Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism (1874)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876, Newton, John, M.R.C.S.E · New York : P. Eckler · leaf 90
theon, p. 264;but his wife is always spoken of as personified chastity andpropriety. Indranee is seated on a lioness, which replacesthe cow of Isis, the former resembling the latter in herfeminine and maternal instincts. Figures 15, 16, are copies of Diana of the Ephesians;the first is from… … Fignrc 13. Figure 14. at Naples. The tower upon the head represents virginity(see Ancient Faiths, second edition, Vol. i., p. 144); theposition of the hand forms a cross with the body: thenumerous breasts indicate abundance; the black colour ofFigure 16 indicates the ordinary tint of the feminine…
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