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 158
Figure 120. female creators, arranged in three pairs. Above are theheavenly symbols of the sun and moon. Below are the male 81 palm tree, and the barred xrsistrum. i. e.. virao, jntnr.tn. jdrnticnl in Tnoanin1 Trith the fiomft_ihfi Jnale emblem, the cone, and the female symbol, the lozenge or yoni.… … Figure 121. of the male potency, and of the sun or the heavens. It willbe noticed—and the matter is significant—that the handwhich is raised in adoration is exactly opposite the conjunction of the two. Compare this with Fig. 95, where thefemale alone is the object of reverence. Lajard and others…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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