- The Old South Church, Boston
At three o'clock a great throng of eager men again crowded into the Old South Church and the streets outside to wait for the return of Rotch. It was a critical moment. "If the Governor refuses to give the pass, shall the revenue officer be allowed to seize the tea and land it to-morrow morning?" Many anxious faces showed that men were asking themselves this momentous question. - Modern Jewish Rams Horn
Jewish Rabbis refer their use to Genesis. xxii. 13 - Pope Joan
From Joh. Wolfii Lect. Memorab. (Lavingæ, 1600.) It will be seen by the curious woodcut from Baptista Mantuanus, that he consigned Pope Joan to the jaws of hell, notwithstanding her choice. The verses accompanying this picture are:— “Hic pendebat adhuc sexum mentita virile Fœmina, cui triplici Phrygiam diademate mitram Extollebat apex: et pontificalis adulter.” It need hardly be stated that the whole story of Pope Joan is fabulous, and rests on not the slightest historical foundation. It was probably a Greek invention to throw discredit on the papal hierarchy, first circulated more than two hundred years after the date of the supposed Pope. Even Martin Polonus (A. D. 1282), who is the first to give the details, does so merely on popular report. - Ganesa
Ganesa - Ravana
Ravana - Brahma
Brahma - Yama
Yama - The Kurma Avatara
The Kurma Avatara - 12 - Jesus dies on the Cross
12 - Jesus dies on the Cross - The Krishna Avatara
The Krishna Avatara - 05 = Simon forced to carry the cross
- 01- Jesus is sentenced to death
- Kartikeya
Kartikeya - 03 - Jesus falls first time
- The Banyan Tree
The Banyan Tree - 04 - Jesus finds his mother
- The Fig Tree
The Fig Tree - Dasabhuja
Dasabhuja - 06 - Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
- 11 - Jesus is nailed to the Cross
- Balarama
Balarama - Siva slaying an Asura
Siva slaying an Asura - Daksha
Daksha - Siva and Parvati
Siva and Parvati - Dagon, the fish God
As men became more and more accustomed to these idols and less and less spiritual in their worship they would ventrure to give expression to their ideas of the unseen gods. Other materials were used, and as might be required by the materials, other shapes were of necessity given. At first, it would seem, that only representations of animals were attempted, then, asin the teraphim, the head of a man was attached to various animal forms, as also in Dagon, the fish-god, which has a human figure, terminating in a fish - Kamadeva
Kamadeva - Siva temple at Benares
Siva temple at Benares - 02 - they carry the cross
- Manasa
Manasa - Saints in the costume of the sixth century
Saints in the costume of the sixth century - 09 - Jesus falls under the cross
- St. Damasus, Hermit
The best and clearest illustration which we have been able to find of the usual costume in which the hermits are represented, we here give to the reader. It is from the figure of St. Damasus, one of the group in the fine picture of “St. Jerome,” by Cosimo Roselli (who lived from 1439 to 1506), now in the National Gallery. The hermit-saint wears a light-brown frock, and scapular, with no girdle, and, over all, a cloak and hood of the same colour, and his naked feet are protected by wooden clogs. - A Dominican Friar
Dominic gave to his order the name of Preaching Friars; more commonly they were styled Dominicans, or, from the colour of their habits, Black Friars—their habit consisting of a white tunic, fastened with a white girdle, over that a white scapulary, and over all a black mantle and hood, and shoes; the lay brethren wore a black scapulary. - The Bel
The Bel - Kalki
Kalki - 13 - Jesus is taken down from the Cross
13 - Jesus is taken down from the Cross - The Lotus
The Lotus - Sugriva
Sugriva - XP
Constantine the Great, founder of Constantinople, had the monogram of Christ placed on the labarum, or imperial stamdard; It was the Greek letter X (chi) with a P (rbo) placed perpendicularly though it, forming the first two letters of the name Christ, in Greek - Krishna slaying Bakasura
Krishna slaying Bakasura - Buddha
Buddha - Kali
Kali - Panchanana
Panchanana - Arjuna shooting at the fish
Arjuna shooting at the fish - Shitala
Shitala - 10 - Jesus is stripped of his garments
- Radha worshipping Krishna as Kali
Radha worshipping Krishna as Kali - Har-Hari
Har-Hari - Vishnu
Vishnu - Battle of the Kurus and Pandavas
Battle of the Kurus and Pandavas - Annapurna
Annapurna - The Matsva Avatara
The Matsva Avatara - Lakhsmi
Lakhsmi - Indra
Indra - Jagannath
Jagannath - Buddhist Temple and Dagosa at Kelaniva, Ceylon
Buddhist Temple and Dagosa at Kelaniva, Ceylon - Buddha
Buddha - Garuda
Garuda - Sarasvati
Sarasvati - The Nrisingha Avatara
The Nrisingha Avatara