Smith, G. Elliot (Grafton Elliot), Sir, 1871-1937 · Manchester, The University press; London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green & company · leaf 244
on account of its shell-like outline or Zicc versa. ^ Compare the two-fold meaning of the Latin tesfa as shell and bowl . Compare the association of shells with altars in Minoan Crete and thewidespread use of large shells as bowls for holy water in Christianchurches. 180 THE EVOLUTION OF THE DRAGON… … Fig. 7. . , la) An Egyptian design representing the sun-god Horus emerging from a lotus, re- P?Mf apyrr sXetf^n^ct\;d by goddesses and animistically identified with them ^^^^^(JSCnSS:J^S:^-o5P^-e triden. and the thunder-weapon.(d) A water-plant associated with the Nile-gods. led us towards the…
