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two thin rays project ; and on the head there is the extended figure of a 

 bird. The body is clothed in a short robe : the right hand holds a three- 

 cornered staff; on the left hand sat a bird, of which only the body remains. 

 The most remarkable thing in this statue, is the bird in front of the figure, 

 which seems to be fixed to the robe. 



Tlie letters inscribed in tiiis figure are as follows : — on the shoulder 

 plainly stands, "Nemesa;" on the innermost robe is inscribed the word 

 " Arcon," referring probably to the celebrated temple of Arcona, in the 

 isle of Rugen. Masch supposes the name of this god to be Nemesa, not 

 only from finding the name inscribed on the shoulder of this statue, but 

 because the word Nemis is also found engraved, or cut, on the implements 

 of sacrifice, among the remains found at Prilwitz. Nemesa is a name, 

 however, unknown in any of the accounts we have of VVendish Mythology; 

 and the only clue that can be found to the proper office of this god, is the 

 word Arcon. From this, the figure is supposed to be the same as Swante- 

 wit, the idol worshipped at Arcona Masch, however, also offers a conjec- 

 ture, that Nemesa was the same as Juterbogc, god of light or of twilight, 

 who is said by Von Westphal to have been represented with a head sur- 

 rounded by rays, holding a staff" in his left hand, and supporting in his 

 right a figure of the sun. He thinks that the sun may have stood at the 

 end of the staff which here occurs. On the whole, he is inclined to believe, 

 that this is Swantewit, of Arcona, though it has but one head, while 

 Swantewit is represented with four. 



ZlSLBOGC. 



Whether the function of the 

 last deity was to rule the sun, 

 or not, Zislbogc was the god or 

 goddess of the moon. This 

 statue has a human counte- 

 nance; the body is, as usual, 

 covered with a robe ; the figure 

 of the moon goes through the 

 body. On the left hand hangs 

 down a quadrangular quiver, in 

 which stick five arrows. It 

 seems as if the Wends intended 

 to ascribe to this deity the prin- 

 cipal attributes of the goddess 

 Diana. 



