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SYMBOLS OF THE GODDESS -- H...

Her Sacred Symbols
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H, the LETTER: H -- sacred to Crane, qv Amphictyonis.
HANDS: hands, emerging from a minature well (Hindustani) -- sacred to Hemambika, qv Ambika.; hand-clapping (Japanese) -- sacred to Amaterasu-Omikamai, who is saluted at sun-rise with the clapping of hands.
HARE: hare (British Celtic) -- sacred to Annis. On May-eve, there was a hare-hunt in Her honour -- later transferred to Easter Monday.; hare (Greek) -- sacred to Aphrodite as symbol of productivity.
HAWK: Hawk (Egyptian) -- Symbol of Horus, son of Isis.
HAWTHORN: Hawthorn (Roman) -- sacred to Cranea.
HAZEL: hazel (Celtic: Irish) -- sacred to Boann.
HEATHER: heather (Celtic: Irish) -- sacred to Blodeuwed.; heather (Syria) -- sacred to Anath.
HEIFER, see COW
HENNA and ROUGE: henna and rouge (Syria) -- sacred to Anath, with which Her image was was reddened before sacrifice.
HERON see CRANE
HIEROS GAMOS: sacred-marriage ritual (Persia) -- sacred to Anahita.
HONEY see also BEE and FOOD: honey (Hindustan) -- sacred to Annapurna. Metaphorically food is called madhu, honey, and the individual who recognizes it as the atman figuratively partakes of it and is called "the honey-eater".
HORNS, this should perhaps be under CROWN: pair of horns on head (Egypt from Syria) -- sacred to Anat. She wears a white feathered crown that sometimes has a pair of horn attached at the base.
HORSE: white-horse (Celtic: Wales & Brittany) -- sacred to Rhiannon.; horse (Egypt > Syria) -- sacred to Anat.; horse (Greek, Thebes) -- sacred to Antiope.; horse (post-Homeric Greek) -- sacred to Heliades.; flayed horse (Japanese) -- sacred to Amaterasu-Omikamai (dropped through the palace roof by Susa).; white-horse (Persia) -- sacred to Anahita.; horse (Syria) -- sacred to Anath.; horse (Thrace) -- sacred to Bendis.; mare -- sacred to Augralides; mare -- sacred to Demeter.
HUMAN IMPERSONATOR: human impersonator -- sacred to Baba.
HYACINTH: See also SWAN.; Hyacinth (Greek) -- grew from the blood of Hyacinthus, a beautiful youth loved by Apollo, and killed out of jealousy by Zephyrus.; The English bluebell is a wild hyacinth, so the reference to "hyacinth" colored may mean blue, if the Greek hyacinth is the same species.

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