Justia, the goddess of justice, is a blindfolded woman with a white robe and a golden crown. Carry a scale in your left hand and put it on your knee. Hold a sword and a bundle of sticks in your right hand. Tie a stick around a snake, sit a dog under your feet, a desk decentralization stick, several books and a skeleton.
White robes symbolize moral integrity and integrity; Blindfolded, because justice depends purely on reason, not on mistaken sensory impressions; Crown, because justice is incomparable and glory comes first; Scale is a metaphor for fair judgment, in the face of justice, everyone gets his value, no more, no less; The sword, which means severe sanctions, will not be tolerated, is like a stick with an axe, the embodiment of all penalties in ancient Rome. Snake and dog represent hatred and friendship respectively. Neither of them shall affect the referee. Scepter Shen Wei, books contain Dharma, skeleton refers to the fragility of human life, which is just the opposite of Justice: Justice belongs to eternity

Ancient Greek mythology
In ancient Greek mythology, Themis, the goddess of law, presided over justice and order. According to the divine spectrum, she was the daughter of Uranus (heaven) and Gaia (earth), and later became the second wife of Zeus, the main god of Olympus. Her name originally meant "Earth" and changed to "creation", "stability" and "firmness" , which is connected with the law. In early mythology, Themis was the God of prophecy. It is said that she once took charge of the temple of Delphi and explained the divine metaphor, which was later handed over to Apollo. She is also responsible for maintaining order at Olympus and supervising the execution of ceremonies. In ancient Greek sculpture, her figure is a serious looking woman holding a tray, a scepter, etc. The daughters born to her and Zeus are Horae (goddess of time sequence), including eunomia (goddess of order), Dicke (goddess of Justice), Eirene (goddess of peace), Mo dependence (goddess of destiny), etc. to share responsibilities for her.
Another goddess of justice is astraia. She is also a goddess related to stars and purity. She presides over justice on the earth and rises to the sky as the main star of Virgo constellation "velgo" Virgo is pure. She looks like a shining girl holding a thunder and torch. Astria is the daughter of astraeus, the God of stars, and EOS, the goddess of dawn. Sometimes she is considered to be the daughter of Artemis.
In Greek mythology, Dickie is most related to justice. He is the key to the door of day and night, monitors human life, and presides over justice when the soul circulates. She often chases criminals and assassinates blasphemers with a sharp sword. Her figure is often a daunting image of a woman holding a sword or stick.
Ancient Roman mythology
The ancient Romans accepted the gods of ancient Greece and mixed with the gods of Rome. In the era of the ancient Roman Empire, some concepts were personified and "created" many gods, Among them is the goddess of Justice / Justice (Justitia, transformed from the word "legal jus"), whose shape is mixed with the images of Greek goddesses of Themis, dice and Astria. Generally, one holds a balance and the other a sword, and all close their eyes or cover their eyes with cloth strips.
Renaissance
In the Renaissance at the end of the Middle Ages in Europe, while ancient Greek and Roman art was revived, Roman law was also revived, and the statues of judician goddess Justia began to appear in various urban courts. The goddess still follows the shape of ancient Rome, holding a sword and a balance. The balance means "fairness", the sword means "justice", and closing her eyes means "observing with the mind". The back of the statue is often engraved with the ancient Roman proverb: "in order to achieve justice, even if the sky falls apart (Fiat Justitia, ruat Caelum)."

Myths and legends actually reflect the reality of the world. Many of the courts in ancient Greece and Rome were meetings of the people or a group of citizens drawn by lot. When the court adjudicates a case, it is a bit like a passer-by who is temporarily pulled to judge. It does not take the initiative to collect or investigate evidence, but judges which party is telling the truth based on the evidence submitted by both parties. As members of the judges' meeting, they often knew nothing about the case before the trial began. They all relied on the trial process to understand the situation, and even relied on the jurists invited to explain the law to understand the applicable law. Therefore, the court focuses on measuring the evidence of both sides, confirming the facts and realizing fairness and justice. After Rome, the supreme magistrate was set up to deal with civil litigation. With the help of jurists, he still focused on the measurement and identification of litigants' evidence and did not intervene in the investigation. It is reflected in the myth that Themis holding a balance. In major criminal cases, some people will be appointed to form a committee to collect evidence, find criminals, and submit suspects to the court for trial and adjudication.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Germanic tribes dominated Western Europe, and most of their courts were also a gathering of tribal adult men, still playing the role of a temporary justice man. The medieval proverb "there is no judge without a plaintiff" says this is the case. After the centralization of power in various kingdoms was gradually strengthened, the mechanism of discovering criminals and collecting evidence emerged. For example, the "Clarington edict" issued by British King Henry II in 1164 stipulates that in the circuit trial, the Royal judge shall convene 12 witnesses unrelated to the litigation case locally and provide evidence to the court after taking an oath to determine the facts by consensus. This is the source of the later jury. In 1275, Britain stipulated that major criminal cases should be investigated by jury, collected evidence and prosecuted in court. However, in order to prevent jurors investigating crimes from having preconceived opinions, Edward III's edict further stipulated in 1352 that jurors participating in the investigation and evidence collection of the case shall not participate in the trial of the case, but can only participate in the litigation as the prosecution, and the authenticity of their testimony shall be confirmed by the unanimous opinion of 12 jurors convened. In this way, a special prosecution jury or "grand jury" and a special trial jury or "small jury" are formed.
The development of central Europe is similar to that of Britain. In the 12th and 13th centuries, various kingdoms successively set up Royal prosecutors to investigate and prosecute major crimes. With the strengthening of centralization of power, the functions and powers of prosecutors have been gradually expanded. In the 15th century, "Polizei" decrees on maintaining social order appeared in various countries of Germany. Later, the term was used to refer to the ad hoc government agencies and their personnel for the implementation of these decrees, Thus, it became the source of the word "police" (Polizei or police) in later Western European languages. After monitoring and discovering the above-mentioned crimes in violation of laws and regulations, these offices can bring a lawsuit of "police case" (polizeisache) to the court, which is different from the original "judicial case" (justizsache) relatively. The court itself still does not directly intervene in the investigation of the facts of the case, but the judge compares and measures the evidence submitted by the prosecution and the defense.
In the long-term historical development of Europe, the court has always only assumed the adjudicative responsibility. Therefore, as a symbol of the court, the image of the goddess of justice in ancient Greece and Rome can be retained for a long time. She is the God of judgment. She is passive, waiting for the hare, and preemptive. She only uses the balance of days to measure the evidence put forward by both parties to the lawsuit. Whichever party has sufficient evidence will win the lawsuit; If any party has insufficient evidence, he will lose the lawsuit and be punished with a sword. Her duty is to "judge" rather than discover, so she should cover her eyes. She will not have subjective tendency because she sees both parties to the lawsuit, nor will it be difficult to realize justice because of various interference. As the legal proverb behind her shows, she should be fearless to realize justice.