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)
r, the probableorigin of the shape of Hymens conventional torch ;and in plate iii., fig. 4, of Hodgsons essay, we recog-nise the possible prototype of the triple-featheredcoronal of the Prince of Wales. Again, in thefrontispiece and other parts of the Abbe Huesaccount of his travels in Thibet,… … 476 Phallus] by a human couple, most intimately united. Werecognised a similar union of the mysterious four ina curious drawing of a dagopa, an erection usuallyconical, surmounting sacred relics amongst theBuddhists. The one referred to occurs in the Junnarcave, in the Bombay Presidency of India,…
Religions · Names, Personal · Rites and ceremonies · Symbolism
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