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 137
nd in Palestine, and give evidenceof the presence of the same religious ideas existing inancient England and Hindostan, as well as in modern India.The name of the god worshipped in these recent shrines isVetal, or Betal. It is worth mentioning, in passing, thatthere is a celebrated monolith in… … Figure 87. 61 Figure 87 indicates the solar wheel, emblem of thechariot of Apollo. This sign is a very common one uponancient coins; sometimes the rays or spokes are four, atothers they are more numerous. Occasionally the tire ofthe wheel is absent, and amongst the Etruscans the nave isomitted. The…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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