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 169
mbolic of Isis, or la nature; and a man bowingdown in adoration thereof shows the same idea as is depictedin Assyrian sculptures, where males offer to the goddesssymbols of themselves. Compare Figs. 63, 64, 65, 66,pp. 48 seq. 92 If I had been able to search through the once celebrated Alexandrian… … Figure 138. forming a sort of sun, having luminous rays outside, and adove, the emblem of Venus, dart a spear (la pique) downupon the earth (la terre), or the virgin. This being received,fertility follows. In Grecian story, Ouranos and Ge, orheaven and earth, were the parents of creation ; and…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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