. Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names: or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations, by an interpretation of the names given to children by priestly authority, or assumed by prophets, kings, and hierarchs . 326 Moon] Figure the young moon in herarms. When thesemyths prevailed, it wasvery natural that themoon should be iden-tified with the celestialVirgin, the consort ofMahadeva. That theVirgin with her Childis still identified withthe moon, a visit to any Koman Catholic cathedral, ora reference to such pictures as are represented in
. Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names: or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations, by an interpretation of the names given to children by priestly authority, or assumed by prophets, kings, and hierarchs . 326 Moon] Figure the young moon in herarms. When thesemyths prevailed, it wasvery natural that themoon should be iden-tified with the celestialVirgin, the consort ofMahadeva. That theVirgin with her Childis still identified withthe moon, a visit to any Koman Catholic cathedral, ora reference to such pictures as are represented in , page 260, will show. Fig. 16, page 259, indicatesvery clearly how completely the sun and moon wereregarded as male and female; whilst Plate in., fig. 3,Vol. I., shows the identification of the two luminarieswith Mahadeva and the yoni; the serpent crownedwith rays, typifying the erectile organ of the male,whilst the other represents the smaller, but corre-sponding, structure in the female. The androgynefigure is symbolic of the sun and moon in conjunc-tion. That the moon was an object of worship inPalestine, there is no doubt;52 and there is abundantevidence that it was equally revered in Mesopotamia ;but I entertain some doubt whether the moon wasever extensively ador
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