Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism . se significationsee Vol. I., p. 54, Ancient Faiths, second edition), whichhere replace the lunar crescent, in conjunction with the sun,the two being symbolic of hermaphroditism, whilst above is aseat or throne, emblematic of royajjiy. The two figures arecopied from Rawlinsons Her&dotus, vol. ii., p. 447, in anessay by Sir Gardiner Wilkinson, wherein other illustrations ofthe celestial virgin are given. Fig. 10 is a copy of plate 59,Moors Hindu Pantheon, wherein it is entitled, Crishnanursed by Devaki, from a highly finished picture. In theaccount
Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism . se significationsee Vol. I., p. 54, Ancient Faiths, second edition), whichhere replace the lunar crescent, in conjunction with the sun,the two being symbolic of hermaphroditism, whilst above is aseat or throne, emblematic of royajjiy. The two figures arecopied from Rawlinsons Her&dotus, vol. ii., p. 447, in anessay by Sir Gardiner Wilkinson, wherein other illustrations ofthe celestial virgin are given. Fig. 10 is a copy of plate 59,Moors Hindu Pantheon, wherein it is entitled, Crishnanursed by Devaki, from a highly finished picture. In theaccount of Crishnas birth and early history, as given byMoor (Op. at., pp. 197, et seq.), there is as strong aresemblance to the story of Christ as the picture heredescribed has to papal paintings of Mary and Jesus. is an enlarged representation of Devaki. Fig. 12 iscopied from Rawlinsons Ancient Monarchies, vol. iii., 27 p. 399. Fig. 13 is a figure of the mother and child foundin ancient Etruria at VolaterrjB ; it is depicted in Fabrettis. Figure 10. Italian Glossary, plate xxvi., figure 349. It is described asa marble statue, now in the Guarnacci Museum. Theletters, which are Etruscan, and read from right to left, may-be thus rendered into the ordinary Latin characters fromleft to right, MI: GANA: LARTHIAS ZANL : VELKINEI:ME - SE. ; the translation I take to be, ? the votive offeringof Larthias (a female) of Zanal, (= Zancle = Messana inSicily), (wife) of Velcinius, in the sixth month. It isuncertain whether we are to regard the statue as an effigy ofthe celestia mother and child, or as the representationof some devor lady who has been spared during her preg-nancy, her parturition, or from some disease affecting herself 28 and child. Analogy would lead us to infer that the Queen ofHeaven is intended. Figure 14 is copied from Hislops TivoBahylons; it represents Indranee, the wife jof Indra orIndur, and is to be found in Indur Subba, the south front ofthe Caves of EUora, Asiatic
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