Where every symbol began
Where cultural, religious and esoteric symbols, ancient scripts and runes come from, and what they have meant.
Where meanings differ between communities, or where a reading is recent, the entry says so rather than choosing one.
Religious symbols
Ancient scripts
- Chinese radicalsThe components that organise Chinese characters, and how they grew from pictures carved on oracle bones.1 entry
- Norse runesThe runic alphabets of Scandinavia and the wider Germanic world, and what each rune stood for.1 entry
- Egyptian hieroglyphicsSigns from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing and religious art.1 entry