The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . much insisted. Such is no doubtthe winged oak over which Zeus threw a magnificent veil, onwhich were represented the stars, the earth, and the ocean. Thismyth was taken by Pherecydes of Syros from Phoenician Universe is thus conceived of as an immense tree, furnishedwith wings to indicate its rotatory motion ; its roots plunging intothe Abyss, and its extended branches upholding the display ofthe veil of the An important variety of the winged sphere is that of the friezeof the great tem
The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . much insisted. Such is no doubtthe winged oak over which Zeus threw a magnificent veil, onwhich were represented the stars, the earth, and the ocean. Thismyth was taken by Pherecydes of Syros from Phoenician Universe is thus conceived of as an immense tree, furnishedwith wings to indicate its rotatory motion ; its roots plunging intothe Abyss, and its extended branches upholding the display ofthe veil of the An important variety of the winged sphere is that of the friezeof the great temple (of Hathor) at Dendera. The sphere or disk is generally painted red, and the wings are hieroglyphic sentence, Great God, Lord of the Upper region,accompanies it. The wings here would seem to assume and 1 Five Great Monarchies, i, 475. Also Layards Nineveh ami Babylon, p. 343. 2 Orig. de VHist., \, 36, 568, 569. /J 8 The Night of the Cods. [The convey the form of the heavens-vault. The illustration comesfrom the plates (iv, 23, 3) of the Description de Perrot {Hist, dc /Art, ii, 88) recognises Assur, the companion-less god, the true monarch of the empyrean, in the wingedAssyrian globe. Here is one which Perrot (and M. Henri
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