Some have numerous heads and arms, the rude symbols of super-human wisdom and gigantic power. […] Sometimes he was depicted by a serpent, and an eye, to express his power and providence. […] His attribute was strength or power, and more particularly the power of gravitation. […] To that Deity, it attributed infinite power, boundless knowledge, and incorruptible justice. […] These were always placed together, as companions, and as enjoying an equal degree of power.