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The Migration of Symbols, by Goblet d'Alviella, [1894], at sacred-texts.com


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CONTENTS.

Introduction

pp.

viixxiii

Author's preface

pp.

19

Chap. I. On Symbols Common to Different Races

pp.

1131

Chap. II. On the Gammadion or Swastika

pp.

3283

Chap. III. On the Causes of Alteration in the Meaning and Form of Symbols

pp.

84117

Chap. IV. Symbolism and Mythology of the Tree

pp.

118176

Chap. V. On the Transmutation of Symbols

pp.

177203

Chap. VI. On the Winged Globe, the Caduceus, and the Trisula

pp.

204269

Addenda

pp.

270272

Index

pp.

273277

LIST OF PLATES.

Plate I.

Apollo and the Gammadion

Frontispiece

Plate II.

 

to face p.

60

Plate III.

Table Illustrating the Migration of the Gammadion

to face p.

80

Plate IV.

 

to face p.

123

Plate V.

 

to face p.

129

Plate VI.

Migrations of the Eastern Type of the Sacred Tree

to face p.

161


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