832 
The Idolatry of 
Part L 
Caiiarins 
offer then- 
Brides to 
Priapuf. 
Psy^» ?;«Vi/ewith Garlands. I have read in fe- 
f^i^^!^ veral Authors of known integrity, and 
fpeak it upon the Credit of divers 
People yet living, that the Canarins^ 
and Inhabitants about Goa^ do carry their 
Brides to fuch a Priapiis^ in order to de- 
liver them of their Virginity. The 
v/hole matter whereof I will for Mode- 
fties fake relate in Latin : Sponfa magno 
comitatu tnuUaque cum pompa inter plaufus 
ac fonos muftcos ducitur ad Idolum^ quod 
eenea virga <vel ferrca^ vel eburnea promt- 
nente praditum confpicitur^ 6* ad banc mda- 
ta VI fie Sponfa a Matre vel a proximis 
Confanguineis vehementer impellitur^ quod 
cum abfque gravi dolore fieri ncqueat^ illi 
qui adfunt^ cantando & faltando fponfa 
fiebiles voces opprimant, ft qua efi^ qua do- 
lorem immenfum vsrita^ hoc modo rirgini- 
tate privari recufat^ blandvs Confanguineo' 
rum verbis ad Idolum paulatim adducitur^ 
atque ad id a Matre tamdiu (invita quam- 
vh") adigitur^ donee Hrginitatem amifenit , 
pojlca Sponfa dofnum redens Sfonfo traditur^ 
qui de hoc pra fe fufcepto Lahore fibi maximo- 
pere gratulatur. 
Baal Phegor feems to have been the 
Priap-us of the Jews. Jerom in his Com- 
mentary upon the Prophet Hofea^ fays. 
That the Jcwifh Women worfliipped 
Baal Phegor ^ob obfcani magnitudinem Mem- 
bri^ quern nos?via.\)\impoffumus appellare. 
The Brahmans will indeed not allow 
of this Interpretation, alledging that 
they adore under this, the Circular Fi- 
gure which is infinite, whereas the Signi- 
fication of the word fufiicicntly contra- 
dids them. Quivdinga being conipofed 
out of the word Ltnga or Lmgam, i.e. 
the Manly Tard^ and Quiven^ the fame 
with Ixora ^ and the Figure carried by the 
Jogti^ exprefly reprefents theConjundion 
of the Members of both Sexes. 
^ivelmga tlien (as we faid before) is 
of a Circular Figure, which being enclo- 
fed in three diftind Rinds or Shel]s,which 
they fay are tranfmuted into three Gods, 
viz,, Bramma, f^iflnum and Quiven the 
firlt and hardeft produces Bramma^ the 
fecond rijlnum^ and the innermoft Qui- 
ven. Quivelinga being thus defpoil'd of 
his Shells, was burnt to Afliesby Fire, 
and fix'd in the Triangle : ^uiz/elinga be- 
ing thereby become a thing without Senfe 
or Motion, it was requifite itfliould be 
guarded by fome body ^ which Brarn- 
ma and Fiflnum refufing to doj^iww un- 
dertook the Task, and conftantly at- 
tending Quivelinga with Prayers and Sa- 
crifices of Flowers, deferved thereby to 
be ranked above his Brothers, and ob- 
tain'd the Title of Great God^ as their 
. Poets call him. The Brahmans lay, that 
Bramma^ nfinumy and ^iven or Ixora^ 
are commilTioncd by the Firjl Being to 
rule the World in the Nature of his Vice- 
roys. They fay Ixora refides in Calaja^ 
njtnum in the Milk.Sea, and Bramma in 
Sattialogam^ or the higheft Place in Hea- 
ven, of which more hereafter. 
CHAP. ir. 
J Defcriftiort of Ixora, bis Wives. Abfiimncy of the Brahmans. Divers forts 
of Eunuchs. 
A Defcrip- 
fion of 
ixora. 
This Pan 
was and' 
entlf re- 
prefented 
nvitb Horns 
reaching 
up to the 
1X0 R A is as bright and white as Milk, 
with three Eyes, two whereof are 
plac'd as thofe of other Men, and the 
third in the Front, being fo full of Fire, 
that itconfumes every thing it looks up- 
on. His Stature is immenfe ^ {qv Bram- 
m^i being defirous to fee his Head, foar*d 
up high into the Earth, but could not 
reach it. Viflnum (whom they call the 
God of Inventions and Changes) having 
the fame Curiofity to fee his Feet, which 
reach'd deep into the Ground, transfor- 
med himfelf into a Hog, the better to 
dig up the Earth, but could likewife not 
obtain his Wifli. For, fay they, Ixora 
is of fo vafl: an extent, that the Serpent 
Bategu (which is fo long as to compafs the 
feven Worlds and the feven Seas) was 
not big enough to ferve him for a Brace- 
let. I heard a Pagan once ridicule a 
Brahman^ becaufe he put the Figure of 
Ixora in his Chamber j whereas accord- 
ing to their Opinion, it was much lar- 
ger than the Serpent Bategu. 
Ixora has no lefs than 16 Hands,where- 
with he holds the following things, A 
Hearty a Chain,, a Fiddle,^ * a Bell,, For- 
cellain Bafon,^ Capalla^ i, e. Bramma's 
Head, a trident,, a Rope,, an Ax,, Fire, 
Gold, a Drum, Beads,, a Staff,, an Iron 
Wheely a Serpent, with a Crefcent or half 
Moon on his Forehead. His Apparel is 
a Tygers Skin, his Cloke the Hide of an 
Elephant, furrounded with Serpents f . 
He wears about his Neck a Collar of the 
Skin of a certain Creature, called Mau- 
dega. 
As Pan 
had hk 
Flute. 
t Pan 
wore the 
Sl^nof tt 
Panther,, 
the Spots 
whereof in- 
timated 
the variety 
of Nature 
in Stars, 
FloroerSj 
Jfles^ Sifi- 
