[117:1] See Beal: Hist. Buddha, p. 36, note. Ganesa, the Indian God of Wisdom, is either represented as an elephant or a man with an elephant's head. (See Moore's Hindu Pantheon, and vol. i. of Asiatic Researches.)
[117:2] Bunsen: The Angel-Messiah, p. 83.
[117:3] Beal: Hist. Buddha, pp. 38, 39.
[117:4] Tree and Serpent Worship, p. 131.
[118:1] Tree and Serpent Worship, p. 212.
[118:2] King: The Gnostics and their Remains, p. 168, and Hist. Hindostan, vol. ii. p. 485. R. Spence Hardy says: "The body of the Queen was transparent, and the child could be distinctly seen, like a priest seated upon a throne in the act of saying bana, or like a golden image enclosed in a vase of crystal; so that it could be known how much he grew every succeeding day." (Hardy: Manual of Buddhism, p. 144.) The same thing was said of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Early art represented the infant distinctly visible in her womb. (See Inman's Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism, and [chap. xxix.] this work.)
[118:3] See Bell's Pantheon, vol. ii. p. 34.
[118:4] Squire: Serpent Symbol, p. 185. See also Anacalypsis, vol. i. pp. 162 and 308.
[119:1] See Asiatic Res., vol. x., and Anac., vol. i. p. 662.
[119:2] Davis: Hist. China, vol. i. p. 161.