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The Phoenician religion revolved around Bel (Baal) the sun god and
Astarte the moon goddess. Bel was portrayed as a young warrior wearing
a helmet with bulls horns.
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FT: depiction of Baal from Shin-Megami Tensei RT: The bronze "Horned God" from Enkom,
Cyprus
ancient deity worshipped by Bal fires on the summits of the hills, and of
Bels cairns, where sacrifices were offered to Baal. The Greek and
the Latin Belus are merely the Babylonian Bel Whenever the Israelites
fell into idolatry, their natural tendency was to worship Baal, the god of the
nations with whom they came into most immediate contact. - The
American Cyclopdia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge,
Volume 2, edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, PG 177-178
LFT: Birds eye view of St. Peters Square, Vatican City, RT: Samurai warrior
Bel was portrayed as a young warrior wearing a helmet with bulls horns The
Celtic Encyclopedia By Harry Mountain, PG 95
LFT: Kafir Bashgali, Pakistan Horned figure, MID: Odin?, RT: Odin
LFT & MID: 1914 Film Cambiria (Carthage), RT: Moloch human sacrifice
Baphomet compared with Uncle Sam (Samael) the god of War that made the
United States the most supreme military force on the earth in modern history.
With this syncretism of Baal and Mars in mind, it will be much easier to see the
similarity and more than likely the common origin of Baal worship, which will
provide more credence to the theory that Baal is the God of War.
The Scythians worshipped Mars, whose symbol, for they had no images,
was a pile of swords - A dissertation on the origin and progress of the
Scythians or Goths: Being ..., By John Pinkerton, PG 135
The religion of the Scythians was remarkable they worshipped the Sun
and Moon, Fire, Air, Earth, Water, and a god whom Herodotus calls
Hercules. But their principal religious observance was the worship of the
naked sword. The country was parceled out into districts, and in every
district was a huge pile of brushwood, serving as a temple to the
neighbourhood, at the top of which was planted an antique sword or
scimitar. On a stated day in each year solemn sacrifices, human and
animal, were offered at these shrines; and the warm blood of the victims
was carried up from below and poured upon the weapon. The human
victimsprisoners taken in warwere hewn to pieces at the foot of the
mound, and their limbs wildly tossed on high by the votaries, who then
retired, leaving the bloody fragments where they chanced to fall. The
Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World; or the
History ..., By George Rawlinson, M.A, PG 224
The Romans worshipped, in the earliest times, the lance, as the symbol
of Mars, and the Scythians under the form of a sword; for they placed a
sword on the top of a large bundle of sticksand made the offering of a
horse, which was peculiarly sacred to the god of war, or sometimes of
other beasts, and even of men, for which prisoners of war were generally
chosen. - Shakespeare's Puck, and His Folklore, Illustrated from the
Superstitions of ..., By William Bel, PG 235
Turnbull, PG 113
Swords used in Tameshigiri are said to "want more blood" and are often
termed TATARU-TO (Evil Sword). This seller has had 5 stitches as a result
of a hand cut from this sword - so be warned. http://www.hizento.net/index.php?page=sell-S2
The mound where bodies are hewn to pieces during Tameshigiri, similar to the Scythians.