. The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . ul, no doubt helped-on the holy faith in this divine heavens-symbol.^ The inscription Liberldis, which accompanies the cap oncoins would originally have reference to the god Liber, and theI Phrygian falling cap may connect itself with the toppled-over1 mountain (p. 913). Servius, quoting Suetonius, made pileus ageneric term—like our cap—and included in it three differingpriests-caps: the very light apex, that is the pileus which bore thewool-wrapped rod called the apex (virga, lana circumdata et filocollig
. The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . ul, no doubt helped-on the holy faith in this divine heavens-symbol.^ The inscription Liberldis, which accompanies the cap oncoins would originally have reference to the god Liber, and theI Phrygian falling cap may connect itself with the toppled-over1 mountain (p. 913). Servius, quoting Suetonius, made pileus ageneric term—like our cap—and included in it three differingpriests-caps: the very light apex, that is the pileus which bore thewool-wrapped rod called the apex (virga, lana circumdata et filocolligata in yEn. ii, 683) ; the tutulus, { with wool, which ran-up in a point, and was worn by the Plamen and his wife ; and the Ad Parthos procul ite pileatos. Martial x, 72. (Aurel. Victor, Cies. 13 ; PaulinusNolius Carm. xvii, 242.) ^ Solent pueri pileo insigniri nalurali, quod obstetrices rapiunt et advocatis credulisvendunt, siquidem causidici hoc juvati dicuntur : at iste puer pilcuin non halniit, seddiadema tenue etc. (Lampridius, Diaduui. iv.) ]\[ouiitai]i?\ The Cone. 9^5. galerus, made of the hide of victims. The Flamen Diahs alonewore a white galerus. All the Latin words in pil- seem sacred, and partake of theconfusion which tends to envelop archaic divine terms ; so that inwriting of them one cannot say with any confidence : Mea pila est. Here is the drawing of a coin of Thasos,representing the Dioskouroi with stars overtheir conical bonnets. The inscription is saidto be %daiov. (Gesner, Mits. Haym. ii, 107.)(See the heading The Dioscures.) Also of aLacedemonian coin with the conical (or bee-hive?) bonnets of the Dioskouroi (cabinetde la Bibliotheque du roi —given in Guig-niauts Creuzer, plate 216). Here we must indubitably fit on the end-less magic caps of the mystic tales which arenow degraded to the folk and fairy Giant Killers cap of knowledge ; themagic cap of Solomon given in the Persian taleto King Bahram Ghur by the lord of one of the
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