| Constantin-François Volney - 1822 - 358 Seiten
...an amphibious crocodile, (emblem of the air and water). " At Elephantine they worshipped the figure of a man in a sitting posture, painted blue, having the head of a ram, and the horns of a goat which encompassed a disk; all which represented the sun and moon's conjunction... | |
| Joseph Catafago - 1873 - 1150 Seiten
...resting upon an amphibious crocodile (emblem of air and water). At Elaphantine they worshipped the figure of a man in a sitting posture, painted blue, having the head of a ram, and the horns of a goat, which encompassed a disk ; all which represented the sun and moon's conjunction... | |
| Godfrey Higgins - 1874 - 610 Seiten
...was well known in his time. He says, " That at Elephantina they adored another deity in " the figure of a man, in a sitting posture, painted blue, having...an antique colossal statue of a man, sitting in the " front of this temple with his arms folded before him, and bear" ing in his hand a very singular kind... | |
| Constantin-François Volney - 1878 - 268 Seiten
...upon an amphibious crocodile (emblem of air and -water). " At Elaphantine they worshipped the figure of a man in a sitting posture, painted blue, having the head of a ram, and the horns of the goat, which encompassed a disk : all which represented the sun and moon's conjunction... | |
| Constantin-François Volney - 1890 - 280 Seiten
...upon an amphibious crocodile (emblem of air and water). "At Elephantine they worshipped the figure of a man in a sitting posture, painted blue, having the head of a ram, and the horns of a goat which encompassed a disk ; all which represented the sun and moon's conjunction... | |
| Eliza Burt Gamble - 1897 - 360 Seiten
...intersection of roads in Brittany. Eusebius says that at Elephanta they adored a Deity in the figure of a man in a sitting posture painted blue, having...goat encircling a disk. The Deity thus described is said to be of astronomical origin, denoting the power of the sun in Aries. This figure, which was one... | |
| Constantin-François Volney - 1991 - 260 Seiten
...upon an amphibious crocodile (emblem of air and water). "At Elephantine they worshipped the figure of a man in a sitting posture, painted blue, having the head of a ram, and the horns of a goat which encompassed a disk ; all which represented the sun and moon's conjunction... | |
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