Criocephale
(Gr.)
Ram‐headed, applied to several deities and emblematic figures, notably those of ancient Egypt, which were designed about the period when the Sun passed, at the Vernal Equinox, from the sign Taurus to the sign Aries. Previously to this period, bull‐headed and horned deities prevailed. Apis was the type of the Bull deity, Ammon that of the ram‐headed type: Isis, too, had a Cow’s head allotted to her. Porphyry writes that the Greeks united the Ram to Jupiter and the Bull to Bacchus. [w.w.w.] (TG).
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Shortly: Ram‐headed, applied to several deities and emblematic figures, notably those of ancient Egypt, which...