Inscythe

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  • the scythe of Father Time (harvest/death)
  • incite: (encourage/stir up/engender)
  • inside: his "wormcasket"
  • Kronos/Saturn: the scythe is a symbol of this god of generation/dissolution, renewal, ricorso -- later he became "Father Time."
  • in (this) sign: "In hoc signo vinces": in this sign you will conquer (vision of Constantine I); motto of Sigma Chi fraternity, (ΣΧ) which seems to spell "sex" and looks like a fish in the middle.
  • hints of Ichthyology: the study of fish, a symbol of Christ (resurrection)
  • In Cynthus: Mt. Cynthus on the island of Delos, birthplace of Delia/Artemis/Moon/Cynthia and her twin brother Paean/Apollo/Sun/Cynthius, born of the illicit relation between Zeus and Leto.