cowry

• Moreover, we know why the cowry was regarded as feminine and accredited with life-giving attributes. —  The Evolution of the Dragon
• The powers of the cowry, as a product of the sea, were rationalized into an expression of the great creative force of the water A bowl of water became the symbol of the fruitfulness of woman. —  The Evolution of the Dragon
• Aphrodite was at one and the same time the personification of the cowry, the conch shell, the purple shell, the pearl, the lotus, and the lily, the mandrake and the bryony, the incense tree and the cedar, the octopus and the argonaut, the pig, and the cow Illustration: Fig. —  The Evolution of the Dragon
• If the "hands" really represent surrogates of the cowry, the wearing of such a girdle brings the Indian goddess into line, not only with Astarte and Aphrodite, but also with the East African maidens who still wear the girdle of cowries. —  The Evolution of the Dragon
• The symbol seems to have been intended as a fertility amulet like the cowry, either suspended from a girdle or depicted upon a pubic shield or conventionalized fig-leaf Wherever it is found the swastika is supposed to be an amulet to confer "good luck" and long life. —  The Evolution of the Dragon

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