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 53
o clue to the signification of theinscription. It would seem paradoxical to say that there issomething in common between the bull-headed deity andCannes. It is so, nevertheless. One indicates, par excellence, physical, and the other sexual, power. That Oannesmay, for the Assyrians, represent a man…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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