Symbols

@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 58 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Answer to Quiz 58:1 One of the grea...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 58

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 57 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Answer to Quiz 57:1 The Rococo peri...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 55

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 54 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Answer to Quiz 54:1 How many nucleo...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 36

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 35 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Answer to Quiz 35:1 Herpetology (fr...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 35

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 34 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Answer to Quiz 34:1 Where did they...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 32

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 31 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Answer to Quiz 31:1 If your breath...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 31

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 30 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Answer to Quiz 30:1 If, in directi...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 29

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 28 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Quiz 28:1 Can you give examples of...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 28

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 27 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Answer to Quiz 27:1 There is an old...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Month Stones

This article indirectly connects to several previous topics: Gems , my previous series on Zodiacs and Months , Numbers , Symbols – and, of course, History . Stones, or gems, associated with ce...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Colour & Cosmology I – Cultures & Alchemy

"I am as curious about colour as one would be visiting a new country,[...]" , said Henri Matisse, and I can just agree. I have spent years exploring every aspect of colour, and I still discover new th...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Colours X: Yellow, Gold & Orange in Focus – Imperial, Courage, Creativity...

This time we will look at Yellow, Gold & Orange, and also on the special relation between Yellow and the Human Eye. Yellow & Gold In China, a specific hue of yellow was an imperial colour, correspo...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Retrospection 12

Symbols, Flags, Heraldry, Creativity and Art. It has hardly escaped any long time reader of mine that I am fascinated by symbols, and I have a separate label for that in my index . Yet that inc...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Colours VI: Green in Focus – Religion, Life, Death, Sex, Witchcraft...

Green is the colour of hope and development, fertility and charity, but can also symbolise greed, jealousy, envy, melancholy, immaturity, and nausea. In some countries it stands for danger; and in he...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

The Three Sacred Treasures

The Japanese imperial regalia, how they are handled and the stories behind them are unique for Japan. They are so sacred that no now living individual has seen them, not even the emperor! Indeed, nobo...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Symbols & Their Opposite: Mathematics & Music

Symbols are important. They do not only convey signals whose meaning is understood by those taught of them; some symbols go deeper than that, their understanding being universal, an inherent part of o...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

The Eye As A Metaphysical Symbol

"This is Horus who came forth from the Nile” (The Pyramid Texts) Throughout the ages the eye has been used metaphorically to explain various metaphysical, spiritual and cosmological models and theo...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

When Something is so Red, it is Purple: Purple in Chinese & Japanese Symbology

Colours are powerful symbols in their own right and colour symbolism is found in every age and every culture. I have previously published Pontifex Maximus & The Imperial Purple of Rome , about the as...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Flags with Dragons

Essentially, there are three contemporary national flags depicting a dragon: Wales, Malta and Bhutan. We will also look at one historical flag, namely the one of Qing China (1889-1912). Wales The f...

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@ilias · 3 years ago

Dhanbari Zamindar Bari: Where the history and tradition of the Nawabs can be traced even today

Travel is always enjoyable. Travel is not only fun but also informs about the world around you. The human mind is at once joy and thirst for knowledge. Travel makes people's minds happy. As well as in...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Muslim & Arab Flags and their Symbolism

As I mentioned in a previous article, strictly it is haram (forbidden) with a symbol of Islam. That doesn't mean that Muslim countries must not have symbols, although the Islamic view has influenced...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Symbols of the Knights Templar & Templars in Fiction: Literature and Film

This is the fourth and last article in my series about the Knights Templar. Symbols How about the Red cross? Can their symbol be derived from that of the Templars? Did the Templars have other visua...

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@navegante · 3 years ago

The Beatles

I make a brief synthesis about the famous album of The Beatles crossing the pedestrian or zebra crossing as they say in other countries which has generated different comments and analyzes: On Augus...

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@navegante · 3 years ago

CCCT

Large architectural works are erected in Caracas or in Greater Caracas, which includes the Capital District and part of the Miranda State, one of them is CCCT Centro Ciudad Comercial Tamanaco, locat...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

The Eagle as an Heraldic Symbol of Empire

A single eagle, single-headed or double-headed, turns up in the symbology of empires throughout history. As a symbol of a ruler, we find eagles in the Antiquities. For the Greeks it was a symbol of Z...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Nisshōki, Taegeukgi & the Nordic Cross

In this article, we will look at the symbols of the flags of Japan, Korea, and the Scandinavian countries. (As of images of flags below, a grey frame or background is not a part of the flag or flag...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

The Star-And-Crescent - A Symbol for Islam?

Today, the star-and-crescent symbol, a symbol consisting of a star and a crescent in combination, is associated with Islam. While in some circles it is a symbol of Islam, analogous to the cross of C...

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@Julien · 3 years ago

Will Bitcoin end like a tulip?

Behind the existence of any currency, there will be strong support, such as national credit or precious metals. Now some people believe investing in Bitcoin is anti-inflationary because of the opennes...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Vexillology & Heraldry

Recently I posted two articles here about symbols related to flags and heraldry: Fleur-de-lis & The Lily of Florence and La Tricolore: What is the Origin of Its Colours and Design? Since I will pu...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

La Tricolore: What is the Origin of Its Colours and Design?

A common pattern of a large number of flags in the world is three coloured vertical or horizontal bands. Strictly, three bands are a revolutionary symbol, a symbol of republic, although there are exam...

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