Identifier: populartalesofwe14camp (find matches)
Title: Popular tales of the West Highlands : orally collected
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Campbell, J. F. (John Francis), 1822-1885
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Publisher: Edinburgh : Edmonston and Douglas
Contributing Library: National Library of Scotland
Digitizing Sponsor: National Library of Scotland

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nd above all these, on the cover of the vessel, are eight compartments, of which one is figured above; and the rest are in like manner occupied by figures which appear to represent divinities or the heavenly bodies. Two of these comprise legend swhich are almost effaced; one is in a Persian character, the other has not been identified, and neither has been read. Still it is evident that this is of Eastern, probably Hindu workmanship; that the designs relate to matters connected with the heavens, and the gods; that the sun is one of these, and that the style of ornament is that which is called Celtic. Witht hese designs are animals which are associated with like designs on stones in Scotland; camels, elephants, 390 CELTIC ART. lions, horses, hawks, rams, bulls, goats, snakes, fish, dragons, and monsters. Celtic ornament then is found in the far East, and in the far West; and the foreign animals associated with Celtic ornament in Scotland are associated with a similar style of ornament on ancient
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dressed in the belted plaid, from the St. Andrews Sarcophagus. Hindu vessels. The meaning of the symbols in the latter case is sufficiently plain. It seems possible that the others may have a like signification. WEST HIGHLAND STORIES. 39f With this view, the horseman on the St Andrews Sarcophagus may have the same meaning as the horseman floured below\

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