Many points go to prove that the double-axe is a representation of the lightning (see USENER, p. 20). The worship of it was kept up in Tenedos and in several cities in the south-west of Asia Minor, and it appears in later historical times in the cult... The Thunderweapon in Religion and Folklore: A Study in Comparative Archaeology - Seite 19 von Christian Blinkenberg - 1911 - 122 Seiten Vollansicht -
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