[170-1] Many interesting references to the Oriental flood-myth may be found in Cory’s _Ancient Fragments_. See also, Dr. Fr. Windischmann, _Die Ursagen der Arischen Völker_, pp. 4-10. It is probable that in very ancient Semitic tradition Adam was represented as the survivor of a flood anterior to that of Noah. Maimonides relates that the Sabians believed the world to be eternal, and called Adam “the Prophet of the Moon,” which symbolized, as we know from other sources, the deity of water. Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon, _More Nevochim_, cap. iv. In early Christian symbolism Christ was called “the true Noah”; the dove accompanied him also, and as through Noah came “salvation by wood and water,” so through Christ came “salvation by spirit and water.” (See St. Cyril of Jerusalem’s _Catechetical Lectures_, Lect. xvii., cap. 10). The fish (ιχθυς) was the symbol of Christ as well as of Oannes. As the second coming of Christ was to be the destruction of the world, how plainly appear the germs of the myth of the Epochs of Nature in the Judæo-Christian mind! [171-1] Besides the expressions in the Book of Ecclesiastes and the later prophets, the doctrine is distinctly announced in one of the most sublime of the Psalms (xc), one attributed to “Moses the Man of God.” [172-1] Malachi, ch. iv., v. 2. [175-1] C. F. Koppen, _Die Lamaische Hierarchie_, s. 28. [175-2] Odainsakr, ô privative, _dain_ death, _akr_ land, “the land of immortal life.” Saxo Grammaticus speaks of it also. Another such land faintly referred to in the Edda is Breidablick, governed by Baldur, the Light-god. [176-1] C. F. Koppen, _Die Lamaische Hierarchie und Kirche_, p. 17. [179-1] John Stuart Mill, _Theism_, p. 256. [183-1] Creuzer, _Symbolik und Mythologie_, Bd. II., s. 47 [184-1] This is the first line of Yaçna, 42, of the _Khordah-Avesta_. The Parsees believe that it is the salutation which meets the soul of the good on entering the next world. [186-1] “Sight is the light sense. Through it we become acquainted with universal relations, this being _reason_. Without the eye there would be no reason.” Lorenz Oken, _Elements of Physio-Philosophy_, p. 475. [187-1] _History of Philosophy_, Vol. II. p. 638 (4th ed.) [187-2] “The intolerance of almost all religions which have maintained the unity of God, is as remarkable as the contrary principle in polytheism.” Hume, _Nat. Hist. of Religion_, Sec. ix. [187-3] “The Lamas emphatically maintain monotheism to be the real character of Buddhism.” Emil Schlagintweit, _Buddhism in Tibet_, p. 108.