Stas made and sent out one that very same night, which convinced the negroes that the "Good Mzimu" and the white master also came to earth from the moon, and that they were Divinities who could not be served with sufficient humility.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Vortex itself is used in derision of Socrates, who is represented in the "Clouds" as setting up this non-rational force in the place of Zeus-the clouds themselves being subordinate Divinities.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
At the same time the fecundity of superstition created hosts of new Divinities and genii who peopled every scene of human life.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill