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Excerpt from Tales of Old Sicily In the great affection for the land, the desire to possess some portion, however small, the unweary ing, almost loving devotion bestowed on its care by the Sicilian peasant, and in his pride for its exuberant production, the adoration and love for The Great Mother, the Earth Goddess, Demeter or Ceres, is clearly to be traced. Similarly the cult of Venus, who had her remarkable temple on Mount Eryx, with its celebrated festivals and depraved orgies, survives in the designation of various places and of persons. Pride of race for the greatness of the past. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
