The grotesque in church art . THB WEEKS DANCING To Till-; MUSIC OP THE MONTH, BEVERLEY MINSTER Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle,The cow jumped over the moon,The little dog laughed to see such sport,While the dish run away with the HEY, DIDDLE, DIDDLE, THE CAT AND THB PIDDLE, WELLS. I am not aware that any attempt has yet been made toexplain this extraordinary verse. Examination seeminglyshews that it was originally a satire in derision of the worshipof Diana. The mi ton-goddess had a three-fold existence. On MYTHIC ORIGIN OF CHURCH CARVINGS. 41 the earth she was Diana. Among
The grotesque in church art . THB WEEKS DANCING To Till-; MUSIC OP THE MONTH, BEVERLEY MINSTER Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle,The cow jumped over the moon,The little dog laughed to see such sport,While the dish run away with the HEY, DIDDLE, DIDDLE, THE CAT AND THB PIDDLE, WELLS. I am not aware that any attempt has yet been made toexplain this extraordinary verse. Examination seeminglyshews that it was originally a satire in derision of the worshipof Diana. The mi ton-goddess had a three-fold existence. On MYTHIC ORIGIN OF CHURCH CARVINGS. 41 the earth she was Diana. Among the Egyptians we find heras Isis, and her chief symbol was the cat. Apuleius calls herthe mother of the gods. In the worship of Isis was used amusical instrument, the sistrum, which had four metal barsloosely inserted in a frame so as to be shaken ; on the apex ofthis frame, which was shaped not unlike a horse-shoe, wascarved the figure of a cat, as emblematic of the moon. Thefour bars are said by Plutarch to represent the elements, butit is more likely they were certain notes of the worship of Isis passed to Italy, though the Greeks hadpreviously connected the cat with the moon. The fiddle, asan instrument played with a bow, w
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