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Hi, everyone. Here is the index of a gallery of traditional architectures before 1970 around the world.

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symbol/motif description place of origin time of origin image
  • svastik स्वस्तिक [hin]
  • svastika स्वस्तिक [san]
  • wànzì 萬字 万字 [cmn]
 represents fire, lightning bolts and the sun; represents prosperity and good luck, reverse version represents night or tantric aspects of Kali in Hinduism; represents Suparshvanatha in Jainism; represents auspicious footprints of the Buddha in Buddhism; symbol of national socialism Mezine 17000 BC – 10000 BC 250px-Four-swastika_collage_%28transparent%29.png

330px-Samarra_bowl.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Swastikas

  • sayyid ḥayawānāt سيد حيوانات [arb]
 Mesopotamia c. 6000 BC 330px-Pendentif_minoen_%28British_Museum%29_%288704963755%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Master_of_Animals

  • triskelḗs τρισκελής [grc]
 Malta c. 4400 BC – 3600 BC 250px-Triple-Spiral-Symbol.svg.png

500px-Celtic_spiral.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Triple_spiral

  • cādūceus [lat]
  • kērúkeion κηρύκειον [grc]
 symbol of Hermes; used to represent printing, commerce, medicine Mesopotamia c. 4000 BC – 3000 BC 250px-Caduceus.svg.png

330px-Columbian_press_Caduceus.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Caduceus

  • miftāḥ al-Ḥayāh مفتاح الحياه [arb,arz]
  • ꜥnḫ [egy]
 represents life 30th century BC – 29th century BC Egypt 120px-Ankh.svg.png

330px-Totenbuch.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ankh

  • anthémio ανθέμιο [grc]
  • saʕafa al-naḵīl سعفة النخيل [arb]
 ornament Egypt c. 2500 BC 250px-Orna105-Stirnziege.png

330px-Palmette%2C_Propylon%2C_Sanctuary_of_Aphaia%2C_Aegina%2C_500_BC%2C_176103.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palmettes

  • dpal be'u དཔལ་བེའུ། [bod]
  • pánchángjié 盤長結 盘长结 [cmn]
 auspicious symbol in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism Indus Valley c. 2500 BC 250px-Endlessknot.svg.png

330px-Ashtamangala_JDWNRH_Knot.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Endless_knots

  • güneş kursu [tur]
 Anatolia 20th century BC 250px-Hittite_sun_disk.svg.png

330px-Sundisk_Alacahoyuk.jpg

  • maíandros μαίανδρος [grc]
 ornament c. 1600 BC – c. 1045 BC China, Greece, Maya Region 120px-Greek_Key.svg.png

500px-Rhodes_meander_hg.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Greek_key

  • ourobóros ófis ουροβόρος όφις [ell]
  • ourobóros óphĭs ουροβόρος ὄφῐς [grc]
  • أوربوروس [arb]
 Egypt 14th century BC 250px-Serpiente_alquimica.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ouroboros

  • xiángyún 祥雲 祥云 [grc]
 auspicious clouds: represents peace 1131 BC – 1012 BC China 500px-MET_RT665.jpg
  • Zhōngguó jié 中國結 中国结 [cmn]
 originally used to record information; ornament China Warring States period

(481 BC – 221 BC)

330px-Pan_Chang_knot.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinese_knots

  • ákănthos ἄκανθος [grc]
 ornament Greece c. 420 BC – 450 BC 330px-thumbnail.jpg

330px-Arch%C3%A4ologisches_Museum_Istanbul_2013-03-18o.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Acanthus_ornaments

  • haverzhut’yan nshan Հավերժության նշան [hye]
 national symbol of Armenia 1st century BC 250px-ArmenianEternity.svg.png

500px-Jerevan_-_Armeni%C3%AB_%282892533612%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Armenian_eternity_sign

  • gereh گره [pes]
 ornament Syria 2nd century 120px-Green_mosque_girih.png

330px-Samarkand_Shah-i_Zinda_Tuman_Aqa_complex.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Girih_tiles

  • Valknut [eng]
 Northern Europe 7th century 250px-Valknut_variations.svg.png

330px-Valknut-symbole-nordique.png

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Valknut

  • fúzì 福字 [cmn]
 character of fortune China Song period

(960 – 1279)

250px-ChunTei_Black_Fu_Nagayama_Kai.svg.png

330px-Singapore_River_Hong_Bao_2006_27%2C_Feb_06.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Symbols_based_on_%E7%A6%8F

  • Rubʻ Ḥizb ربع حزب [arb]
 symbol of Islam al-Andalus 2nd century 250px-Rub_El_Hizb.svg.png

500px-Kufic_calligraphy%2C_Isfahan%2C_Iran_October_2007.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rub_El_Hizb

  • ꦱꦸꦂꦪꦩꦙꦭꦲꦶꦡ꧀ [kaw]
  • मजपहितस्य सूर्य [san]
 Java Majapahit period

(1292 – 1527)

250px-Surya_Majapahit.svg.png

Surya_Majapahit.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Surya_Majapahit

  • coq gaulois [fra]
 represents the nation of France France Renaissance

(14th century – 17th century)

250px-Auguste-Nicolas_Cain%2C_French_Cock_Crowing%2C_model_c._1860-1894%2C_cast_possibly_1890s-c._1914%2C_NGA_57645.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gallic_rooster

  • sojombo соёмбо ᠰᠣᠶᠤᠮᠪᠤ [khk]
 national symbol of Mongolia Mongolia 1686 250px-Soyombo_symbol_dark.svg.png

500px-GovPalaceSoyombo.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Soyombo_symbol

  • Marianne [fra]
 personification of the French Republic France 1789 330px-Empreinte_d%C3%A9tach%C3%A9e_de_sceau_rond%2C_Napol%C3%A9on_Bonaparte%2C_1799.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Marianne

  • Sol de Mayo [spa]
 image of Inti; represents the May Revolution Río de la Plata 1810 120px-Sol_de_Mayo-Bandera_de_Argentina.svg.png

330px-Johann_Melchior_Dinglinger_-_Sun_mask_with_facial_features_of_August_II_%28the_Strong%29_as_Apollo%2C_the_Sun_God_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sun_of_May

  • ʕayn ḥūrus عين حورس [arb,arz]
 Eye of Horus: represents well-being, healing, and protection Egypt 250px-Eye_of_Horus_bw.svg.png

500px-Wedjat_collection.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eye_of_Horus

  • adinkra [aka]
 Gyaman Adinkra_motifs_Rattray_1927.jpg

330px-NtonsoAdinkra.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Adinkra

  • borǯɣali ბორჯღალი [kat]
 represents the Sun and eternity Georgia 250px-Borjgala.svg.png

500px-Borjgali_of_Gulebi_mosque.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Borjgali

  • Celtic knot [eng]
  • cwlwm Celtaidd [cym]
  • kolm Keltek [cor]
  • snaidhm Ceilteach [gla]
  • snaidhm Cheilteach [gle]
 250px-Celtic-knot-basic-linear.svg.png

330px-Bromptoncross.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Celtic_knots

  • chakana [que]
 Andes 120px-Tawa_chakana.svg.png

330px-Chacana_de_Jujuy2.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chakana

  • ensō 円相 [jpn]
 circle that is enlightenment, emptiness, freedom, and the state of no-mind in Zen Buddhism Japan 250px-Enso.svg.png

330px-Enso.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ens%C5%8D

  • dga' 'khyil དགའ་འཁྱིལ། [bod]
 wheel of joy: ritual symbol in Tibetan and Han Buddhism Tibet 250px-Tibetan_Dharmacakra.png

330px-023_Giant_Drum_%289228158724%29.jpg

  • gul گل [pes]
 ornament Central Asia, Western Asia Konya_18th_carpet_with_Memling_gul_design.jpg
  • ḵamsa خمسة [arb,arz]
 protection against the evil eye; hand of Mary in Christianity; hand of Fatima in Islam; Ahl al-Kisa in Shia; the “strong hand” of the Lord in Judaism Northern Africa 120px-WPVA-khamsa.svg.png

330px-Khamsa.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Khamsa

  • kokhlĭ́ās κοχλίας [grc]
 ornament Greece 250px-SixIonicOrders.jpg

500px-Erechteion_-_chapiteau.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Volutes

  • koru [mri]
 represents new life, growth, strength and peace New Zealand 250px-Fiddlehead_-_The_Noun_Project.svg.png

330px-Pounamu_2.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Koru

  • najma ʕaštār نجمة عشتار [arb]
 symbol of Inanna/Ishtar Mesopotamia 250px-Ishtar-star-symbol.svg.png

330px-Ishtar_in_Kudurru_Melishipak_Louvre.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Star_of_Ishtar

  • najma šams نجمة شمش [arb]
 symbol of Shamash Mesopotamia 250px-Shamash-sun-symbol_%283_rays%29.svg.png

330px-Medaillon_astre_Sb_6585.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Star_of_Shamash

  • pakudos [eng]
 ornament Mindoro 250px-Pakudos.svg.png
  • Rojê Kurdî [kmr]
  • ڕۆژی کوردی [ckb]
 national symbol of the Kurds Kurdistan Region 250px-Roj_emblem.svg.png
  • šahādatu شهادة [arb]
 Islam oath and creed Arabia 330px-Ar_Liwa_hariadhi_islamic_flag.svg.png

330px-Sahadah-Topkapi-Palace.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shahada

  • shuāngxǐ 雙喜 双喜 [cmn]
 double happiness: ornament for marriage China 250px-Double_happiness.svg.png

500px-Chinese_wedding_tea.jpg

  • wiphala [que]
 symbol of native Andean peoples Andes 250px-Banner_of_the_Qulla_Suyu_%281979%29.svg.png

500px-Desfile_con_Wiphala_2.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiphala

  • tàijítú 太極圖 太极图 [cmn]
 represents yin and yang China 250px-U%2B262F.svg.png

500px-Taijitu_in_Hainan_-_01.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Taijitu

  • xicalcoliuhqui [ncl]
 associated with many ideas that are related to twists including water, waves, clouds, serpents, cyclical movements Mesoamerica 500px-12-05oaxaca077.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Xicalcoliuhqui

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