An source to compair similarities between various religious icons
MOON CREST IN ASSYRIA
Moon Crest
• Assyrian seal with the sun resting
on a crescent-shaped monstrance.
OTHER EXAMPLES
• Assyrian-style relief of King Bar-Raqqah from Syria, 8th centery B.C
• From the stele of Ur-Nammu of Ur (2112-2095 B.C.). The solar blaze is the sun-god, Shamash, placed within the crescent of the moon-goddess, Nanna.
• Ornament from King Tut's tomb. Cradled securely in the womb of a crescent moon is a solar disc with the image of the young king.
MODERN EXAMPLES
• Mary is placed in a moon crest.
• This monstrance (used to display the wafer-god of the mass) in the Vatican Museum has three letters S.F.S within a small blaze
• The Catholic monstrances use a cresent to mount the wafer-god, thus duplicating the imagery of hte solardisc in a crescent, the ancient symbol of cosmic conception.
• This hideous horned nature spirit is found on a sacred reliquary, among the most sacred items in the Vatican treasury, beneath St. Peter's Basilica.
• Naure spirits are a common feature in ancient sun-worship. In Roman sunworship, they were called fauns; in Greek, they were known as satyrs. They are reflections of the horned, hoofed-god, traceable to the sun-god of Babylon.
• Vishnu adorned with a mooncrest.
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Mother
and Child worship under many different names. All styled after the original
The Moon Crest. A dual symbol for sun and moon worship, representing tammuz
being reborn.
The Fish God represented Nimrod being reborn in the waters of the deep.
The waters represented the womb.
The Sun face. When Nimrod died, his spirit became the Sun and was reincarnated
as the son of Semmirimus.
The Sun Wheel was the common symbol for the sun, which evolved from 4 pointed depiction of the sun.
The Crooked Crosier. Shaped like a ser pant, the staff was referred to as
divining staff representing a serpent.
The Serpent was referred to as the "Life Giving" serpent,the
"Divining Serpent," and carried souls to the next life.
Prayer
beads have always had the same use in every religion, as a tool for
counting prayers or chants.
The two fingered hand signal representing the sign of the trident was
used to bless followers.
The Globe represented the universe and was often placed in the hands of
the god representing their control.
The Pine Cone, generally placed on the staff wielded by a god, is a symbol
of fertility or the power of regeneration
The Trident usually had curvy and straight lines. curvy represented female
and straight represented male.
The All Seeing Eye, most famous for its use on the American 1 Dollar bill, is a symbol for Lucifer in secret societies.
Other various symbols such as Keys, fleurs, Ankhs, crowns and astrological symbols shared by world religions throughout time.
Other various similarities in world religions such as Deities, Titles, Saints, Nuns, Friars,food and Rituals.
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Wars! Discover the amazing parallel between the history of Nimrod
and the story line of Star Wars.
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