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 106
Pantheon, p. 264;but his wife is always spoken of as personified chastity andpropriety. Indranee is seated on a lioness, which replacesthe cow of Isis, the former resembling the latter in herfeminine and maternal instincts. Figures 15, 16, are copies of Diana of the Ephesians;the first is from… … Figure 13. Figure 14. at Naples. The tower upon the head represents virginity(see Ancient Faiths, second edition, Vol. i., p. 144); theposition of the hand forms a cross with the body: thenumerous breasts indicate abundance; the black colour ofFigure 16 indicates the ordinary tint of the feminine…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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