214 INDEX. 



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OAK TREE, with acorns (?), figure of, 60 ; geographical distribution, 60 ; 

 'kermes,' product of, 60; oak-lilce sacred tree, possibly meant for 

 vine, 61. 



Past to be interpreted by what goes on at present, 158. 



PINE TREE, character of, 29; figures of, 28; Persian mode of delineating, 

 119; Persian conventional form of, mistaken for lotus bud, 118. 



Pinnae of sacred date tree, why reversed, 112- 113. 



POMEGRANATE, character, 12 ; very common in Assyria, 12 ; geo- 

 graphical distribution, 13 ; mythical use of, 13 ; name of, from 

 Carthage, 125 ; as ornamental motive, 125 ; as sacred tree, 55 ; in 

 Sargon's hand, 58 ; tree, figures of, 12 



Prince of Wales' Feathers, possible origin, 154. 



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REED, figures of, 31; geographical distribution, 30; uses of, 31. 



Sargon with pomegranates, 58. 



SACRED TREES, 41 ; acorn tree (oak?) as, 60; date tree, as, 45 ; fir tree, 

 as, 57 ; migration of, 43 ; number of, 44 ; pomegranate tree, as, 55 ; 

 reasons for sacredness, 43 ; the vine, as, 48. 



SYMBOLS, degradation of, xxiv ; 'key of life,' xix ; sacred trees as 

 symbols, 41 ; symbols and superstitions, contagion of, 157 ; trans- 

 formation of, xix and xxiii ; 'tree of life,' xix and 47; 'wood of 

 life,' 54. 



