Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism . Figure 79. Figure 80 is copied from Godfrey Higgins Anacalypsis,vol. ii., fig. 27. It is drawn from Montfaugon, vol. ii.,pi. cxxxii., fig. 6. In his text, Higgins refers to two similar. Figure 80. groups, one which exists in the Egyptian temple of Ipsam- 55 bul in Nubia, and is described by Wilson, On Buddhists andJeynes, p. 127, another, found in a cave temple in the southof India, described by Col. Tod, in his History of Raj-pootanah. The group is not explained by Montfaugon. Itis apparently Greek, and combines the story of Hercules withthe sedu
Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism . Figure 79. Figure 80 is copied from Godfrey Higgins Anacalypsis,vol. ii., fig. 27. It is drawn from Montfaugon, vol. ii.,pi. cxxxii., fig. 6. In his text, Higgins refers to two similar. Figure 80. groups, one which exists in the Egyptian temple of Ipsam- 55 bul in Nubia, and is described by Wilson, On Buddhists andJeynes, p. 127, another, found in a cave temple in the southof India, described by Col. Tod, in his History of Raj-pootanah. The group is not explained by Montfaugon. Itis apparently Greek, and combines the story of Hercules withthe seductiveness of Circe. The tree and serpent arecommon emblems, and have even been found in Indiantemples in central- America, grouped as in the woodcut. Figure 81 is copied from Lajard, Culte de Venus, platexix., fig. 11. The origin of this, whichis a silver statuette in that authors pos-session, is unknown. The female repre-sents Venus bearing in one hand anapple; her arm rests upon what seems tobe a representative of the mystic triad(the two additions to the upright stemnot being seen in a front view) roundwhich a dolphin (SsA^^tj, dolphin, forh\<^6s womb) is entwined, from whosemouth comes the stream of life. Theapple pla
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