Symbols Introduction

"Symbols are more than just cultural artefacts:

[They address] our intellect, emotions, and spirit."

- David Fontana (The Secret Language of Symbols, 1993)

Before man learned about words and letters, he used different drawings and pictures to communicate stories and narratives to other people. Certain drawings or pictures were commonly used to connote particular things, thus symbols were born. Through the years, people all over the world have used symbols to mean many different things. They have become an easy way to point out an ideology, to express an abstract thought or even to denote a group or community who share the same goals.

Symbols Meaning

A symbol is something such as an object, picture, written word, sound, or particular mark that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention. For example, a red octagon may be a symbol for "STOP". On maps, crossed sabres may indicate a battlefield. Numerals are symbols for numbers (amounts). All language consists of symbols. Personal names are symbols representing individuals.

Words Origin

The word symbol came to the English language by way of Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from the Greek σύμβολον (sýmbolon) from the root words συν- (syn-), meaning "together," and βολή (bolē), "a throw", having the approximate meaning of "to throw together", literally a "co-incidence", also "sign, ticket, or contract". The earliest attestation of the term is in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes where Hermes on seeing the tortoise exclaims σύμβολον ἤδη μοι μέγ᾽ ὀνήσιμον "symbolon [symbol/sign/portent/encounter/chance find?] of joy to me!" before turning it into a lyre.

Symbolism

Symbolism may refer to:

Science

• Symbolic Behavior
• Symbol

Politics

• Map-territory relation
• Political symbolism
• Anarchist symbolism
• Communist symbolism
• Nazi symbolism

Religion

• Religious symbolism
• Buddhist symbolism
• Christian symbolism
• Jewish symbolism
• Solar symbols
• Representationalism

Arts

• Symbolism (arts)
• Symbolist poetry
• Russian Symbolism
• Symbolic system
• The Treachery of Images
• Vexillology

List of Symbols

"The models I create are keys meant to light the road for the truth seeker and to open the door to enlightenment. The symbols embodied in our jewels reveal the truth about our identity and the true nature of reality. Behind these sacred symbols is the knowledge that enables us to take complete control over our lives, taking us out of chaos, fear and hatred which affect so many of us."

- David Weitzman

These are the list of symbols :-

• Alchemy Symbols
• Celtic Symbols
• Celtic Knots
• Chinese Symbols
• Christian Symbols
• Egyptian Symbols
• Good Luck Symbols
• Greek Symbols
• Japanese Symbols
• Mayan Symbols
• Native American
• Pagan Symbols
• Peace Symbols
• Religious Symbols
• Roman Symbols
• Sacred Geometry
• Strength Symbols
• Symbolic Pictures
• Tattoo Symbols
• Buddhist Symbols
• Irish Symbols
• Hindu Symbols
• Friendship Symbols
• The Lost Symbols
• Power Symbols