bygone korszakok szent szimbólumai

In every part of the Earth, people poured their universal ideas into symbolic form. Thus, symbols of the four basic elements – fire, water, earth and air – can be found in every culture. These elements were then endowed with more and more human qualities, then expressed moods, and finally appeared in the form of gods and goddesses. Many symbols became so closely intertwined with a deity or cult object that the symbols themselves slowly became objects of veneration.