And now what does Confucianism say of moon-worship?. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
We design this chapter to be the completion of moon-worship, and at the same time an anticipation of those lunary superstitions which are but scattered leaves from luniolatry, the parent tree. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
The custom of wishing, when one first sees the new moon, is probably a survival of moon-worship; the wish taking the place of the prayer. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantis : the antediluvian world] Reference
Since drink-worship stands at one end of the series, and moon-worship at the other, it is antecedently probable that here and there there may be a doubt as to which of the two was intended. From Wordnik.com. [The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow] Reference
According to an acute remark of BÂckh, the ancient mythology of the Nem¾an lunar lion has an astronomical origin, and is symbolically connected in chronology with the cycle of intercalation of the lunar year, with the moon-worship at. From Wordnik.com. [COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1] Reference
The association of Nannar with Ur is parallel to that of Shamash with Sippar, -- not that the moon-god's jurisdiction or worship was confined to that place, but that the worship of the deity of that place eclipsed others, and the fame and importance at Ur led to the overshadowing of the moon-worship there, over the obeisance to him paid elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
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