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it the prototype of what he calls the herns ef con-secration . Even if the confusion of the horizon with a cows hernswas very ancient (for the herns ef the Divine Cow supporting the moonmade this inevitable), this rationalization should net blind us as to the realorigin of the idea, which is… … JIK Fig. 15.^Photograph of a Chinese Embroidery in the Manchester School ofArt representing the Dragon and the Pearl-Moon Symbol DRAGONS AND RAIN GODS 99 the pearl, the swastika and triskele, let us examine further the problemof the dragons ball (see Fig. I 5). De Groot regards the dragon as a…
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