It apparently underlies the symbolizing of Christ as a fish in the art of the catacombs, and.
She is known to us chiefly through two myths, both symbolizing the change of seasons, but intended also to illustrate certain doctrines developed in the temple-schools of Babylonia.
Nippur continued to be a sacred city after it ceased to have any considerable political importance, while in addition the rise of the doctrine of a triad of gods symbolizing the three divisions - heavens, earth and water - assured to Bel, to whom the earth was assigned as his province, his place in the religious system.
Symbolism can be applied to different things, from the simplest things, such as letters symbolizing sounds to the complexity of the Symbolist movement in art.
One theory is that it is a relic of the early Christian church, symbolizing the battle of life and the triumph of good over evil.