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* ''ʕayn ḥūrus'' عين حورس [arb,arz]
* cādūceus [lat]
|Eye of Horus: represents well-being, healing, and protection
* ''kērúkeion'' κηρύκειον [grc]
|Egypt
|symbol of Hermes; used to represent printing, commerce, medicine
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|Mesopotamia
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Eye_of_Horus_bw.svg/250px-Eye_of_Horus_bw.svg.png
|c. 4000 BC – 3000 BC
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Wedjat_collection.jpg/500px-Wedjat_collection.jpg
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Columbian_press_Caduceus.jpg/330px-Columbian_press_Caduceus.jpg


https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eye_of_Horus
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Caduceus
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palmettes
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palmettes
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* ''maíandros'' μαίανδρος [grc]
|ornament
|c. 1600 BC – c. 1045 BC
|China, Greece, Maya Region
|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Greek_Key.svg/330px-Greek_Key.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Rhodes_meander_hg.jpg/500px-Rhodes_meander_hg.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Greek_key
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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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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rub_El_Hizb
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rub_El_Hizb
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* coq gaulois [fra]
|represents the nation of France
|France
|Renaissance
(14<sup>th</sup> century – 17<sup>th</sup> century)
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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
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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
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* ''ʕayn ḥūrus'' عين حورس [arb,arz]
|Eye of Horus: represents well-being, healing, and protection
|Egypt
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|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
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Khamsa
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Khamsa
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* ''kokhlĭ́ās'' κοχλίας [grc]
|ornament
|Greece
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|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
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symbol/motif description place of origin time of origin image
  • cādūceus [lat]
  • kērúkeion κηρύκειον [grc]
 symbol of Hermes; used to represent printing, commerce, medicine Mesopotamia c. 4000 BC – 3000 BC 220px-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 150px-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

  • maíandros μαίανδρος [grc]
 ornament c. 1600 BC – c. 1045 BC China, Greece, Maya Region 330px-Greek_Key.svg.png

500px-Rhodes_meander_hg.jpg

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

  • 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

  • gereh گره [pes]
 ornament Syria 2nd century 150px-Green_mosque_girih.png

330px-Samarkand_Shah-i_Zinda_Tuman_Aqa_complex.JPG

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

  • Sol de Mayo [spa]
 image of Inti; represents the May Revolution Río de la Plata 1810 150px-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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

NtonsoAdinkra.jpg

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

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

250px-Bromptoncross.jpg

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

  • chakana [que]
 Andes 150px-Tawa_chakana.svg.png

330px-Chacana_de_Jujuy2.JPG

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

  • 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 150px-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

  • pakudos [eng]
 ornament Mindoro 250px-Pakudos.svg.png
  • wiphala [que]
 red represents the Earth and the Andean being;

orange represents the society and culture;

yellow represents energy and strength;

white represents time and change;

green represents natural resources and wealth;

blue represents the cosmos;

violet represents Andean government and self-determination

Andes 150px-Banner_of_the_Qulla_Suyu_%281979%29.svg.png

500px-Desfile_con_Wiphala_2.jpg

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

  • 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

  • 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


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