Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names: or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations, by an interpretation of the names given to children by priestly authority, or assumed by prophets, kings, and hierarchs (1872)
St. Theodore, at Munich;in the cathedral 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 reverenced Bambino 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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