...Soul of all beings — having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, ,fir8t, with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed. "The waters are called nara; because they were the production of Nara, or the Spirit of God : and,... | |
| William Ellis - 1833 - 342 pages
...connexion with many customs and analogies in language), warrant the inference that the Polynesians have a Hebrew origin; they show that the nation whence they...productive seed. That seed became an egg, bright as gold, ^1. blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams, and in that egg he was born himself, in the form... | |
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