For a somewhat similar reason, every pagan temple in the ancient world, with a few well-defined exceptions which are easily explained, also faced the east; and the worshippers, with their backs to the dawn, saw the first beams of the sun kindling their idol's face.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
She reminded herself that in old days-in the days when she had been his idol, his goddess-she had had a certain contemptuous fondness for her husband.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
They have cast off the Russian commune, of which the early nihilists made so great an idol.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae