Star lore of all ages; a collection of myths, legends, and facts concerning the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere (1911)
Olcott, William Tyler, 1873-1936 · New York, London : G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 510
n. Brown, in his Stellar Theology informs us that Virgowas identified as the goddess Rhea and adored under thatname. This goddess was figured, according to Bryant, as abeautiful female adorned with a chaplet in which were seenrays composed of ears of corn {i. e., wheat), her right handresting on a… … Photo by Brogi CeresIn the Vatican, Rome Virgo, the Virgin 385 Virgo, and emblematic of the season when the sun entersthat sign. Rhea was the daughter of sky and earth, the mother ofJupiter, and wife of Saturn, and also known as Kronosor Time. The association of Virgo with Rhea is of interest…
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