The American Nations, Vol. I.: Or, Outlines of a National History of the Ancient and Modern Nations of North and South AmericaRafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel)
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The American Nations, Vol. I.: Or, Outlines of a National History of the Ancient and Modern Nations of North and South America
Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel)
Indians; Indians -- Origin; Taino Indians; Taino language
6 Geological comments are not here required, my business is with
mankind. Moses calls men beside _Aish_, _Anush_, _G’bforeign_, and
women _N’shim_, _Itath_, _Ashe_, _Ashth_; which are perhaps as many
names of early tribes! as well as ALEIM or _Elohim_, XRBIM
_Cherubim_, _Nahash_, &c. If these primitive names will offer any
analogies in America, they shall be thoroughly pointed out
hereafter. HUE is the real Eve. See the chapter on the Mosaic
Ontology for many other human beings, or early tribes. But it may be
well to add here the names of the beings of the 7th and 8th Yums
which we all deem animals, although there are indications to the
contrary.
7. YUM. The MIM waters produced SH’R’TZ production—translated
reptile! No soul. N’F’SH-HIE, soul living. OUF, Fowl, made to come
from waters, and their motion. LOUF’F means both flying and flirting
or swimming, G. 1. v. 20. But ALEIM realized or created the TH’NI
NIM whales, or rather Great fishes, having a soul living NFSH-EHIE,
verse 21. This fine word _soul_ has been translated creature.
8. YUM. The earth produces with soul BEME. Cattle or Herdsmen of
life? v. 24. R’M’SH, Reptiles or creeping Troglodytes? HITHU, Beasts
or Hunters. The BEME are perhaps Herdsmen! and all these may be men,
over whom Adam was to reign, giving them names. Else all these
animals had real souls like men! The fishes or fishermen D’G’TH only
appear in v. 26. at subjects of Adam.
Moses and the Hebrew poets divided the animals in 3 classes, which
represent also men! and were personified.
1. SH’R’TZ, Production—Moses. LUITH’N of Job. The Leviathan of
Poets.
2. N’F’SH, Animated—Moses. OZN or Hozan of Poets. Moses has 2 kinds
of these: THNINIM Aquatic, and OUF-XNF, Fowl strong winged, as he
had 2 of the last. SH’R’TZ, aquatic reptile, and OUF aerial fowl.
3. HITHU, Beast: of 2 kinds, BEME and RMSH, which are the BEMUTH of
Job, BEHEMOTH of Poets.
7 The Cherubim were deemed Angels, but of 4 sorts, 3 having faces of a
lion, ox, and eagle: which indicates tribes bearing those names, or
the 4 primitive castes of mankind, the oxen referring to the
laboring caste, the lion to the militant caste.
8 See his learned work, translation and paraphrase of the first
chapters of Genesis: wherein the best account of the creation,
antidiluvian history and flood has been given.
_ 9 Lanca_ was according to the Hindus a big land under the equator,
including perhaps the Decan or south of India, then separated by a
sea from the Imalaya mountains, now yet a vast level plain; and
united to Ceylon and other islands. It is in this land of _Lanca_
that many traditions place Adam, with several early events.
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