Janus must be reckoned among those gods called Indigetes. […] Noah divided the earth among his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet. […] These were all invented by the Romans, and are not to be met with among the Grecian Deities. […] She was ranked among the ancient or elder divinities. […] But the Arabians soon degenerated, and fell into the error of adoring the heavenly bodies; and, by degrees, gross idolatry was introduced among the common people, worshiped among particular tribes.