Symbol 22:1

22:1 ·
The single-axis symmetric triangle can hardly be said to
have any meaning in itself; rather, it is a variation of the
multi-axes symmetric, or equilateral, triangle. See
in Group 28.
Like
it is seldom seen in prehistoric rock
carvings, but see entry
in
Group 39 for an exception.
Pointed upward it is generally associated with fire and divine power. But as an Egyptian hieroglyph
it was, according to Gardiner, an ideogram for thorn, and used when
writing such concepts as sharp. In the Hittite hieroglyphic
system
represented mu, city. In the same system two such signs, ![]()
, stood for country or kingdom.
We see an example of the law of the polarity of meanings of
elementary graphs in the French hobo or gypsy sign system, where
rather than signifying something powerful, to be
afraid of, means woman
or here lives a woman alone.
Compare with
in Group 34.



