First two dread snakes, at Juno’s vengeful nod,
Climbed round the cradle of the sleeping god.
Botanic Garden.
So, also, 1 Kings 11 : 33:
Worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon.
The names applied to evil spirits should be put up:
And Satan came also among them.—Job 1 : 6.
Then Apollyon said unto Christian, “Here will I spill thy soul.”—Bunyan.
During a violent thunderstorm, the converted Chinese steward disappeared. The captain found him below, making prostrations before a gilded image. “How is this?” demanded the astonished captain; “I thought you were a Christian.” The Chinaman replied, “Your God velly well, fine weather; stolm like this, want Joss.”
In the above example, the objects of Christian and pagan worship are properly capitalized.