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 203
Figure 176. worshipped by human figures, with eagles heads and wings,who present to it the pine-cone, = the testis, and the basket,= the scrotum (?), intense emblems of the male creator. In … Figure 177. Fig. 177 it is adored by the king and his son or successor, 127 with their attendant genii. The kings present towards it awell-known symbol of life and good fortuneT the fist with thefoisfingerextended, or the phallic hand. Here, then,we have evidently the Asherah, or Ashtaroth-symbol,…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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