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IV.— THE LOTUS 95 



Difference between A^y?>iphcea and Nelmubium — Greek artists' 

 borrowed designs both from the Egj'ptians and the Assyrians — 

 • Battle of the Lotus and the Date tree ' — Lotus bulb or Pome- 

 granate ? — Daisy used for ornamental purposes by both Assyrians 

 and Egyptians — Why pinnae of date trees are reversed — Com- 

 parison of realistic date trees, and those of Sacred trees — Various 

 ways of delineating date trees — The Pine tree in Persian 

 ornamentation — Persian delineation of a date tree — The Pome- 

 granate in ancient times — Hair-curls as volutes. 



v.— THE EVIL EYE 131 



Horns as protection against the Evil Eye — Legends con- 

 nected with date trees — Delineation of fire on Assyrian 

 Monuments — ^Modern use of Horns — Horn symbols as orna- 

 ments in Assyria — ' Fleur-de-lys ' as a horn emblem — Curious 

 developments of horn emblems— Possible origin of the ' Prince 

 of Wales' Feathers ' — The Horse-shoe as an emblem of Luck. 



VL— THE TRIDENT 161 



Origin of the Bident — Origin of Jupiter's thunderbolts — 

 Indication of holy water on cylinders — The legend of Istar 

 and Tammuz — Origin of Mercury's Caduceus — The Hindoo 

 ' Trisulah '—Origin of Apollo's Lyre — Symbol of Deity shooting 

 a trident from a bow — Origin of Evil Eye — Evil Eye among 

 civilized people — Origin of the use of Horns as an antidote to 

 the Evil Eye. 



