ensis, is a compound of
Ca-Abelion, a well known Deity, whose name is made up of titles of the Sun.
The priests of this place were styled [399]Salies; the region was called
[Greek: Chaouara]; undoubtedly from Cha-Our ([Hebrew: AWR]), some temple of
Ur, erected by the Amonians, who here settled. Canoubis in Egypt was a
compound of Ca-Noubis; Cabasa, in the same country, Ca-Basa; called by many
Besa, the Beseth of the Scriptures, a Goddess well known in Egypt. She had
a temple in Canaan, called [400]Beth Besa. Cuamon, near Esdraelon, is a
compound of Cu-Amon, the place or house of Amon: [401][Greek: heos tou
Kuamonos]. There was a temple in Attica called Cuamites; and a personage
denominated from it. The history of the place, and the rites, in time grew
obsolete; and Pausanias supposes that the name was given from [Greek:
Kuamos], Cuamos, a bean. [402][Greek: Saphes de ouden echo legein, eite
protos Kuamous espeiren houtos]. _I have not authority for the supposition,
but it seems probable that this temple was erected to the memory of some
person who first sowed beans_. And here it is proper to take notice of a
circumstance of which I must continually put the reader in mind, as it is
of great consequence towards decyphering the mythology of antient times.
The Grecians often mistook the place of worship for the Deity worshipped:
so that the names of many Gods are, in reality, the names of temples where
they were adored. Artemis was Ar-Temis, the city of Themis, or Thamis; the
Thamuz of Sidon and Egypt. This the Greeks expressed [Greek: Artemis]; and
made it the name of a Goddess. Kir-On was the city and temple of the Sun,
in Cyprus and other places. They changed this to Kironus, which they
contracted Cronus; and out of it made a particular God. From Cha-Opis they
formed a king Cheops; from Cayster, the same as Ca Aster, they fancied a
hero, Caystrius; from Cu-Bela, Cybele; from Cu-Baba, Cybebe. Cerberus, the
dog of hell, was denominated from Kir-Abor; as I shall hereafter [403]shew.

I have mentioned Caucon, or Caucone, in Egypt: there was a place of the
same name in Greece. It was, originally, sacred to the Sun; and the priests
and inhabitants were called Cancones. Instead of Con, which signifies the
great Lord, the Greeks substituted a hero [404]Caucon, who was supposed to
have first introduced those Orgies practised by the Messenians. It was,
properly, a temple of the Sun; and there was another of the same name in
Bithynia