{"collection":"Symbols","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot05_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot05_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot05_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/sym/bot/bot05.htm","summary":"Talismans of Primitive Races\u2014The Axe\u2014Arrow-head\u2014The Swastika\u2014The Serpent\u2014The Interlaced Triangles. Amongst primitive races the Axe was the symbol for Chief, God, or Divine Being, and had its origin in the Neolithic or later Stone Age, which ended in Europe about 2000 B.C. It was doubtless the earliest weapon of prehistoric man, and in addition to its uses as a weapon would have been in constant service in clearing the way when moving from place to place, and in cutting and shaping the wood used\u2026","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Cha...","tradition":"Symbols","translated_text":null,"word_count":2027}