Horns of honour, and other studies in the by-ways of archaeology (1900)
Elworthy, Frederick Thomas, 1830-1907 · London, J. Murray · leaf 228
206 THE SYMBOLIC HAND other objects of household or family veneration, be- sides these hands, although we believe them to have been the most in use. Many such are to be seen in the Naples, Kirscherian, and other museums. One … Naples Museum, No. 5460. general shape is a Fig. 1 16. crescent, bespeaking theTprotection of the Moon goddess. The eagle grasping the thunderbolt appeals to the almighty Sun god, Jove, while the heads on either horn represent probably Cybele on the left and Venus on the right. There is no aperture…
Horns · Devil · Hand · Terra-cotta figurines, Italian
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