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“When primitive man reared of all fours and first stood erect, it was probably with the aid of a stick, which successively became his walking stick, his cudgel, and then his flint-tipped spear. As man became more civilized, this stick weapon in the hands of the chief evolved into a badge of office as a staff. Subsequently, as the world divided into secular and religious society, all leaders, be they king or bishops, carried scepters or crosiers and their minions such as judges, magistrates, officers and abbots, even the lowly municipal watchmen, carried staffs as symbols of their authority”. Canes through the ages.1995. Francis H. Monek Pag: 21
“In other cultures they where carried by gods, when they where still visible to human beings: Zeus had a staff, Poseidon a had a trident, Dionysus (Bacchus) had a long Thyros staff, decorated with wines, Hercules (a hero) had a club, when he dies came in to Olympus carry on it. Aeskulapius, had his staff, with a serpent winding upwards. Thor carried a long shafted hammer made from the wood of an ash tree. And what was done by gods was carried on bythe pristers: they also stressed their positions by carrying staffs”. Walkingsticks.1984. Ulrich Klever Pag: 12
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