Horns of honour : and other studies in the by-ways of archaeology (1900)
Elworthy, Frederick Thomas, 1830-1907 · London : J. Murray · leaf 243
attributes of other deities than the greatones typified upon the more important positions onthe palm and thumb, to whom principally the handwas dedicated as an object intended to stimulateveneration. We find, then, that both lizard and tor-toise were sacred to Mercury,253 and as we see thatthe… … Mercurius Triceps. Fig. 123. them, we may accept it as certain that MercuriusTriceps, in his threefold attributes, is here intended.Fig. 123 is from Liceto,254 and the same representationis to be found in Calmets Dictionaryof the Bible. Later we have more tosay on this figure of Mercury. Next we…
Horns (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Devil · Hand (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Terra-cotta sculpture, Italian
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