Animal symbolism in ecclesiastical architecture (1896)
Evans, E. P. (Edward Payson), 1831-1917 · New York : H. Holt · leaf 157
d capable of inflicting injuryby malign and magical influences, prevails amongall African and Asiatic peoples, where this animalhas its habitat. Dogs, it is believed, lose theirbark and scent if the shadow of a hyena falls uponthem; he who tastes of its brain goes mad, andthe hunter who kills it is… … grave; it symbolizes vice battening on corruption.Sometimes, as among the sculp-tures on the church at Alne, wefind the figure of the hyenastanding alone, an embodimentof the evil principle in its mostoffensive form. The salamander is a large Hyena. {Bestiary.) jj^^^^^ ^j^j^j^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^…
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