Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 250
rtedupon the backs of three elephants, which seemhere to fill the position of the Norns or theFates. Asgard and the Gods.—Dr. Wagner.228 TIIK SYMBOLIC INFLUENCEThe ash tree Iij^^drasil, tlie sustainer of theNorse universe, reminds one of the eastern treeof hTe—the tree of hfe of tlie garden of… … HINDU SYMBOL OF THE UNIVERSE. eastern and western, and continue to stand in themidst of the garden in endless designs and pictures,surrounded by the birds and beasts, as the typeand emblem of the origin of the world in theChristian cosmos. The ancient Egyptians, whose art was almostentirely in the…
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