Archaic England, an essay in deciphering prehistory from megalithic monuments, earthworks, customs, coins, placenames, and faeric superstitions (1919)
Bayley, Harold · London : Chapman & Hall ltd. · leaf 155
ndencies of Gangrad and other gods were similarly assigned by the British totheir Giant, jeyantt, or Good John. Jaunty or Jantymeans full of fire or life, and the words gentle, genial, andgenerous are implications of the original good Giantsattributes. The coins of King Janus of Sicily bore on… … FiG. 27.—The Three Divine Faces with two eyes and one single body.From a French Miniature of the XVI. cent. From Christiayi Icoiwgraphy (Didron). anity still recognises the dove or pigeon as the symbol ofthe Holy Ghost, and it is probable that the word pigeoyimay be attributed to the fact that the…
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