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On Symbols And Symbolism,
the angular combinations . The hexagon originates in the caballa of the Jews , who thought it wiien affixed on buildings , a sure preventative against fires . Hence it was usual to affix it where fires frequently happened , as in brew-houses . This origin , exactly like that of the chequers in England , was in process of time forgottenso that it is looked upon in Nuremberg
, ancl many other places of Upper Germany , merely as the sign of a beer-house or inn . It might be taken as an excellent device by one of the numerous new fire insurance companies . The pentagon ( Fig . A ) is the only one recognised in antiquity , ancl is particularly prominent in the rites ancl mysteries of the British ancl Gaulish Druids : it is found very significantly on
British and Gaulish coins , beneath the feet of the sacred and mythic horse , equally as frequently as the sacred wheel , the type of the Jule festival . It was considered by them as the symbol of salvation , of safety , of luck . As this it is still figured on the lintels and posts of stables and out-houses on the continentto keep the witches from the horses and cattle . In
, Germany this figure is most generally known still as Truten-fuss , literally " Druid's-foot . " Buchner ( " History of Bavaria , " p . 123 ) relates on this subject the following facts , from personal experience ; its date is Ernalgen , 1837 : — " The pentalpha of the Druids , with vyiua ( hi the outward ) and salus ( in the inner lesas in Fi . A ) in German Druidsfoothas kept its hold
ang , g , , amongst the common people in Germany to the present clay . I saw about thirty years ago , such five-cornered figures , made from the rind of consecrated palms , with crosses made of similar rind , placed at the corners of cornfields , and hung over the doors of the cow-sheds . " Sharing the fate of all succumbing creeds , the holy ancl sacred officeof the Druids has now sunk to the name of a witch or
sorcerer : Trute , Trute , Saudreck—Witch , witch , pigdirt—is the highest ebullition of verbal anger to ivhich a Suabian peasant can rise . It also represents the nightmare . Grimm ( " Deutsche Sagen , " No . 80 ) : — "If you say to the nightmare , Trtul , Jcomm TMTorgen , so will icli borgen—Witch , if you come to-morrow , why then I will borrow ( lend is rather
meant ) , —for then tho nightmare leaves you and some one comes in the morning to borrow something ; or if you call to the nightmare , Come tomorrow and truch rnth me , the person who sent it must come to you . Buchner ' s " History of Bavaria , " note 231 , adds—that the next morning a
From the excellent nature of tho stone in which these marks are carved , ancl the dryness oi the climate , travellers assure us that whole streets of ruins may be traversed with these merchant ' s cyphers over the doors , as perfect almost as when freshly cut . The same principle induced the knights of St . John of Jerusalem , when they had conquered Ehodes , to fix their heraldic , cyphers or coats over tho entrances to then- hotels , and they may still be seen , where not defaced by the Turks , in pristine beauty . u . 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Symbols And Symbolism,
the angular combinations . The hexagon originates in the caballa of the Jews , who thought it wiien affixed on buildings , a sure preventative against fires . Hence it was usual to affix it where fires frequently happened , as in brew-houses . This origin , exactly like that of the chequers in England , was in process of time forgottenso that it is looked upon in Nuremberg
, ancl many other places of Upper Germany , merely as the sign of a beer-house or inn . It might be taken as an excellent device by one of the numerous new fire insurance companies . The pentagon ( Fig . A ) is the only one recognised in antiquity , ancl is particularly prominent in the rites ancl mysteries of the British ancl Gaulish Druids : it is found very significantly on
British and Gaulish coins , beneath the feet of the sacred and mythic horse , equally as frequently as the sacred wheel , the type of the Jule festival . It was considered by them as the symbol of salvation , of safety , of luck . As this it is still figured on the lintels and posts of stables and out-houses on the continentto keep the witches from the horses and cattle . In
, Germany this figure is most generally known still as Truten-fuss , literally " Druid's-foot . " Buchner ( " History of Bavaria , " p . 123 ) relates on this subject the following facts , from personal experience ; its date is Ernalgen , 1837 : — " The pentalpha of the Druids , with vyiua ( hi the outward ) and salus ( in the inner lesas in Fi . A ) in German Druidsfoothas kept its hold
ang , g , , amongst the common people in Germany to the present clay . I saw about thirty years ago , such five-cornered figures , made from the rind of consecrated palms , with crosses made of similar rind , placed at the corners of cornfields , and hung over the doors of the cow-sheds . " Sharing the fate of all succumbing creeds , the holy ancl sacred officeof the Druids has now sunk to the name of a witch or
sorcerer : Trute , Trute , Saudreck—Witch , witch , pigdirt—is the highest ebullition of verbal anger to ivhich a Suabian peasant can rise . It also represents the nightmare . Grimm ( " Deutsche Sagen , " No . 80 ) : — "If you say to the nightmare , Trtul , Jcomm TMTorgen , so will icli borgen—Witch , if you come to-morrow , why then I will borrow ( lend is rather
meant ) , —for then tho nightmare leaves you and some one comes in the morning to borrow something ; or if you call to the nightmare , Come tomorrow and truch rnth me , the person who sent it must come to you . Buchner ' s " History of Bavaria , " note 231 , adds—that the next morning a
From the excellent nature of tho stone in which these marks are carved , ancl the dryness oi the climate , travellers assure us that whole streets of ruins may be traversed with these merchant ' s cyphers over the doors , as perfect almost as when freshly cut . The same principle induced the knights of St . John of Jerusalem , when they had conquered Ehodes , to fix their heraldic , cyphers or coats over tho entrances to then- hotels , and they may still be seen , where not defaced by the Turks , in pristine beauty . u . 2