What are symbols
Symbols have been used throughout history to send messages from one culture to another. In this book you can learn about the symbols from many different cultures, including the Ancient Egyptians, the Native Americans, the people of Mesopotamia, and many others. An interesting read for anyone interested in symbols and their meanings.
Many symbols that are used in designs or art works can be interpreted in different ways. Symbols are often misunderstood to have greater meaning than they actually do. While some major symbols are well known to all, many others are obscure, making their interpretation difficult. These symbols can sometimes be used in context with each other to make them more understandable.
The emergence of the symbol is a key marker of the birth of civilization. An important innovation in human communication, it enabled individuals to associate ideas and concepts with marks on an object or a surface. Symbols evolved into pictograms, ideograms, alphabets, and eventually into modern scripts that are used universally today for expressing common interests and abstract ideas. Written language has been a source of power for those who have mastered its use.
Symbolism has been around since the beginning of civilization. Each symbol is believed to hold some kind of universal meaning. The following sections include an alphabetical listing of the most common symbols encountered throughout this writing.
Adinkra Symbols
Alchemy Symbols
American Native Art Symbols
Ashtamangala Symbols
Astrology Symbols
Aztec Symbols
Buddhism Symbols
Celtic Symbols
Chakra Symbols
Chinese Symbols
Christianity Symbols
Egyptian Symbols
Flowers Symbols
Greek Mythology Symbols
Hopi Symbols
Inca Symbols
Islam Symbols
Japan Symbols
Lakota Sioux Symbols
Latvian Symbols
Lovecraftian Symbols
Maori Symbols
Mapuche Symbols
Maya Symbols
Mu Symbols
Nordic Runes Symbols
Norse Symbols
Sacred Geometry Symbols
Slavic Symbols
Taino Symbols
Tarot Major Arcana Symbols
