[The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker]@TWC D-Link bookThe Jewel of Seven Stars CHAPTER XI 18/30
Indeed, there was everywhere a symbolism, wonderful even in a land and an age of symbolism. Prominence was given to the fact that she, though a Queen, claimed all the privileges of kingship and masculinity.
In one place she was pictured in man's dress, and wearing the White and Red Crowns.
In the following picture she was in female dress, but still wearing the Crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt, while the discarded male raiment lay at her feet.
In every picture where hope, or aim, of resurrection was expressed there was the added symbol of the North; and in many places--always in representations of important events, past, present, or future--was a grouping of the stars of the Plough.
She evidently regarded this constellation as in some way peculiarly associated with herself. "Perhaps the most remarkable statement in the records, both on the Stele and in the mural writings, was that Queen Tera had power to compel the Gods.
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