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A serpent or dragon consuming its own tail, it is a symbol of infinity, unity, and the cycle of death and rebirth. Pentacle: Mesopotamia: An ancient symbol of a unicursal five-pointed star circumscribed by a circle with many meanings, including but not limited to, the five wounds of Christ and the five elements (earth, fire, water, air, and soul).
Meaning Origin language and etymology Example(s) dacry(o)-of or pertaining to tears: Greek δάκρυ, tear dacryoadenitis, dacryocystitis-dactyl(o)-of or pertaining to a finger, toe Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos), finger, toe dactylology, polydactyly: de-from, down, or away from Latin de-dehydrate, demonetize, demotion dent-
From the Old English "gold", from Proto-Indo-European *ghel-meaning "yellow/ bright". · Symbol Au is from Latin aurum, which means "shining dawn". [54] Mercury (Hg) 80 Mercurius: Latin "Mercury", Roman god mythological Named after Mercury, the god of speed and messenger of the Gods, as was the planet Mercury named after the god.
The occult (from the Latin word occultus "clandestine, hidden, secret") is "knowledge of the hidden". [1] In common usage, occult refers to "knowledge of the paranormal", as opposed to "knowledge of the measurable", [2] usually referred to as science.
v. t. e. Semiotics ( / ˌsiːmiˈɒtɪks, ˌsɛm -, - maɪ -/ SEE-mee-OT-iks, SEM-, -my-) is the systematic study of sign processes and the communication of meaning. In semiotics, a sign is defined as anything that communicates intentional and unintentional meaning or feelings to the sign's interpreter.
Occult. Western esotericism. v. t. e. A sigil ( / ˈsɪdʒɪl /) [ 1] is a type of symbol used in magic. The term usually refers to a pictorial signature of a deity or spirit (such as an angel or demon ). In modern usage, especially in the context of chaos magic, a sigil refers to a symbolic representation of the practitioner's desired outcome.
Polysemy ( / pəˈlɪsɪmi / or / ˈpɒlɪˌsiːmi /; [ 1][ 2] from Ancient Greek πολύ- (polý-) 'many' and σῆμα (sêma) 'sign') is the capacity for a sign (e.g. a symbol, a morpheme, a word, or a phrase) to have multiple related meanings. For example, a word can have several word senses. [ 3] Polysemy is distinct from monosemy, where ...
Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see List of Unicode characters.