Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism (1922)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876, Newton, John, M.M.C.B.E · New York, Peter Eckler publishing company · leaf 92
heon, p. 264 ;but his wife is always spoken of as personified chastity andpropriety. Indranee is seated on a lioness, which replacesthe cow of Isis, the former resembling the latter in herfeminine and maternal instincts. Figures 15, 16, are copies of Diana of the Ephesians;the first is from Hiylop,… … at Naples. The tower upon the head represents virginity(see Ancient Faiths, second edition, Vol. i., p. 144); theposition of the hand forms a cross with the body: thenumerous breasts indicate abundance; the black colour ofFigure 16 indicates the ordinary tint of the feminine lanugo,the almost…
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