The ankh is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that was most commonly used in writing and in Egyptian art to represent the word for "life" and, by extension, as a symbol of life itself.
The ankh is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that was most commonly used in writing and in Egyptian art to represent the word for "life" and, by extension, as a symbol of life itself.
The ankh has a cross shape but with an oval loop in place of an upper bar. The origins of the symbol are not known, although many hypotheses have been proposed. It was used in writing as a triliteral sign, representing a sequence of three consonants, Ꜥ-n-ḫ. This sequence was found in several Egyptian words, including the words meaning "mirror", "floral bouquet", and "life". In art the symbol often appeared as a physical object representing either life or substances such as air or water that are related to it. It was especially commonly held in the hands of ancient Egyptian deities, or being given by them to the pharaoh, to represent their power to sustain life and to revive human souls in the afterlife.
The ankh was one of the most common decorative motifs in ancient Egypt and was also used decoratively by neighbouring cultures. Coptic Christians adapted it into the crux ansata, a shape with a circular rather than oval loop, and used it as a variant of the Christian cross. Since the late 20th century, in the Western world, the ankh has again come to be used decoratively, as a symbol of African cultural identity, Neopagan belief systems, and the goth subculture.
Some have suggested that it had a sexual meaning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankh
Angels up...top of eighth...Pujols batting...Pujols had home run in first inning...all the motifs have sexual meaning!...kind of a no brainer, but it's not obvious...the language of the flowers...that bit about the sistrum mimicking the reeds protecting baby Horus fits, Egyptian style-the sistrum a protective sound...so, soh, I'll settle on that, the sistrum and ankh are alike...the fit gets better considering the Naos Sistrum...
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The ankh may have been used decoratively more than any other hieroglyphic sign. Mirrors, mirror cases, and floral bouquets were made in its shape, given that the sign was used in writing the name of each of these objects. Some other objects, such as libation vessels and sistra, were also shaped like the sign.
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wiki has this, but doesn't settle on it!...that's a thing with ancient motifs...nothing is ever settled...Mariners have runner...two out...bottom of eighth...
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for sometime the curly cues!...which look to represent those hooked wires...I dunno...Mariners make out...to top of ninth!...Angels make out...Mariners at bat bottom of ninth...two out...fly out...Angels 5-3..."you can put a halo over this one"...
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