Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names; or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations (1873)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876 · London and Liverpool, Printed for the author · leaf 284
n St. Theodore, at Munich;in the cathedial and thechurch at Augsburg; inthe Borghese chapel ofMaria Maggiore ; in thePantheon, and in a smallchapel of St. Peters, areto be seen (in Augsburg,as large as life) a blackvirgin and a black child.The much reverencedBambino of Rome isalso black. To this… … 264 Mary] Christna, in his mothers arms, was sometimes white,but mostly black. Buddha and Brahma were bothrepresented as black more frequently than white, pos-sibly from the idea that they were coloured by thesun. The Roman and Grecian Emperors, whoclaimed to be gods, had their statues made in…
Religions · Names, Personal · Rites and ceremonies · Symbolism
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