You sometimes see him under the hideous form of a boar or a lion, tearing human entrails, or under that of a horse,* shortly to come armed with a sword to destroy the human race, blot out the stars, annihilate the planets, shake the earth, and force the great serpent to vomit a fire which shall consume the spheres.
* These are the incarnations of Vichenou, or metamorphoses of the sun.

He is to come at the end of the world, that is, at the expiration of the great period, in the form of a horse, like the four horses of the Apocalypse.
The third is that of Chiven, God of destruction and desolation, who has, however, for his emblem the symbol of generation.

He is the most wicked of the three, and he has the most followers.

These men, proud of his character, express in their devotions to him their contempt for the other gods,* his equals and brothers; and, in imitation of his inconsistencies, while they profess great modesty and chastity, they publicly crown with flowers, and sprinkle with milk and honey, the obscene image of the Lingam.
* When a sectary of Chiven hears the name of Vichenou pronounced, he stops his ears, runs, and purifies himself.
In the rear of these, approach the smaller standards of a multitude of gods--male, female, and hermaphrodite.

These are friends and relations of the principal gods, who have passed their lives in wars among themselves, and their followers imitate them.