In Quechua, the language of the Inca civilization, Crux is known as " Chakana ", which means literally " stair " ( chaka, bridge, link ; hanan, high, above ), but carries a deep symbolism within Quechua mysticism.

Some of the symbolism within the coronation ceremony for British monarchs, in which they are anointed with holy oils by the Archbishop of Canterbury, thereby ordaining them to monarchy, perpetuates the ancient Roman Catholic monarchical ideas and ceremonial ( although few Protestants realize this, the ceremony is nearly entirely based upon that of the Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor ).

It abandoned former communist symbolism: the red star was removed from the national flag, and the communist coat of arms was replaced by a white double-headed eagle with the arms of both Serbia and Montenegro within it.

Despite the fact that the Assassins probably only existed up until the late 14th century or early 15th century at most ( under Taqq ' iya ), content within Assassin's Creed, such as assassination targets, methods of assassination, symbolism, and Templar enemies, does not coincide with the factual history of the Assassins.

The Lodge of Instruction provides the Officers and those who wish to become Officers an opportunity to rehearse ritual under the guidance of an experienced brother ; there may also be lectures around the ritual and the symbolism in the lodge within a Lodge of Instruction, in order to develop the knowledge and understanding of the membership.

" The only symbolism in the flag is the V or Y shape, which can be interpreted as " the convergence of diverse elements within South African society, taking the road ahead in unity ".

The Barbarian is an id-ish warrior with a superego-esque familiar in tow ( phallic symbolism is referenced by the familiar within a few pages of their first appearance ) whose hack-and slash antics through various parodies of Greek legends and fairy tales are phonetically rendered in Scots dialect ( seven years before Irvine Welsh used the technique in Trainspotting ).

A great deal of symbolism exists within the SAFTI MI complex to remind officers and aspiring officers of the tri-service nature of the Singapore Armed Forces.

The study of religious symbolism is either universalist, as a component of comparative religion and mythology, or in localized scope, within the confines of a religion's limits and boundaries.

Wahhabism has been called a " belittling " and derogatory term for Salafi, while another source defines it as " a particular orientation within Salafism ," an orientation some consider strongly apolitical, and yet another describes it as a formerly separate current of Islamic thought that appropriated " language and symbolism of Salafism " until the two became " practically indistinguishable " in the 1970s.

Throughout Jami uses allegorical symbolism within the tale to depict the key stages of the Sufi path such as repentance and expose philosophical, religious, or ethical questions.

This is though to be because of their misunderstand of the pre-Nazi symbolism within European paganism of the Swastika symbol.

Trained within the Neo-Kantian Marburg School, he followed his mentor Hermann Cohen in attempting to supply an idealistic philosophy of science, but after Cohen's death he developed a theory of symbolism, and used it to expand phenomenology of knowledge into a more general philosophy of culture.

Stephens selected an equilateral triangle within a circle as the new order ’ s emblem, embellishing it with symbolism from the various lodges to which he belonged.

More medieval examples can be found in the collection of articles Medieval mise-en-abyme: the object depicted within itself, in which Stuart Whatling conjectures that the self-references are sometimes used to strengthen the symbolism of gift-giving by documenting the act of giving on the object itself.

The unicorn has long been identified as a symbol of Christ by Christian writers, allowing the traditionally pagan symbolism of the unicorn to become acceptable within religious doctrine.

However, Goodrick-Clarke's comprehensive study finds little evidence of direct influence, except in the case of the highly idiosyncratic ancient-German mythos elaborated by the ' clairvoyant ' ( but in fact schizophrenic ) SS-Brigadeführer Karl Maria Wiligut, of which the practical consequences were, first, the incorporation of Wiligut's symbolism into the ceremonies of an elite circle within the SS ; and, secondly, the official censure of those occultists and runic magicians whom Wiligut stigmatised as heretics, which may have persuaded Heinrich Himmler to order the internment of several of them.

Concerning the symbolism within the film, Vincent Canby of the New York Times wrote: " they're all there, in a movie that is all guts ( quite literally ) but that has no body to give the guts particular shape or function.

All of these fulfilled a specific function within the offering, depending on the symbolism of each object.

Although not considered within the context of 20-N symbolism, in a startling coincidence, the same day also proved to be fatal to Primo de Rivera's political opposite, 40-year-old Buenaventura Durruti, a key leader of Spain's two largest anarchist organizations, Federación Anarquista Ibérica Anarchist Federation and the anarcho-syndicalist trade union Confederación Nacional del Trabajo Confederation of Labor.

Where the ornament research proposed the function of ornament beyond the symbolic, her form research proposes a new theory of form away from the limitations of representation ( symbolism ), towards repetition and differentiation in order to nurture multiplicity within culture.

Made from aluminium twisted into a helix, it was coated with soils from the various regions of India, and held the Queen's message ( printed on a 18 carat gold leaf, representing gold's qualities and symbolism of power in India ) within a jeweled box.

Medieval poetical literature is full of allusions that can be traced to the Physiologus tradition ; the text also exerted great influence on the symbolism of medieval ecclesiastical art: symbols like those of the phoenix rising from its ashes and the pelican feeding her young with her own blood are still well-known.

According to the interpretation of the historic Bonincontro Morigia, which refers to the medieval symbolism, the moon is a symbol of imperial power, reflected in the white sun that is related to the papal power.

In medieval Christian symbolism, Rachel was taken as a symbol of the contemplative ( monastic ) Christian life, and Leah as a symbol of the active ( non-monastic ) life.

While there is no question that the poem has elements of medieval allegory and dream vision ( as well as the slightly more esoteric genre of the verse lapidary ), all such attempts to reduce the poem's complex symbolism to one single interpretation have inevitably fallen flat.

More recent criticism has pointed to the subtle, shifting symbolism of the pearl as one of the poem's chief virtues, recognizing that there is no inherent contradiction between the poem's elegiac and its allegorical aspects, and that the sophisticated allegorical significance of the Pearl Maiden is not unusual but in fact has several quite well known parallels in medieval literature, the most celebrated being probably Dante's Beatrice.

* Timothy Husband, The wild man: medieval myth and symbolism, Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, ISBN 0-87099-254-6, ISBN 0-87099-255-4

The scenic charms of the area came to popularity with Sir Walter Scott's 1810 poem The Lady of the Lake, extending his romantic portrayal of Scotland's past from border ballads to poems of a medieval past rich in chivalry and symbolism.

It should be noted that it is in obvious contradiction with the iconography of the heavenly court of the Virgin, because in medieval iconography the number eleven has extremely negative symbolism.

Considering the Biblical exegesis and medieval number symbolism, a possible interpretation of the enigmatic number of angels can be found in the Biblical motif of the second dream of young Joseph ( Genesis 37: 9 ) in which the number eleven exceptionally has a positive meaning because it implicates the celestial twelve.

The symbolism, or reality, of putting an eye out is used often in medieval accounts to show the ultimate sin of breaking of one's oath, whether it be heresy, or treason to ones lordship, or in this case both.

In medieval France, the language of the birds ( la langue des oiseaux ) was a secret language of the Troubadours, connected with the Tarot, allegedly based on puns and symbolism drawn from homophony, e. g. an inn called au lion d ' or " the Golden Lion " is allegedly " code " for au lit on dort " in the bed one sleeps " ( note that this particular pun cannot be medieval, since final t was pronounced until Middle French, c. f.

Baba explained the symbolism, saying, " The colors in the flag signify man's rise from the grossest of impressions of lust and anger – symbolized by red – to the culmination in the highest state of spirituality and oneness with God – symbolized by sky blue.

The chairman of the subcomittee that chose the flag — after a competition for which 850 designs were submitted — has also explained the symbolism of the flag's colours:

In this talk ( or " Khutbah ") he described and explained ancient scriptural symbolism and its effect on modern-day scriptural and religious interpretation.

In a 2004 interview, Negru explained the symbolism of the name: < div style =" text-align: right ; margin-right: 4em ;">–</ div >

Also he returns frequently to the symbolism of figures that, according to the manner in which they are explained, reflect the stage of the evolution of the soul.

In an interview with the Sheffield University Paper in May 1965, Dylan explained the change that had occurred in his songwriting over the previous twelve months, noting " The big difference is that the songs I was writing last year ... they were what I call one-dimensional songs, but my new songs I'm trying to make more three-dimensional, you know, there's more symbolism, they're written on more than one level.

The symbolism of this custom has been variously explained.

The symbolism is explained on the article for Edward, the Black Prince, who was the first Prince of Wales to bear the emblem.

When asked about the use of symbolism in his work, and particularly in the most recently published Old Man and the Sea, he explained: " No good book has ever been written that has in it symbols arrived at beforehand and stuck in ... That kind of symbol sticks out like raisins in raisin bread.