The Discovery of Genesis (89 page)

, having very clearly “eight persons.” It would seem that logically
is the true and, very possibly, the original ideogram.

3.
.

4.
. In this last figure eight helping hands are seen contained within a larger mirror-image figure
eight
.

5.
. The Korean character for this word is clearly
(with
instead of
). Earlier forms show a
hand
instead of
again
. Some interesting phonetic similarities are observed: to
sacrifice
;
a border, boundary
(
meaning
a mound
), are “chi”; and
to pray, beseech
and
boundary, border
are “Ch’i.” Doubtless the words all arose phonetically from the services of
praying
at the
border sacrifices.
It is interesting that
is
mound
, and the shape of
also suggests a brick (
earth
) elevation. See description of the T’ien Tan (p. 91).