| humanity : site images |
| I am interested in the use symbols
thoughout history and across cultures. For my site, I referenced hobo
signs, alchemy, and a few others that caught my eye. The majority
are from the Picts,
thought to be the indiginous peoples of Scotland. A seperate group
from the Scots (originally), they are also considered precursors to
the Celts. |
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Boar |
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Bull |
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Stag |
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Goose |
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Bear |
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Horse |
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Serpent |
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artwork |
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A shield and broken arrow,
thought to symbolize the end of a warrior's career. |
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Possibly a shield pattern. |
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Likely a bow and arrow. |
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Bow and arrow |
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Possibly a breast plate
and arrow |
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Cauldron |
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Mostly likely a name written
in ogham, a script thought to be Irish, but found on Pitc artifacts. |
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| women |
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This sign denoted woman
in prehistoric times and was used by the Sumerians from about 3000
B.C.
Compare with for vulva or vagina, a prehistoric sign. |
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This is a sign for female,
woman, receiving inlet (in electricity), and pit-head or mine-shaft.
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A sign from the British
system of hobo signs. It means here lives a kind lady. Note the divine
number three and the friendly sunrays. |
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A common sign for woman
in modern and ancient ideography. Upside down, this structure becomes
a sign for woman dies or dead woman in the family system. |
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kind woman, tell moving
story, from the US system of hobo signs. |
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Caduceus, the staff of the two snakes.
The staff is the attribute of Hermes (Greece) and of Mercurius (Rome).
It has, on account of this, become a symbol for trade and communication |
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