Except if they were familiar with christian mythology they would not. You cannot view the image and then ascertain the mythology without reference to both writ

Except if they were familiar with christian mythology they would not. You cannot view the image and then ascertain the mythology without reference to both written documents and traditional culture. You have to first study the documents and the existing culture and only then interpret the image. I am accusing the author of not having sufficiently studied the cultures traditions or it's written words.