[235] Homer’s description of the shield of Achilles is shorter, and was probably suggested by the same thing. Iliad, xviii.
[236] See pictures of such in Astronomical Myths, by Blake, London, 1877. Also, in Rawlinson’s Five Great Monarchies.
[237] It is believed that it is referred to in Job, in the verse reading, “His spirit hath adorned the heavens and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent” (xxvi, 13, Douai version). The authorized is not literal.
[238] The Shield of Hercules. Translation by Elton.
[239] Translated Pleiades. Job, ix, 9; xxxviii, 31; and Amos, v, 8.
[240] Five Great Monarchies, vol. i, p. 122. See also his edition of Herodotus, vol. i, p. 600.
[241] Those interested in this symbol should consult Schliemann’s Troy and its Remains.
[242] The swastika was so formed by Indians. See illustration in Emerson’s Indian Myths, p. 10.
[243] Totem is an Algonkin word, signifying to have or possess. It represented, among the Indians, the social unit or clan, the gens of the Romans.
[244] Fortnightly Review, vol. vi and vii. N. S.