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 134
feminine. In Hindostan, the sun isalways represented as a God; the moon is occasionally amale, and sometimes a female deity. In ancient Gaulishand Scandinavian figures, the sun was always a male, andthe moon a female. Their identification will be seen inFigure 113 — as their conjunction is in the… … Figure 83. coins which bear the figures are of brass, and were found atVolaterrae. In one the double head is associated with adolphin and crescent moon on the reverse, and the lettersVELATHRI, in Etruscan. A similar inscription exists on theone containing the club. The club, formed as in Figure…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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