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 72
s and of the lower world, equivalent tothe testis, or egg on the right side. Hea was lord of waters, and representedthe left stone. The three formed the trinity or triad. The female was namedIshtar or Astarte, and was equivalent to the female organ, the yoni or vulva —theKxeis of the Greeks. The…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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