Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism. With an essay on Baal worship, on the Assyrian sacred "grove" and other allied symbols by John Newton (1875)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876, Newton, John, M.R.C.S.E · New York J.W. Bouton · leaf 100
ows horns, was made to represent a deity. Thesolar orb between the horns, and the serpent round the body,indicate the union with the male; an incongruous conjunction with the emblem of the sacred Virgin, nevertheless avery common one. In some of the coins pictured by R. P.Knight, in Worship of… … Kigure 8.
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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