'Lacking the Idea of Eternal Duration'
The Golden Bough by James G. Frazier: Chapter 3, Killinging the God
Section One, Killing the Divine King.
“This is a fresh proof that the festival of Adonis, or one of his name, was celebrated in spring...celebrated in effigy and also committed to the water...”
The figure of Adonis, or Adon [Semitic for 'Lord'] is also the name for Tammuz, Osiris, Dionysus, and his consort is Ishtar, Astarte, Isis and Aphrodite goddesses…