Neth-phe Ne-phe ou, “The Heavens or Heaven,” (_Egypt._) Nev, “Heaven,” (_Welsh_.) Nebo, “Heaven,” (_Selaronian_.) ĒRĒ and AĒR (Greek), “The Goddess of The Heaven or Atmosphere,” “Juno.” Iru, “Heaven,” (_Negroes_,) Awyr, “The Sky,” (_Welsh_,) Aër, (_Latin_), “Air,” (_English_.) ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ JUNO (_Latin_), the same as the last. She was also regarded as “The Mother of the Gods.” (See this name explained by means of Sanscrit and Negro words combined, Appendix A, p. 62.) ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ KHEM, A God of “The Sun,” (_Egypt_.) K au m-et, “The Sun,” K au m-ei, “The Moon,” (_Greenland_.) C’h.m.n.-ee.n, “Sun Images,” (_Hebrew_.) C’h.m, “Hot, Heat,” (_Hebrew_.) ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Ee ph-aist-os (_Greek_), “Vulcan,” “The God of Fire.” Aifi, “Fire,” (_Sumbava_,) Fi (_Japan_), and Fei (_Siam_), “Fire,” Epee, “Fire,” (_Katabans, North America_,) Peez Pioe, “Fire,” (_Moxians, South America_,) Ee.ph.c’h, and Ph.ou.c’h, “To blow upon,” “Kindle,” “Inflame,” (_Hebrew_.) ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ PHOI-B-OS (_Greek_), “The God of the Sun, Phœbus.” “This word (‘Phoibos’) expresses the brightness and splendour of that luminary.” (Lempriere.) Pha-ō, “To Shine,” (_Greek_.) Ee.ph.ō, “To shine forth,” (_Hebrew_,) “Brightness, Splendour,” (_Chald._) Ee.ph.ph.e, “Very Beautiful,” (_Hebrew_.) Phōs, “Light,” (_Greek_.) Fosseye, “The Sun,” (_“__Sereres__”__ Negroes._) Phōs, “A Star,” (_Japan_.) ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ The foregoing are merely examples of the mode in which the names of the Heathen Deities are susceptible of explanation, by means of a general comparison of languages. In the course of this work, the names of nearly all the principal Gods of Egypt, Greece, Italy, and India, will be explained in the same manner. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ The North American Indians are not Idolaters. They worship a “Great” and “Good Spirit.” They also believe in an “Evil Spirit.”