. The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . at it is most likely that there was a Labyrinth in the pavement of those halls or courts ; that the hieroglyphs of this type |^| were an abbreviation of that Labyrinth, its picture in little ; andthat the same original signification must be given to the Pliny is charged above with running down the Laby-rinth he might be sup-ported—but then it is 19centuries after date —from Mr. C. A. Holm-boesbookon Norwegianantiquities,^ where thefollowing figure is givenof the childrens Troye-borg slot o
. The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . at it is most likely that there was a Labyrinth in the pavement of those halls or courts ; that the hieroglyphs of this type |^| were an abbreviation of that Labyrinth, its picture in little ; andthat the same original signification must be given to the Pliny is charged above with running down the Laby-rinth he might be sup-ported—but then it is 19centuries after date —from Mr. C. A. Holm-boesbookon Norwegianantiquities,^ where thefollowing figure is givenof the childrens Troye-borg slot or Troy-town castle (which I think may be viewed asequivalent to Asgaard slot, for I always want to make the mythicTroia a heavenly Trinidad.) This is a clear Labyrinth. I am not aware that all these symbols and proofs have beenfocussed before; and the circuit being thus completed for thefirst time I can only hope that—in the words of Virgil about thedark paths of the Cretan Labyrinth—some indeprensus etirremeabilis error has not led me wholly to grief by taking thewrong ? Lc Biiddhismc en Norvcge, 1857, p. 35. Footprint^ The ConcIi-SJiell. 677 The Conch-Shell. THE value placed in the East on the conch-shell {^Mazza rapd)with reversed spiral, which also appears as one of the sacredemblems in the Siamese Buddhas footprint, seems to be connectedwith the holy revolution of the heavens. In Siam it is calledthe chank-shell, and in the life of Buddha the thousand-eyed Indra,the heavens-god, marched before him blowing a great chank-shell2,000 fathoms long. The Siamese royal Brahmin astrologers blowshrill sounds from these shells in state processions; and a gilt andjewelled chank is among the royal insignia. In Hindu mythologythe sacred sankha is borne by Vishnu, and was churned up fromthe sea of milk.^ The Indian conch-shell is sacredest when itswhorls, instead of coiling from right to left, as they ordinarily do,follow the reverse direction from left to right, that is i
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