Symbol 14:14

14:14 ·
The mirror image, or inversion of
symbolizes,
like that ideogram, rotation. It stands first and foremost for a
counterclockwise rotation and is therefore related to
in Group 15.
This sign appeared
in the Euphrates-Tigris river valley cultures as early a around 2000
B.C., and
is an Egyptian hieroglyph for, among
other meanings, the number one hundred. The very similar
was a
sign protruding from the hats of gods depicted by hieroglyphs.
In the earliest Chinese
ideography
was used with the probable meaning
return or
homecoming. The
Hopi Indians seem to have given it the same meaning. See
, below in this group.
The sign was used by
the Phoenicians. It is also a pattern on Bronze Age jewelry found in
Scania, Sweden, dating back about 1300 B.C.
In the system of hobo signs in Britain it means this is a good
house for work, i.e. a place that is worth returning to when one
needs food and money.
The sign
is found painted on the walls of houses
i Tibet (together with
, and
),
and has perhaps the meaning home, the place one returns
to.
It can
also signify whirlpool or eddy on nautical charts.



