Bulletin, Issue 56"Bibliography of publications based upon collections made with the support of the Swedish China research committee, by Fr. E. Åhlander": Bulletin no. 1, p. 185-191. |
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On an imagistic level , the World Tree is that system of hierarchies which is analogous to bird / heaven at the top ; hoofed animal at the middle range ; and fish / snake ( chthonic images ) at the base . 80 ) Most critical to this ...
On an imagistic level , the World Tree is that system of hierarchies which is analogous to bird / heaven at the top ; hoofed animal at the middle range ; and fish / snake ( chthonic images ) at the base . 80 ) Most critical to this ...
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The vines and tendrils of the fourth century material are no longer specific images of the tree of life or World Tree but rather echoes of a distinctly Hellenizing taste . Their reflection of Vedic or Avestan traditions is , if anything ...
The vines and tendrils of the fourth century material are no longer specific images of the tree of life or World Tree but rather echoes of a distinctly Hellenizing taste . Their reflection of Vedic or Avestan traditions is , if anything ...
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Although the Issyk finds lie within the Saka orbit of the Scytho - Siberian world , thus requiring special consideration , the ordering of elements on the man's hood parallels the structural basis here proposed for the Siberian ...
Although the Issyk finds lie within the Saka orbit of the Scytho - Siberian world , thus requiring special consideration , the ordering of elements on the man's hood parallels the structural basis here proposed for the Siberian ...
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