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White Sea, In one hand slie holds a guitar, aind in the other a book, like 

 Albunea or the White goddess, commonly called the Tiburtine Sibyl. 



The White goddess^ whose abode is In the White Island^ in the mid-. 

 die of the White Sea, is the Leuco-Thea of the Greeks, which implies the 

 same thing exa6i:Iy. She was the daughter of Cadmus ; but others said 

 that she was the wife of Neptune, and the daughter of Nereus or the 

 ocean, according to Phurnutus. Mara, m Sanscrit, signifies water, and 

 Na'ra'yan A, he whose abode is in the waters. From Na'ra yan'a, the 

 Greeks made Nereon in the objective j from which they formed the right 

 case. The Greeks called her also Bun*e; the Latims, Al-Biina, and Al-^ 

 Bunea. The root of these denominations is no longer to be found in the 

 Greek language; but it still exists ip the Celtic and its dialedls: Fionn, wen^ 

 ven, fignify ivhite^ shining i Al-wen, Al-fionn, Al-Ben, remarkably white^ 

 In several diale6ls of the peninsula of India ^ as in the Tamuli, and also in 

 Ceylon, ben, and ven signify white. The ancient Greeks said phaennos for 

 white, bright, fionn or phionn in Galic: and the White Island in the 

 Euxine Sea, is called Phaenna by Pindar, 



Leuco-Thea is represented as the goddess of the sea^ and as con- 

 stantly living with the daughters of Nereus, at the bottom of the ocean. 

 These were her companions, and formed her retinue : hence they ar^ 

 called Leuco-Theai-JVereides by Hesychius: and, as we have seen 

 before, she was supposed by some to be daughter of Nereus, Neaf 

 Tibur she was called Al-^Bunea the Sibyl, and represented with a book 

 in her hand. As one of the Parcce, she was the same with Minerva, 

 the goddess of wisdom, called also Skirra or the White goddess. She visits 

 many places in various parts of the world, some once a year at stated 

 times ; and others she visits only every third, or fourth year. She comes 



