THE MALE-FEMALE SYMBOLISM IN RELIGIOUS LITERATURE
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Keywords:
Male, Female, Symbolism, religious, LiteratureAbstract
Symbolism is used as a kind of key to convey religious concepts, Ideas and events. Symbols have been utilised by all religions of the world from time immemorial. The word symbol comes from the Greek . word svmboton means a token and a means of identification. Human beings are the most wonderful art works of God and they contain a good number of elements as in the case of any art works. Man comes to see himself as a symbol so far as he is conscious of his being. Only human beings can use and understand a symbol.
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