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)
sus represents the Linga, and the pinecone its appendages. Indeed it is difficult to examinecopies of the many gems which have come downto modern times, without recognising the greatnumber of symbols which existed for indicating ahidden doctrine to those who were initiated in themysteries, without,… … dart (Fig. 40), and the hammer (Fig. 41), in additionto those to which we have already directed attention.Ere we finish this essay, we must call the attentionof our readers to the fact, that the emblems of whichwe speak are not uniformly used as symbols. Theywere often quite as harmless, so to…
Religions · Names, Personal · Rites and ceremonies · Symbolism
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