Miscellaneous Page #4
This page lists all the various symbols in the Miscellaneous category.
Symbols without any special category attribution but that are widely used worldwide.
Symbols in this category:
Cueva de los Letreros #2
Dating back five thousand years, this carving was discovered at Cueva de los Letreros, located near the city of Almeria in southern Spain. No contextual information is known at this time.
Dagger
A dagger, or obelisk, U+2020 † dagger (HTML: † †), is a typographical symbol or glyph. The term "obelisk" derives from Greek ὀβελίσκος (obeliskos), which means "little obelus"; from Ancient Greek: ὀβελός (obelos) meaning "roasting spit". It was originally represented by the ÷ symbol and was first used by the Ancient Greek scholars as critical marks in manuscripts.
A double dagger or diesis, U+2021 ‡ double dagger (HTML: ‡ ‡), is a variant with two handles.
Darwin Fish
The Darwin fish is an ichthys symbol with "evolved" legs and feet attached and often with the word Darwin inside (like the ΙΧΘΥΣ or Jesus found in some Christian versions). It symbolizes the scientific theory of evolution, for which Charles Darwin laid the foundation, in contrast with Creationism, which is often associated with Christianity. The Darwin fish bears a stylized resemblance to Ichthyostega, which is a major example of a transitional fossil. Related to the Darwin fish is a fish with legs, the word 'evolve', and a hand that is holding a wrench.
Diamond
Like many gemstones, the diamond possesses a number of different symbolic meanings.
Elder sign
Icon in the Cthulhu Mythos. A warped, five-pointed star with a flaming pillar (or eye) in its center.
Emerald
Like many gemstones, the emerald possesses a number of different symbolic meanings.
England
A Bronze Age carving discovered on a stone in England. No contextual information known at this time.
Family Group Symbol
A prehistoric times sign meaning a family. It is a combination of the signs for woman, man and woman with child.
Five-pointed star
A five-pointed star (☆) is a common ideogram used throughout the world. If the colinear edges are joined together a pentagram is produced.
Flag of Emperor Henry Pu Yi
This was the Flag of the Japanese puppet Emperor of the Protectorate of Manchukuo Henry Pu Yi.
Flag of Manchukuo
This is the flag of the Japanese Protectorate of Manchukuo that existed from 1932-1945.
Fleur-de-lis
The fleur-de-lis or fleur-de-lys (plural: fleurs-de-lis) is a stylized lily (in French, fleur means flower, and lis means lily) or iris that is used as a decorative design or symbol. It may be "at one and the same time, religious, political, dynastic, artistic, emblematic, and symbolic", especially in French heraldry. It is represented in Unicode at U+269C (⚜) in the Miscellaneous Symbols block.
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