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 145
ate Sir WilliamOuseley, and is supposed to represent Cannes, or Bel andtwo fish gods, the authors of fecundity. It_is thoughtthat Dagon of the Philistines resembled the toTlfetHessupportinff~the central one. Figure 97 is a side view of plate 1. The idol representsa female. Dagon, the fish god, male… … Figure 97. legend being that he was to be the saviour of the world ina deluge which was to follow. See Moors Hindu Pantheon,and Colemans Mythology of the Hindus. Figure 98 is a fancy sketch of the fleur-de~lys, the lily ofFrance. It symbolises the male triad, whilst the ringaround it represents the…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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