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They do not look upon it as one single being, but reckon there are many of the same nature; they likewise believe that there are tutelar deities in every town.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert

He was the tutelar saint of those animals.’

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt

Many old rites still flourish, the household gods are not forgotten, and for the lizard, most popular of tutelar deities, the customary milk-bowl is daily replenished.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

The temples in the country were generally surrounded with groves sacred to the tutelar deity of the place, where, before the invention of temples, the gods were worshipped.

From Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous

None of the greater gods of Hellas are winged like the tutelar gods of the Assyrians and Persians were.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas