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... symbol ( so Robert Graves suggests ) ; the gorgons were suggested by the weird masks used in religious rituals ; and Pegasus was an appropriate symbol for a poetic flight of fancy . They never appeared in the bestiary , and so have no ...
... symbol ( so Robert Graves suggests ) ; the gorgons were suggested by the weird masks used in religious rituals ; and Pegasus was an appropriate symbol for a poetic flight of fancy . They never appeared in the bestiary , and so have no ...
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... symbols across Eurasia . The swastika , then without sinister associations , was found as a life symbol across a whole range of cultures . He drew up the following chart to show how it had spread out from its point of origin : TROAS ...
... symbols across Eurasia . The swastika , then without sinister associations , was found as a life symbol across a whole range of cultures . He drew up the following chart to show how it had spread out from its point of origin : TROAS ...
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... Symbolism of Animals and Birds Repre- sented in English Church Architecture . London , 1913 . Davies , Arthur Charles Fox : The Art of Heraldry . London , 1904 . Evans , E. P .: Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Architecture . Lon- don ...
... Symbolism of Animals and Birds Repre- sented in English Church Architecture . London , 1913 . Davies , Arthur Charles Fox : The Art of Heraldry . London , 1904 . Evans , E. P .: Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Architecture . Lon- don ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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