. The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . mage of Ormuzd [M. Babelon has here wholly failed to graspthe leading fact that the winged man-wheel-bird is not before or opposite, but always without exception in the uppermost centralsky of the picture or sculpture.—I. ON.]. On the cylinder ofDarius (Brit. Mus.) is the disk of Ormuzd hovering in the airabove the king in his chariot. The seal of Artaxerxes Mnemon(Louvre), from Susa, shows the winged disk (which againseems to be a ring) of Ormuzd above the medallion of theking, which has for guardians or
. The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . mage of Ormuzd [M. Babelon has here wholly failed to graspthe leading fact that the winged man-wheel-bird is not before or opposite, but always without exception in the uppermost centralsky of the picture or sculpture.—I. ON.]. On the cylinder ofDarius (Brit. Mus.) is the disk of Ormuzd hovering in the airabove the king in his chariot. The seal of Artaxerxes Mnemon(Louvre), from Susa, shows the winged disk (which againseems to be a ring) of Ormuzd above the medallion of theking, which has for guardians or heraldic supporters a pair ofwinged sphinxes, with head-dresses like the Egyptian pschent (or skhent) xf , with the uraeus (not the lituus) in front.^ Therewas clearly a good deal of assimilation or absorption of foreigndivine ideas, a sort of theological syncresis going on, at all eventsin court circles, at this time. It must be remembered too thatthese divine emblems arc found on royal tombs, while a true Babckms J/(r;;/<rt/(1SS9), pp. 165 to 182. sphere?^ The Man-BUd-God. 74:. Mazdean could not have a tomb ; it was a damnable abominationto defile the earth with his corse, which had to be exposed tobeasts and birds of prey. On every side, therefore, it is likelythat this emblem of Ahura, if it be Ahura at all, was a foreign, aheretical, importation. An Assyrian woman-bird found at Van may be seen in figs,loi and 102 of BabelonsManual} It clearly exhibitsthe ring, seen also in the man-wheel-bird. It is bronze, and isnow called a sort of is clearly the central supremegoddess. Here is an outline ofits back, with a central loop forsuspension, so that it might seem to soar overhead, no doubt. I add the wings and eagle-head of another four-winged man-bird which is one of the supporters of the sacred tree on anAssyrian bas-relief (Louvre), and I draw attentionto the four-winged man-gods at pp. 92 and 93 of^Mr. Babelons handy and valuable Manual. In allthese cases it wi
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