Horns of honour : and other studies in the by-ways of archaeology (1900)
Elworthy, Frederick Thomas, 1830-1907 · London : J. Murray · leaf 88
e dead. Butwe find that along with the burning, infinite care wasalways taken to preserve and to protect the ashes, infact it equalled that taken by Egyptians to preserveand protect the entire body. Lest even theseashes should fall under the malignant spell offascinators, they placed them in little… … Fig. 38. a ghostly evil eye from the dead.68post, Fig. 39#.) On these theyplaced the powerful protectinghorns. There are many of theselittle cinerary hut-urns to beseen in the Etruscan Museumat Florence, and of these Fig.38 represents a typical speci-men, sketched from the original;and it will be…
Horns (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Devil · Hand (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) · Terra-cotta sculpture, Italian
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