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 107
hand forms a cross with the body: thenumerous breasts indicate abundance; the black colour ofFigure 16 indicates the ordinary tint of the feminine lanugo,the almost universal colour of the hair of the Orientalsbeing black about the yoni as well as on the head; or,as some mythologists imagine,… … Figure 15. Figure 16. Figure 17 is a complicated sign of the yoni, delta,or door of life. It is copied from Bonomis Palaces ofNineveh, p. 309. 31
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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