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FIG.2% - Assyrian Winged Man-headed Bull?

'Prom a doorway in the palace of Assur-nasir-pal. King of Syria (B. C. 885-SSO), discovered
at Calah (Nimrlld), now in the British Museum. According to an inscription of Esar-haddon,
the colossal figures which flanked the doorways of the royal palaces turned back the enemy and
protected and blessed the paths of the kings who set them up.
2 Taken from the same locality as the one seen as Fig. 21.

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FIG.23. - Assyrian Eagle-headed Deity.'

FIG. 24. -Assur-nasir-pal, or Asshur-nasir-apli, King of Assyria (B. C. 885-860).

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Fig. 26

Fig.25

PIO.25. - The Egyptian God, Thoth, Scribe of the Gods. FIG.26. - An Indian Warrior of the
Present Day, clothed and equipped similarly to the foregoing Assyrian figures. FIG.27.- Osiris.
Judge of the Dead, having in his right hand the Crux-Ansata, the symbol of eternal life, and in
the left hand a rod having on its top the head of the Hoopoe, the symbol of purity?
* From a bas-relief on walls of the palace of Assur-nasir-pal, King of Assyria (B. C. 885-860).
discovered at Calah (Nimrbd), now in the British Museum.
*This is similar to the rod or spear in the right hand of Fig. 26, having an eagle's feather
forming a cross with the rod. The warrior should have on his forehead the scalp and horns of a
buflalo. which they frequently wear. He has also around his neck a necklace of bears' claws and
teeth. I n his left hand is the same form of bag as in Figs. 23. 24 and 28.
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FIQ.%3. - Assur-nasir-pal, or Asshur-nasir-apli,King of Assyria (B.C. 885-860), and winged attend-

anta performing a ceremony before a sacred tree. Above the tree is the emblem of the god
Assur, who was the Arian God Ormudz.‘

which certain forms have been recognized by names having

specific meanings.
There are principal forms of the Cross which are used as sym-
bols, and others frequently employed in ornamentation having no
special signification. There are a great many forms of the Cross.
Among these we call attention to !ti which is the usual form of
the Swastika, or Svastika, a symbol which has recently excited
very much attention among archzxologists. I n 1894, the Smith-
sonian Reports contained a very lengthy paper of 221 pages, giving
the most complete history with full illustrations and examples of
this symbol by Professor Thomas Wilson, Curator, Department of
Prehistoric Anthropology, U.S. National Museum. He says:
The Swastica has been called by different names in different countries,
though nearly all countries have in later years accepted the ancient Sanskrit
name of Swastika; and this name is recommended as the most d e h i t e and
certain, being now the most general and, indeed, almost universal. It was
formerly spelled s-v-a-s-t-i-c-a and s-u-a-s-t-i-k-a, but the later spelling, both
English and French, is s-w-a-s-t-i-k-a. The definition and etymology of the
word is thus given in LittrB’s French Dictionary:
Svastica. or Swastika. a mystic figure used by several (East) Indian sects.
It was equally well known to the Brahmans as to the Buddhists. Most of the
f From a bas-relief on the walls of the palace of Assur-nasir-pal, discovered at Calah ( N i d d ) .
now in the British Museum. In the middle is the famous “Ashera” translated in English ver-
sion “Grove” and ‘‘Groves,” which were not growing trees but were as here drawn.