"War god" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... from Tiwes-d[oe]g, which signifies the day of Tiw, or Tiu, a name for the old Saxon war god Tyr. Other names were given to it by the Romans and Germans. It was called by the Romans Dies Martis, feria tertia, from its having been dedicated to Mars. Wormius, Marshall, and Sommes endeavour to prove that the day took its name from Thisa or Desa, the goddess ...
— The Mysteries of All Nations • James Grant
... had any other views France has neither winter, nor summer, nor morals Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it Genius has no youth Gentleman Give her soap and towel, but hide the looking-glass Glad, for the sake of the dead, that they have escaped. God is on both sides in this war God must love you! God Trust" motto on the coins God is sitting up nights worrying over the individuals Good-by. Will healing ever come, or life have value again? Got a genuine excuse. It makes me feel so honest Government that robs its own people earns its ...
— Widger's Quotations from Albert Bigelow Paine on Mark Twain • David Widger
... that there war god we put up in Kirby Smith's place, who so dashingly would lead ...
— The Missourian • Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
... he could become Menthu, the war god. If he were inclined to be gentle, he could shrink to the dimensions of Horus, child-god of the Rising Sun. If he were weary, he could rest as the old god Tum, of the Setting Sun. Probably gods and goddesses never enjoyed themselves so much ...
— It Happened in Egypt • C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson
... of Heaven," the Lord of battles. This was the favorite god of Nebuchadnezzar, and epithets of the highest honor were conferred upon him, as "King of heaven and earth," the "Lord of all beings," etc. Nergal (Mars) was a war god, his name signifying "the great Hero," "the King of battles." He goes before kings in their military expeditions, and lends them assistance in the chase. His emblem is the human-headed winged lion seen at the entrance of royal palaces. Ista (Venus) was the goddess ...
— Beacon Lights of History, Volume I • John Lord
... quartered beyond the war zone; millions of soldiers living in the homes fifty miles back from the line, every month bringing new men to these homes left by their comrades returning to the battle front; air raids by night slaying women and babies; commerce choked with the offering to the war god; soldiers filling the highways; food, clothing and munitions taking all the space upon the railroads; fuel almost prohibitively high; food scarce; and always talk of the war—of nothing, absolutely nothing but the war and its horrors. That France has held so long under ...
— The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me • William Allen White |
