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SACRIFICE
animal and human sacrifice (Hindustani) -- sacred to Ambika.
SALMON
salmon (Celtic: Irish) -- sacred to Boann.
SCALLOP
scallop (Greek) -- sacred to Aphrodite.
SCARAB see BEETLE
SCIMITAR see SWORD
SCOURGE
scourge (Greek) -- sacred to Nemesis who is sometimes depicted with one hanging at Her girdle. It was formerly used for ritual flogging to frutify the trees and crops. (Ref: Robert Graves - prob. the Greek Myths).
SEA
Sea of the Waters of Death -- sacred to Siduri, qv Aa, because She is their gaurdian.
SEA-ANEMONE
sea-ANEMONE (Greek) -- sacred to Aphrodite.
SEA-MEW
The sea-mew with its plaintive cry,
sea-mew (Greek) - into which some say Ceyx was transformed - sacred to Alcyone.
sea-mew (Greek) - sacred to Aphrodite.
SEA-NEEDLE {I can't find reference to sea needles in reference works}
thorns of the sea-needle (Greek) -- sacred to Alcyone. The thorns of the sea-needle were said by the ancients to be used by the kingfisher to build her nest with, after which she launched it on the sea. In fact kingfishers make no nests but lay their eggs in holes beside the water.
SEA-URCHIN
sea-urchin (Greek) -- sacred to Aphroddite.
SEA-WEED
sea-weed (prob. Holl Pag) -- made sacred to Britomartis because of Her connection with the sea.
SEEDS
[seeds and their protective coverings] (Etruscan, Roman): sacred to ANGERONA.
[seed-coverings] (Norse) -- sacred to Hel.
Seeds: {sacred to Evolution}
SEPTEMBER, the month of
the month of September (Syria): sacred to ANATH.
SERVICE-TREE
See also ALDER. See also SORB-APPLE. Fr. alisier; Scand. el or elze.
service-tree -- made sacred to ALYS for the etymological connection between the words.
SEVEN, the number. See also STAR
chariot drawn by seven lions (Sumeria) - sacred to Dilbah, qv Agasaya. As the dawn Goddess who goes out everyday, the seven may stand for the days of the week.
the numbers 7 (Greek) - sacred to Alcyone. She was one of 7 sisters and had seven brothers probably a reference to the seven planets). Her festival 'the Halcyon Days' starts 7 days before the winter solstice, and continues 7 days after it).
SEVENTY-SEVEN, the number
the number 77 (Syria) -- sacred to Anath, the number of times She and Baal made love.
SHEEP, see also RAM
sheep (Germanic) -- sacred to Hulda.
SHIELD
shield (Syria > Egypt): sacred to Anat. She was called 'Shield of the Pharoah'.
SHIP
ship's prow (Roman) - sacred to Annona, symbol of trade.
rudder (Roman) -- sacred to Annona, symbol of trade.
anchor (Roman) -- sacred to Annona.
SICKLE
sickle (Syria): sacred to Anath, with which She cleaves Mot.
SIEVE
sieve ( ) -- sacred to Danae. Water poured through a sieve symbolises rain and was performed in Her rituals to provoke rain.
SILVER-FIR
Likes sandy-soil and sea breezes. European Celtic tree of birth.
silver-fir (Greek): sacred to Artemis-ELATE, Lofty-One, as Goddess of birth.
SISTRUM
sistrum (Egyptian) -- sacred to Hathor.
SKULL
skull (Hindustani) -- sacred to Bhavani.
skull-cap of blood -- sacred to Dakini.
SNAKE
snake (Egyptian) -- sacred to Isis.
snake (Greek) -- sacred to Delphine.
snake (Greek, esp. Titane) -- sacred to Hygeia.
snake feeding dish (Greek, especially Titane) - sacred to Hygeia.
SNOW
snow (Germanic) -- sacred to Hulda. It is called the feathers of Her bed.
SOLSTICE
winter solstice -- sacred to Almathea.
winter solstice - - sacred to Alcmene as birth date of Her son Hercules.
SOMA
soma (Hindustani) -- sacred to Diksa.
SORB-APPLE
Any of several Old World trees of the genus Sorbus (L. 'Service') or related genera, such as the service tree or the rowan. The fruit of such a tree. It symbolizes 'from corruption, sweetness'. It cannot be eaten till it has rotted to a corpse-like purple-brown. Since the fruit of the service-tree is a sort of sorb-apple it may have been the apple of immortality in pre-Christian France, Spain and Scandinavia).
sorb-apple -- made sacred to Alys since it is the fruit of the service-tree.
SPARROW
sparrow (Greek) -- sacred to Aphrodite, because they are noted for lechery.
SPEAR
spear (Egypt from Syria): sacred to ANAT. Which She wields in Her right hand.
SPIDER see also WEB
spider (Greek, Lydian) -- sacred to Arachne.
SPIRAL, clockwise
A schematic image of the evolution of the universe. It is also a classical form symbolizing the orbit of the moon, and a symbol for growth, related to the Golden Number, arising out of the concept of the rotaiton of the earth. DS.C/291-2.
spiral (Greek): sacred to Athene.
spiral-pattern (Greek) -- sacred to Dryope, perhaps because the woodpecker moves in a spiral pattern round the tree.
SPRING, of water
a supernatural spring (Persia) -- sacred to Anahita, located in the region of the stars from which flow all rivers of the world.
Dircaean stream (Greek, Thebes) -- sacred to Dirce, which flowed from a moon-shaped spring said to have welled up from where Her dead body was flung to the ground.
SPRUCE
spruce (Greek, Mount Nysa) -- sacred to Hyades.
STAR
five-pointed star (Christian) -- sacred to Anne.
seven-pointed star (Phrygian) -- sacred to Cybele and signifying cyclic progression.
STARLING
starling -- sacred to Branwen.
STONES
craig y dinas -- sacred to Blodeuwed.
SWAN
swan (Sparta) -- sacred to Helene.
swan (Greek) -- sacred to Nemesis because of their white plumage, the V-shaped formation of their flight (a female symbol) and because at mid-summer they fly north to their (then unknown) breeding grounds -- supposedly taking the soul of the dead king with them. She laid a hyacinth coloured egg from which Helen was born. (Ref: Robert Graves - prob. the Greek Myths).
SWORD
scimitar -- sacred to AGASAYA, warrior Goddess.
sword (of Susano) -- sacred to AMATERASU-OMIKAMAI.
SUN
emblem of the rising sun -- sacred to Amaterasu-Omikami, Goddess of the sun.
SYCAMORE
sycamore (Egyptian) -- sacred to Hathor.
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