Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism . Fignrc 13. Figure 14. at Naples. The tower upon the head represents virginity(see Ancient Faiths, second edition, Vol. i., p. 144); theposition of the hand forms a cross with the body: thenumerous breasts indicate abundance; the black colour ofFigure 16 indicates the ordinary tint of the feminine lanugo,the almost universal colour of the hair of the Orientalsbeing black about the yoni as well as on the head; or,as some mythologists imagine, Night, who is said to beone of the mothers of creation. (See Ancient Faiths,second edition, Vol. ii., p. 382

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Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism . Fignrc 13. Figure 14. at Naples. The tower upon the head represents virginity(see Ancient Faiths, second edition, Vol. i., p. 144); theposition of the hand forms a cross with the body: thenumerous breasts indicate abundance; the black colour ofFigure 16 indicates the ordinary tint of the feminine lanugo,the almost universal colour of the hair of the Orientalsbeing black about the yoni as well as on the head; or,as some mythologists imagine, Night, who is said to beone of the mothers of creation. (See Ancient Faiths,second edition, Vol. ii., p. 382.) The emblems upon the 30 body indicate the attributes or symbols of the male andfemale Figure 15. Figure 16. Figure 17 is a complicated sign of the yoni, delta,or door of life. It is copied from Bonomis Palaces ofNineveh, p. 809, 31

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