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 154
with Isis and Horus, Ishtar,Venus, Juno, and a host of other pagan goddesses, who havebeen called Queen of Heaven, Queen of the Universe/ Mother of God, Spouse of God, the Celestial Virgin, the Heavenly Peace Maker, etc. Figures 115, 116, are common devices in papal churchesand pagan symbolism.… … Figure 114. unmarried women in a mixed assemblage were indicated bywearing upon their foreheads a crescent moon.
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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