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[199:1] _Ganesa_ is the _Indian_ G.o.d of Wisdom. (See Asiatic Researches, vol. i.)

[199:2] The _Ring_ and circle was an emblem of G.o.d, or eternity, among the _Hindoos_. (See Lundy: Monumental Christianity, p. 87.)

[199:3] The Cobra, or hooded snake, is a native of the _East Indies_, where it is held as sacred. (See Knight: Anct. Art and Mytho., p. 16, and Fergusson's Tree and Serpent Wors.h.i.+p.)

[199:4] _Linga_ denotes, in the sectarian wors.h.i.+p of the _Hindoos_, the _Phallus_, an emblem of the male or generative power of nature.

[199:5] _Iona_, or _Yoni_, is the counterpart of Linga, _i. e._, an emblem of the female generative power. We have seen that these were attached to the effigies of the _Hindoo_ crucified Saviour, Crishna.

[199:6] Anacalypsis, vol. ii. p. 130.

[199:7] See Lundy: Monumental Christianity, pp. 253, 254, 255.

[199:8] See Kingsborough: Mexican Antiquities, vol. vi. pp. 165 and 179.

[200:1] See Kingsborough: Mexican Antiquities, vol. vi. p. 166.

[200:2] Ibid. p. 162.

[200:3] Ibid. p. 161.

[200:4] Ibid. p. 167.

[200:5] Ibid. p. 167.

[200:6] Ibid. p. 166.

[200:7] Brinton: Myths of the New World, p. 95.

[200:8] See, also, Monumental Christianity, p. 393.

”Once a year the ancient Mexicans made an image of one of their G.o.ds, which was pierced by an arrow, shot by a priest of Quetzalcoatle.”

(Dunlap's Spirit Hist., 207.)

[201:1] Monumental Christianity, p. 393.

[201:2] See Appendix A.

[201:3] See Monumental Christianity, p. 390, and Mexican Antiquities, vol. vi. p. 169.

[201:4] Quoted by Lord Kingsborough: Mexican Antiquities, vol. vi. p.

172.

[202:1] Monumental Christianity, p. 246.

[202:2] History of Our Lord in Art, vol. ii. p. 137.

[202:3] Ibid. p. 317.