SI′VA. In Hindoo mythology the “changer of form.”
SLAUGHTER, see Furies.
SLAVES, see Feronia.
SLEEP, see Caduceus, Morpheus, and Somnus.
SLEIP′NER. The eight-legged horse of Odin the chief of the Scandinavian
gods.
SOL. The sun. The worship of the god Sol is the oldest on record, and
though he is sometimes referred to as being the same as the god Apollo,
there is no doubt he was worshipped by the Egyptians, Persians, and
other nations long before the Apollo of the Greeks was heard of. See
Surya.
“Sol through white curtains shot a timorous ray,
And oped those eyes that must eclipse the day.”