ARĒS, “The God of War,” (_Greek._) War (_English._) Or, “An Enemy;” O.r.ee.ts, “Formidable, Violent;” O.r.ts, E.r.s, Ee.ou.r.ee.sh, “To break in pieces, demolish,” (_Heb._) Eris, “Strife,” (_Greek._) M-ARS, MART-IS, M-AVORS, “The God of War,” (_Latin._) M.Or.ts.e, “Violence, Terror,” from O.r.ts with M. formative. (See “Ares,” above.) BELL-ONA, “The Goddess of War.” Bellum, War, (_Latin._) Beli, Bela, War, (_Welsh._) Beli, Bela, Havoc, Devastation, (Welsh.) B.l.ee, B.l.o (_Hebrew._) VESTA (_Latin_),(98) HESTIA (_Greek_), “The Goddess of Fire.” “Her power was exercised about Altars and Houses.” Hestia also signifies a Hearth. Ee.ts.th, “To Burn, Kindle, To be kindled as fuel,” (_Hebrew._) CERES, “The Goddess of the Fruits of the Earth,” (_Latin._) G.r.sh, “Corn trodden out,” “To spring forth,” Tender, Green, in full Verdure, Vegetables, (_Hebrew._) Grass (_German & English._) HARP-YÆ (_Greek & Latin_), “Winged Creatures, the fabulous personifications of Hunger and _Rapacity_!” (See Æneid 3.) C’H.r.b, “To Consume, waste.” C’H.r.b.e, “Desolation,” (_Hebrew._) Harpazo, “To Snatch,” (_Greek._) MORPHEUS, “The God of Sleep,” (_Greek & Latin._) M.r.ph.e, “Slothful,” (_Heb._) An interesting consideration deserves especial notice in this place. On referring to the doubtful and unsatisfactory explanations which have been suggested for many of these names of the Gods of Greece and Italy, both by Cicero and by modern writers, who have relied solely on the intrinsic resources of the Classical languages, the superior clearness and simplicity of the explanations afforded by the aid of the Hebrew will be strikingly apparent.(99) The Gods Of India. BRAHMA, “The Creator,” (_Indian._) B.r.a, “To Create,” applied to the creative act of the Deity in the First Chapter of Genesis, (_Hebrew._) Beri or Peri, “To Cause,” Bâr, or Pâr, “A Cause,” (_Welsh._) SIVA, “The Destroyer,” (_Indian._) Sh.v.a.e, “Desolate;” Sha-e, “To Desolate,” (_Heb._) VISH-NU, “The Preserver or Saviour,” (_Ind._) Ee.sh.v.o.e, “Safety, Salvation.” (This root is applied to the Saviour with the prefix M. in M|Ou.sh.oe,“The Messiah.”) Ee.sho, “To save,” (_Heb._) RAMA, “A conquering Deity, a great Deliverer,” the same as the Greek Hercules, (_Indian._) R.m, “To be lifted up, exalted.” R.m.e, “To throw, cast down,” (_Hebrew._) CAMA, “The Indian Cupid.” One of his titles is “Depaca, the Inflamer,” “Love,” (_Indian._) Ee.ch.m, “To be lustful,” Ch.m, Ch.m.e, “Heat,” Ch.m.s, “To ravish,” (_Hebrew._) SUR-YA, “A God of the Sun,” (_Indian._) See p. 20. SAT-YAVRATA, “Saturn” of the Latins. Sat.ya, means “Truth or Probity,” (_Indian._) Sh.th, “To set, settle, fix,” (Hence “Sooth,” English, not from “He saith,” as Horne Tooke conceived.) T.z.d.k, “Just,” T.z.d.k.e, “Justice, righteousness,” (_Hebrew._) I shall now advert to some features of considerable interest in the condition of the primitive founders of the European nations, of which language furnishes evidence.