An essay towards a natural history of serpentsOwen, Charles
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An essay towards a natural history of serpents
Owen, Charles
Serpent worship -- Early works to 1800; Serpents -- Early works to 1800; Serpents -- Religious aspects -- Early works to 1800
I.
_Japonians_, their way of punishing Christians, 47
_Jararaka_ Serpent, describ’d, 103
_Jacore_ Lizard, [TN]
_Ibiara_ Serpent, describ’d, 99
_Ibitobaca_ Serpent, (the Figure, Plate 4) describ’d, 102
_Ibiboboca_ Serpent, describ’d.
_Ibizacoan_ Serpent, Cure of its Wound very singular, 106
_Idolatry_, the Original of it, 197
—— more ancient than Image-Worship, 198
—— the Incentives to it, 199
_Jeboya_ Serpent, 108
_Images_, why _Laban_ call’d them Gods, 203
_Inchantment_ by noxious Herbs, _&c._ 47
_Indian_ Prince, a very remarkable Saying of his about _Spanish_
Cruelty, 133
_Insects_, little, great Executioners, 139
—— various Instances, _ibid._
_Iquanna_ Serpent, describ’d, 102
_Iron_, one of the hardest Metals, yet the most brittle, 130
_Israel_, why punish’d by Serpents, 188
—— why punish’d by fiery Serpents, _ibid._
K.
_Kakaboya_ Serpent, 106
_Kingdom_ won by an Heroick Answer, 58
_King_ Snake, 129
—— Sashes made of its Skin, _ibid._
_Koko_ Serpent, a Representation of the _French_ Monarch, 58, 9
_Kukuruki_ Serpent, describ’d, 99
L.
_Lancashire_ Beauties, 69
_Lacertus viridis_, or green Lizard, 121
_Les Anoles_ Serpent, 123
_Les Roquet_ Serpent, _ibid._
_Light_, how the Sensation of it is produc’d, 71
—— all Colours depend upon it, 71
_Long_ black-Snake, 127
M.
_Magical_ Balls, 46, 7
_Magick_ Art, the Original of it, 68
—— its Degeneracy, 68, 9
—— surprizing Instances of magick Wit, 69
_Magick_ Egg, _ibid._
_Magicians_, St. _Matthew_’s wise Men in their time, 70
_Manima_ Serpent, monstrous, 111
_Malcarabeta_ Serpent, 113
_Malpolon_ Serpent, _ibid._
_Manballa_ Serpent, 114
_Maboujas_, 123
—— , an Emblem of the old Serpent, 124
_Macacoatl_, an horned Serpent, 132
_Marine_ Dragon, or Serpent, 143
_Men_, Giants and Pygmies among ’em, 16
_Mexico_, two unparallel’d Instances of Cruelty, one by the _Mexican_,
the other by _Spanish_ Priests, 100, 1
_Milk_, its wonderful Nature describ’d, 128
_Mithridate_, the Original of its Name, 40, 5
_Monoxillo_, or Mucronated-Serpent, 137
_Musk_ Serpent, 116
_Musk_ Rats, and Musk Cats, _ibid._
_Musk_, a short Account of it, 116, 17
_Musick_, its wonderful Effects on the Mind and the Body in several
remarkable Instances, 156 to 160
—— Conjectures about medicinal Cures by it, 164
N.
_Natrix-Torquata_ Snake, (the Figure, Plate 5), 142
_Nintipolonga_ Serpent, 114
_Noya_ Serpent, 90
O.
_Obsidian_ Stones, Looking-Glasses made of them, 105
_Opium_, the Darling of the _Turks_, 21
_Orators_, as well as Poets enthusiastical, 64
_Oracular_ Answers, various Opinions about them, 77
_Otus_ Serpent, 133
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