Myths And Symbols by Stephen D. Peet

Author:Stephen D. Peet [Unbekannt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Folklore
ISBN: 9783849620080
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2012-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

V. Associated with the fire drill was a symbol which in the East was called the Sacred Grove. It consisted of an upright shaft, with branches extending to either side and a vine running over the shaft at the end of the branches. At the end of the branches were pine cones. These symbols are common in the East. They are seen on the facades of palaces in Babylonia and are significant. We call them human tree figures. They remind us of the so-called groves or idols of Asherah, which were condemned in the Scriptures as the symbols of a degraded worship. We do not know that fire worship was thus perverted to a base system in America, but these figures are worthy of study in this connection.

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