The lost language of symbolism : an inquiry into the origin of certain letters, words, names, fairy-tales, folklore, and mythologies (1912)
Bayley, Harold · New York : Barnes & Noble · leaf 291
cords the existence of a one-eyedrace of men, who, it is said, were constantly endeavouringto filch the hoarded gold over which certain griffins keptwatch and ward. These one-eyed people were entitled j4rimaspm\s —aword suggestive of Arimanes, the Persian Lucifer.^ Griffins,lion - bodied monsters… … 668 of griffins are supporting Wisdom in her form of the WaterMother. Griffins decorate the helmet that protects the headof Minerva—a name generally attributed to the same root asmenSj the Mind—and they are often represented guarding theVase of Wisdom.^ In sculpture the Griffin usually…
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