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{{Traditional-Symbols-and-Motifs}}


Hi, everyone. Here is the index of a gallery of traditional architectures before 1970 around the world.
Hi, everyone. Here is the index of a gallery of traditional architectures before 1970 around the world.
Details:
* 19 Popular Types of Chinese Knots and Their Meanings https://anyofchina.com/popular-types-of-chinese-knots-and-their-meanings/
* Adinkra Symbols & Meanings https://www.adinkrasymbols.org/
* Heraldry of the world https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/wiki/Heraldry_of_the_world
* Kilim Motifs and Symbols https://www.kilim.com/kilim-wiki/kilim-motifs
* Тамга https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B3%D0%B0
* 日本の内装材料辞典 伝統文様 https://naisouzairyou-annai.jp/pattern/tradition/index.html
* 家紋のいろは https://irohakamon.com/
* 纹明 https://cnpattern.cn/index


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!time of origin
!time of origin
!image
!image
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* ''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
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Four-swastika_collage_%28transparent%29.png/330px-Four-swastika_collage_%28transparent%29.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Samarra_bowl.jpg/250px-Samarra_bowl.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Swastikas
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* ''sayyid ḥayawānāt'' سيد حيوانات [arb]
|
|Mesopotamia
|c. 6000 BC
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Pendentif_minoen_%28British_Museum%29_%288704963755%29.jpg/330px-Pendentif_minoen_%28British_Museum%29_%288704963755%29.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Master_of_Animals
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* cādūceus [lat]
* ''kērúkeion'' κηρύκειον [grc]
|symbol of Hermes; used to represent printing, commerce, medicine
|Mesopotamia
|c. 4000 BC – 3000 BC
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Caduceus.svg/220px-Caduceus.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Columbian_press_Caduceus.jpg/330px-Columbian_press_Caduceus.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Caduceus
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* ''miftāḥ al-Ḥayāh'' مفتاح الحياه [arb,arz]
* ''ꜥnḫ'' [egy]
|represents life
|30<sup>th</sup> century BC – 29<sup>th</sup> century BC
|Egypt
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ankh.svg/150px-Ankh.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Totenbuch.jpg/330px-Totenbuch.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ankh
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* ''anthémio'' ανθέμιο [grc]
* ''saʕafa al-naḵīl'' سعفة النخيل [arb]
|ornament
|Egypt
|c. 2500 BC
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Orna105-Stirnziege.png/250px-Orna105-Stirnziege.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Palmette%2C_Propylon%2C_Sanctuary_of_Aphaia%2C_Aegina%2C_500_BC%2C_176103.jpg/330px-Palmette%2C_Propylon%2C_Sanctuary_of_Aphaia%2C_Aegina%2C_500_BC%2C_176103.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palmettes
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* ''dpal be'u'' དཔལ་བེའུ། [bod]
* 盤長結 盘长结 [cmn]
|auspicious symbol in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism
|Indus Valley
|c. 2500 BC
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Endlessknot.svg/250px-Endlessknot.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ashtamangala_JDWNRH_Knot.jpg/500px-Ashtamangala_JDWNRH_Knot.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Endless_knots
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* güneş kursu [tur]
|
|Anatolia
|20<sup>th</sup> century BC
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Hittite_sun_disk.svg/250px-Hittite_sun_disk.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Sundisk_Alacahoyuk.jpg/500px-Sundisk_Alacahoyuk.jpg
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|c. 1600 BC – c. 1045 BC
|c. 1600 BC – c. 1045 BC
|China, Greece, Maya Region
|China, Greece, Maya Region
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Greek_Key.svg/150px-Greek_Key.svg.png
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Greek_Key.svg/120px-Greek_Key.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Rhodes_meander_hg.jpg/500px-Rhodes_meander_hg.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Rhodes_meander_hg.jpg/500px-Rhodes_meander_hg.jpg


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* ''xiángyún'' 祥雲 祥云 [grc]
*  
|auspicious clouds: represents peace
|1131 BC – 1012 BC
|China
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/MET_RT665.jpg/500px-MET_RT665.jpg
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* ''Zhōngguó jié'' 中國結 中国结 [cmn]
|originally used to record information; ornament
|China
|Warring States period
(481 BC – 221 BC)
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Pan_Chang_knot.jpg/330px-Pan_Chang_knot.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinese_knots
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* ''ákănthos'' ἄκανθος [grc]
|ornament
|Greece
|c. 420 BC – 450 BC
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Timeline_of_acanthus_leafes_in_different_styles%2C_each_one_beaing_notated_with_a_letter._a-Greek%2C_b-Roman%2C_c-Byzantine%2C_d-Romanesque%2C_e%2C_f-Gothic%2C_g-Renaissance%2C_h%2C_i-Baroque%2C_j%2C_k-Rococo.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Arch%C3%A4ologisches_Museum_Istanbul_2013-03-18o.jpg/330px-Arch%C3%A4ologisches_Museum_Istanbul_2013-03-18o.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Acanthus_ornaments
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* ''haverzhut’yan nshan'' Հավերժության նշան [hye]
|national symbol of Armenia
|
|
|1<sup>st</sup> century BC
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/ArmenianEternity.svg/250px-ArmenianEternity.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Jerevan_-_Armeni%C3%AB_%282892533612%29.jpg/500px-Jerevan_-_Armeni%C3%AB_%282892533612%29.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Armenian_eternity_sign
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* ''gereh'' گره [pes]
|ornament
|Syria
|2<sup>nd</sup> century
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Green_mosque_girih.png/150px-Green_mosque_girih.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Samarkand_Shah-i_Zinda_Tuman_Aqa_complex.JPG/330px-Samarkand_Shah-i_Zinda_Tuman_Aqa_complex.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Girih_tiles
|-
|
* Valknut [eng]
|
|Northern Europe
|7<sup>th</sup> century
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Valknut_variations.svg/250px-Valknut_variations.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Valknut-symbole-nordique.png/330px-Valknut-symbole-nordique.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Valknut
|-
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* ''fúzì'' 福字 [cmn]
|character of fortune
|China
|Song period
(960 – 1279)
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/ChunTei_Black_Fu_Nagayama_Kai.svg/250px-ChunTei_Black_Fu_Nagayama_Kai.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Singapore_River_Hong_Bao_2006_27%2C_Feb_06.JPG/330px-Singapore_River_Hong_Bao_2006_27%2C_Feb_06.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Symbols_based_on_%E7%A6%8F
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* ''Rubʻ Ḥizb'' ربع حزب [arb]
|symbol of Islam
|al-Andalus
|2<sup>nd</sup> century
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Rub_El_Hizb.svg/250px-Rub_El_Hizb.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Kufic_calligraphy%2C_Isfahan%2C_Iran_October_2007.jpg/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)
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Surya_Majapahit.svg/250px-Surya_Majapahit.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Surya_Majapahit.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Surya_Majapahit
|-
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* coq gaulois [fra]
|represents the nation of France
|France
|Renaissance
(14<sup>th</sup> century – 17<sup>th</sup> century)
|
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Auguste-Nicolas_Cain%2C_French_Cock_Crowing%2C_model_c._1860-1894%2C_cast_possibly_1890s-c._1914%2C_NGA_57645.jpg/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 <span style="writing-mode:vertical-lr">ᠰᠣᠶᠤᠮᠪᠤ</span> [khk]
|national symbol of Mongolia
|Mongolia
|1686
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Soyombo_symbol_dark.svg/250px-Soyombo_symbol_dark.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/GovPalaceSoyombo.jpg/500px-GovPalaceSoyombo.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Soyombo_symbol
|-
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* Marianne [fra]
|personification of the French Republic
|France
|1789
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Empreinte_d%C3%A9tach%C3%A9e_de_sceau_rond%2C_Napol%C3%A9on_Bonaparte%2C_1799.jpg/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
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sol_de_Mayo-Bandera_de_Argentina.svg/150px-Sol_de_Mayo-Bandera_de_Argentina.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Johann_Melchior_Dinglinger_-_Sun_mask_with_facial_features_of_August_II_%28the_Strong%29_as_Apollo%2C_the_Sun_God_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/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
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Eye_of_Horus_bw.svg/250px-Eye_of_Horus_bw.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Wedjat_collection.jpg/500px-Wedjat_collection.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eye_of_Horus
|-
|
* adinkra [aka]
|
|Gyaman
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Adinkra_motifs_Rattray_1927.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/NtonsoAdinkra.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Adinkra
|-
|
* ''borǯɣali'' ბორჯღალი [kat]
|represents the Sun and eternity
|Georgia
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Borjgala.svg/250px-Borjgala.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Borjgali_of_Gulebi_mosque.jpg/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]
|
|
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Celtic-knot-basic-linear.svg/250px-Celtic-knot-basic-linear.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Bromptoncross.jpg/330px-Bromptoncross.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Celtic_knots
|-
|
* chakana [que]
|
|Andes
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Tawa_chakana.svg/150px-Tawa_chakana.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Chacana_de_Jujuy2.JPG/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
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Enso.svg/250px-Enso.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Enso.jpg/330px-Enso.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ens%C5%8D
|-
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* ''dga' 'khyil'' དགའ་འཁྱིལ། [bod]
|wheel of joy: ritual symbol in Tibetan and Han Buddhism
|Tibet
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Tibetan_Dharmacakra.png/250px-Tibetan_Dharmacakra.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/023_Giant_Drum_%289228158724%29.jpg/330px-023_Giant_Drum_%289228158724%29.jpg
|-
|
* ''gul'' گل [pes]
|ornament
|Central Asia, Western Asia
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/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
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/WPVA-khamsa.svg/150px-WPVA-khamsa.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Khamsa.jpg/330px-Khamsa.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Khamsa
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* ''kokhlĭ́ās'' κοχλίας [grc]
|ornament
|Greece
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/SixIonicOrders.jpg/250px-SixIonicOrders.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Erechteion_-_chapiteau.jpg/500px-Erechteion_-_chapiteau.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Volutes
|-
|
* koru [mri]
|represents new life, growth, strength and peace
|New Zealand
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Fiddlehead_-_The_Noun_Project.svg/250px-Fiddlehead_-_The_Noun_Project.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Pounamu_2.jpg/330px-Pounamu_2.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Koru
|-
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* ''najma ʕaštār'' نجمة عشتار [arb]
|symbol of Inanna/Ishtar
|Mesopotamia
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Ishtar-star-symbol.svg/250px-Ishtar-star-symbol.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ishtar_in_Kudurru_Melishipak_Louvre.jpg/330px-Ishtar_in_Kudurru_Melishipak_Louvre.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Star_of_Ishtar
|-
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* ''najma šams'' نجمة شمش [arb]
|symbol of Shamash
|Mesopotamia
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Shamash-sun-symbol_%283_rays%29.svg/250px-Shamash-sun-symbol_%283_rays%29.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Medaillon_astre_Sb_6585.jpg/330px-Medaillon_astre_Sb_6585.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Star_of_Shamash
|-
|
* pakudos [eng]
|ornament
|Mindoro
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Pakudos.svg/250px-Pakudos.svg.png
|-
|
* Rojê Kurdî [kmr]
* ڕۆژی کوردی [ckb]
|national symbol of the Kurds
|Kurdistan Region
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Roj_emblem.svg/250px-Roj_emblem.svg.png
|-
|
* ''šahādatu'' شهادة [arb]
|Islam oath and creed
|Arabia
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Ar_Liwa_hariadhi_islamic_flag.svg/330px-Ar_Liwa_hariadhi_islamic_flag.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Sahadah-Topkapi-Palace.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shahada
|-
|
* ''shuāngxǐ'' 雙喜 双喜 [cmn]
|double happiness: ornament for marriage
|China
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Double_happiness.svg/250px-Double_happiness.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Chinese_wedding_tea.jpg/500px-Chinese_wedding_tea.jpg
|-
|
* wiphala [que]
|symbol of native Andean peoples
|Andes
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Banner_of_the_Qulla_Suyu_%281979%29.svg/250px-Banner_of_the_Qulla_Suyu_%281979%29.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Desfile_con_Wiphala_2.jpg/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
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/U%2B262F.svg/250px-U%2B262F.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Taijitu_in_Hainan_-_01.jpg/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
|
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/12-05oaxaca077.jpg/500px-12-05oaxaca077.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Xicalcoliuhqui
|}
|}


{{Traditions}}
== Others ==
* 19 Popular Types of Chinese Knots and Their Meanings https://anyofchina.com/popular-types-of-chinese-knots-and-their-meanings/
* Adinkra Symbols & Meanings https://www.adinkrasymbols.org/
* Heraldry of the world https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/wiki/Heraldry_of_the_world
* Kilim Motifs and Symbols https://www.kilim.com/kilim-wiki/kilim-motifs
* Our 8 Favourite Celtic Knots and their Meanings https://irelandwide.com/celtic-knots/#5-dara-knot-5
* Тамга https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B3%D0%B0
* 日本の内装材料辞典 伝統文様 https://naisouzairyou-annai.jp/pattern/tradition/index.html
* 家紋のいろは https://irohakamon.com/
* 纹明 https://cnpattern.cn/index


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

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20px-25_percent.svg.png Currencies 20px-00_percent.svg.png Dances 20px-75_percent.svg.png Foods 20px-00_percent.svg.png Furnitures 20px-00_percent.svg.png Games 20px-00_percent.svg.png Hairstyles
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20px-00_percent.svg.png Occupations 20px-00_percent.svg.png Organisations 20px-25_percent.svg.png Paintings and Sculptures 20px-25_percent.svg.png Regalia Items * 20px-50_percents.svg.png Religions and Folklores * 20px-25_percent.svg.png Social Practices
20px-50_percents.svg.png Stationeries 20px-25_percent.svg.png Symbolisms 20px-50_percents.svg.png Symbols and Motifs 20px-00_percent.svg.png Textiles and Embroideries 20px-50_percents.svg.png Theatres 20px-25_percent.svg.png Units of Measurement
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Northern America Northern Africa Northern Europe Central Asia Micronesia
Central America Western Africa Eastern Europe Eastern Asia Polynesia
Caribbean Central Africa Western Europe Western Asia Melanesia
Southern America Eastern Africa Southern Europe Southern Asia Australia and New Zealand
Southern Africa Southeastern Asia
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