Horns of honour, and other studies in the by-ways of archaeology (1900)
Elworthy, Frederick Thomas, 1830-1907 · London, J. Murray · leaf 172
han the Hindoos, hold the position of the hands and fingers to be of the utmost importance.153 They recognise the attributes of Ami- tabha, the Buddhist Jehovah, by nine distinct signs or finger gestures, which, though differing in many details, yet forcibly recall the system of manual numeration… … Dagon (Calmet). Lakshmi ritual, practised according to their (Moor, 8). light, we should remember that a Fig. 72. Japanese would, on his part, just as little understand our doings in the manual actions so definitely pre- scribed in the Christian order for consecration, i.e. the laying on of hands,…
Horns · Devil · Hand · Terra-cotta figurines, Italian
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