Art, Symbol & Imagination
Vishnu in Fish-Tailed Form
A crowned four-armed figure rises from a scaled fish tail above an oval base. The hands hold a disc, a mace-like implement and a lotus among the visible attributes. Waddell’s caption identifies an Indian form of Vishnu, reproduced after Moor’s Hindu Pantheon, and links it to his Sumerian comparison. That comparison is attributed to the author rather than treated as an established common origin.
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Illustrator not identified. "Vishnu in Fish-Tailed Form" [editorial title]. In The Indo-Sumerian Seals Deciphered, L. A. Waddell. undated edition, Luzac & Co.. Source scan leaf 111. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0041-0107
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Illustrator not identified. Vishnu in Fish-Tailed Form. The Indo-Sumerian Seals Deciphered. Scan leaf 111. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0041-0107