Horns of honour : and other studies in the by-ways of archaeology (1900)
Elworthy, Frederick Thomas, 1830-1907 · London : J. Murray · leaf 141
there-fore attempt no more here than to show the variousstages of his growth into the creature now commonlyaccepted. Fig. 51 is from a Roman bronze lamp,131 and repre-sents Pan standing upon the back of a tortoise. Thereis nothing special about this ; he is shown as always,unclothed, with goats… … Fortunio Liceto. Fig. 51. goat; but although we know that the goat, and notthe ram, was Pans special relative, yet we are told that rams and cows were sacrificed tohim as the god of flocks and herds.The ancient artists, too, like theirmediaeval and modern successors, werenot always realistically…
Horns (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Devil · Hand (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Terra-cotta sculpture, Italian
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