Swalls

As we shall see, the use of animalistic symbols to signify the 4 elemental seasons was a precursor to the Babylonian / Dendera zodiacs as well as Egyptian and meso-American hieroglyphics, and began a trend that has not stopped since. Here we see the Ishtar Gate of Babylon, erected 2,575 years ago. It is decorated with low reliefs of bulls, signifying summer, lions with their tails up or down, representing spring and autumn, and, representing winter, we come back again to Tiamat.