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of Horus, son of Isis and Amen (see Har-pa-krut). Haruspices. The Aru-spex was the diviner by entrails of beasts and birds, the most famous of these soothsayers being Etruskan, The Arvix is said to have been a sacrificed ram. Harvest. All nations, in temperate climates, have celebrated harvest festivals in late summer, or autumn, and in hotter countries as early as March or April. In Rome the young colonists a embled at the Capitol in August, and the Pontifex Maximus purified them with incense, and smoking torches (7d) as they knelt—a custom retained by Christians. Dre ed in white, crowned with flowers, and carrying in their hands wheat, barley, beans, and first fruits, they went up to the temples of Jupiter, Apollo, and Diana, on the Aventine mount, chanting hymns, and adoring the images everywhere exposed for worship. Three nights were devoted to worship especially of infernal powers: a black bull was sacrificed to Pluto, and a black cow to Proser pin a. Holy fires were lighted throughout the city, and consuls, with priests, slew three lambs beside the Tiber, and sprinkled all present with the blood. On the second day a white bull was sacrificed to Jupiter, and a white heifer to Juno, with music and rejoicings; and theatrical entertainments were given at the Capitol, in honour of Apollo and Diana. Games at the circus, and gladiatorial shows followed: at night prayers were offered to the terrible Parce or “fates” (see Fors), whose victims were sheep, and a black goat. On the third day the women went with songs to the temples, and prayed for the nation’s prosperity. The Paree, with Juno, and Lucina, were besought to aid them in child birth. Games followed, and a black hog and black sow were offered to Tellus “the earth” (see Durga, Holi, Kali). Hasan. Hosein. The two sons of Fatimah only daughter of Muhammad, wife of ’Ali the 4th Khalifah (“succe or”), cousin of the prophet, ruling a rebellious Islam in 35 to 40 after the Hijira. “Ali was murdered by means of a poisoned sword in 660 a.c., at Kuta, while at war with Muawiya, the son of Muhammad’s old enemy Abu Sofiin, who established the independent Khalifate of the Ommeiya family at Damascus, [The political schism was that of the two parties Arab and Persian, following Muawiya and ‘Ali respectively; and the religious schism that of Sunni or purely Semitic Islam, and of the Shiah (“sectarians”) influenced by the old Mazdean faith of Persia.—Ep.] 223