Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism . Figure 160. Figure 162. Figure 161: of Isis (in Fig. 161), and with the double triangle (inFig. 162). Figure 163 represents a tortoise. When one sees a. Figure 163. resemblance between this creatures head and neck and thelinga, one can understand why both in India and in Greece theanimal should be regarded as sacred to the goddess personi-fying the female creator, and why in Hindoo myths it issaid to support the world. In the British Museum there are three Assyrian obelises,all of which represent, in the most conspicuous way, thephallus, one of wh
Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism . Figure 160. Figure 162. Figure 161: of Isis (in Fig. 161), and with the double triangle (inFig. 162). Figure 163 represents a tortoise. When one sees a. Figure 163. resemblance between this creatures head and neck and thelinga, one can understand why both in India and in Greece theanimal should be regarded as sacred to the goddess personi-fying the female creator, and why in Hindoo myths it issaid to support the world. In the British Museum there are three Assyrian obelises,all of which represent, in the most conspicuous way, thephallus, one of which has been apparently circumcised. Thebody is occupied with an inscription recording the sale of land,and also a figure of the reigning king, whilst upon the partknown as the glans penis are a number of symbols, whichare intended apparently to designate the generative powersin creation. The male is indicated by a serpent, a spearhead, a hare, a tiara, a cock, and a tortoise. The female 100 appeai^s under precisely the same forin as is seen on the headof the Egyptian Isis, Fig. 28. The tortoise is to this day amasculine emblem in Japan. See Figs. 174, 175. But there is no necessity for the a
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