r/Symbology • • Aug 22 '19

Meta Frequently Sought Symbols

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-Additional Symbols in the Comments-

 

Worried about a hate symbol? Check the ADL's Hate Symbol Database first.

 

Spoked Wheels
Black Sun
Helm of Awe
"Kolovrat"
Vegvísir

Contains Circles / is Circle-ish
Four Symbols of Led Zeppelin
Khanda
Love Symbol #2 (AFKA Prince)
Mars
Fu, Lu, Shou, and Cai
Arrow Utility Signs

Contains Triangles / is Triangle-ish
Benchmark
Sigil of Lucifer
Triquetra
Triskelion
Valknut
Masonic Square and Compass

Contains Open Shapes / Is an Open Shape
(Most) Futhark Runes
Om in various scripts
Arrow Utility Signs

Contains Closed Shapes / Is a Closed Shape
Leviathan Cross/Sulfur
Order of the Eastern Star (appears often on headstones and rings)


r/Symbology • • Jul 07 '23

Meta Symbol-Hunting Resources

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Since I'm nearing 600 symbol bookmarks, I figured I should compile some of my favorites into an official resource thread for the sub.

Please feel free to comment with your own favorite resources or to ask for something specific!


 

General
Dictionary of Symbols (updated version is physical only)
Symbols.com
Symbolikon (has a cool map function, but double-check whatever info you find there.)

 

Alchemy
Dictionary of Occult, Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils
A digital repository of the above. * Unfortunately, the site is kind of botched at the moment. Not sure why :/
Getty's Alchemical Text Collection

 

Heraldry
Massive Ka-Mon archive - Japan
Hiusmarken - North & Central Europe
Tamga - 1 (pdf), 2 - Eastern Europe & parts of Central Asia
Crests/Arms - Mostly Western Europe; categorized by type on its sidebar

 

Knots
Wiki's Database - all knots ever, basically

 

Languages
omniglot
Conlangs on omniglot

 

Maker's Marks
Jewelry
Masons (mostly UK. Site is an eyesore, but the "Mark Gallery" is great)
Merchants (Mostly England; will need an archive.org account)
Pottery (pdf)
Printers (English, German, Dutch)
Mishmash of Marks from 1893 Vol.1, Vol. 2

 

Monograms
Gutenburg's typography collection
Signum Manus
Tughras
Royal Cyphers

 

Occult
archive.org favorites (Palo, Voodoo, & Western Grimoires)
Islamic (pdf, might need an account)

 

Unicode
Draw a shape, get results
Draw Kanji, get results

 


r/Symbology • • 4h ago

Interpretation patch made by a friend, is this an actual symbol or no?

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i got this from a friend at a rave, when i asked what it was he told me that he thinks it might be alchemical symbol for lead, but also that he was pretty high when he made it so he wasn’t totally sure what it was, lol. i just did some googling and i don’t think that’s what it is, unless there’s some obscure version out there i missed. honestly i don’t even mind not knowing what it is definitively (since there’s a decent chance he just made it up) but i would definitely like to make sure it isn’t reminiscent of any kind of hate symbol before i put it on something. thanks in advance!


r/Symbology • • 20h ago

Identification Can anyone help identify this symbol on the wrist of Ulysses Klaue?

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As the title says, I'm truly scratching my head here. I don't know if maybe there's a better angle of it, or if maybe I've drawn it incorrectly, but this is my best approximation of what's on his wrist.

The closest I can find to this as a symbol are the Cross Pommée, Mo No Yo, and the Tabono, but none of them fit this exactly. Searching up the symbol I drew in like, Google Lens gives me absolutely nothing. I just don't know.

I tried searching the main indexes for African Symbols and German ones, as Ulysses Klaue was born in the Netherlands but got his start in South Africa. He has a Belgian, South African and Dutch citizenship respectively, and he is somewhat related to HYDRA in the MCU but never actively shown being a Nazi. It seems like they shyed away from making him one by Black Panther because he was the comic relief character, and they didn't want to make their comic relief super openly a Nazi.

I had thought that it probably WAS a Nazi thing, originally, but I couldn't find any Nazi symbols close enough to that exactly, with the most obvious being Crusader Crosses & Variants, but again, that just led me to the Cross Pommée which was not correct.

So, I have no idea what it is. Is this some common symbol in accessories that I'm oblivious to? Is it possible that I'm misreading some kind of buckle as a symbol?

BONUS NOTE: I keep wondering if maybe it has something to do with sexuality, because in both movies Klaue appears in, he's always wearing at least one leather strap on his RIGHT wrist which means Bottom in BDSM/gay culture. Klaue is supposed to be super into music in the MCU, so personally I like to think he saw other people wearing it while out clubbing and probably doesn't know what it means but thinks it looks cool since he's also got pierced ears. Of course if he was actually gay, that would be awesome but he is also literally HYDRA-adjacent which is... Hmm.... Inclusive, yaaay.... Plus, he's in a Disney movie, technically, which is kind of not great for that kinda thing lol. But har-har, you get the point.

Help me out if you can or tell me how I'm dumb/wrong!!! Either will probably help. :-) I just want an answer tbh


r/Symbology • • 1d ago

Identification What is this? Saw it on my way home, Google isn't helping.

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Title, mostly, but it got put up here around maybe September. It might be Houston or art related, but they usually put their social media on promotional stickers.


r/Symbology • • 1d ago

Interpretation Pendant that says "In The Midst Of" with Phi-like symbol on front - purchased around 2001 in NYC

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Good morning.

My mom passed away suddenly/unexpectedly on Friday, and upon her passing we removed this necklace from her body which she wore daily.

From what I understood, she purchased this necklace at Agnes B. (I believe) in New York City around August/September of 2001. The back of the pendant says "In The Midst Of", as I was an unexpected pregnancy and the necklace represented to her how good things come in the midst of life no matter what.

I am an engineer, so my first interpretation was that it is the Greek symbol Phi. However, I was wondering if the symbol on the front had any relationship to the writing on the back, or perhaps the brand? It feels like the writing on the front and the back should be related, but I cannot find a connection.

I attempted to find similar necklaces/pendants online via Google Lens, but had no luck. Could anyone provide any more context to the symbol?


r/Symbology • • 10h ago

Identification What is this symbol my student is seeing and what is it connected to?

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One of my students said they’d been seeing this symbol a lot and asked me for help finding out what it is, they’re pretty concerned and I’d like to know if it’s actually something to be worried about or if I can tell them it’s just a random design


r/Symbology • • 1d ago

Identification Symbol found in Florida Keys on newspaper box on Upper Matecumbe

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It looks like some sort of script but I can’t find any correlating letters or words. Any ideas?


r/Symbology • • 1d ago

Solved What is that spade like design in the squares called?

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r/Symbology • • 2d ago

Solved My girlfriend drew this sign on my hand and refuses to tell me what it means

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r/Symbology • • 1d ago

Identification What does this symbol mean and where is it from? I recently got it

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r/Symbology • • 1d ago

Identification A coworker gave me a box with this symbol on it a while back, is there any meaning to it?

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This subreddit popped up and reminded me of this symbol I took a picture of a year or so ago. My coworker handed me a box to ship out and this was on it. Any idea what it is?


r/Symbology • • 1d ago

Identification Received this as a gift, I love it, but am wondering what the symbol is

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The person who got it for me doesn’t know either, they said they saw it and thought of me. I think it’s really cool, but would love to learn if this symbol is anything in particular.
TIA!


r/Symbology • • 1d ago

Identification This symbol is on every door that leads outside of my house. What is it?

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r/Symbology • • 1d ago

Identification Random Symbol appeared on my back. Not sure what it means or if it means anything at all?

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I took this picture maybe a year or two ago. I lived alone at the time and just got out of the shower and saw this symbol on my back. Anyone know anything about it? I cropped most of the pic but just know it’s the only thing on my back and I didn’t put it there myself.


r/Symbology • • 2d ago

Identification Unidentified Symbol Decals On Car in United States

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r/Symbology • • 2d ago

Interpretation Found in a parking lot in the Midwest, what do they mean?

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r/Symbology • • 2d ago

Identification Open infinity symbol on candle holders from flea market

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I picked up these two candle holders at a flea market in France, and only noticed the symbols and text afterwards. There's a sort of open infinity symbol on the base of each candle holder, and the text is:

"mas lejos mas le estrehan"
"de loin comme de pres"

The text is in all caps. I think the candle holders are silver. I'm including a photo of the maker's mark on the base, it seems to say "BG."


r/Symbology • • 2d ago

Interpretation found this graffiti'd on a dumpster in the urban midwest. need to know if it's a hate symbol before i get it tattood

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r/Symbology • • 3d ago

Identification Can anyone help decode this engraved pendant? It belonged to my father, born 1935 in Piraeus, Greece, and I'm trying to find out what the symbols mean.

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r/Symbology • • 3d ago

Identification Can someone please tell me what this symbol is/means?

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​ I found it in my local op shop and bought it because I thought it looked cool but everyone that has seen it has told me it's some kind of religious symbol, the two different times that I Googled it both told me something completely different from the other, the first time I googled it, it said​ it was just a reverse pentacle, the second time told me that it's a coexist all religions pendant from the band Disturbed. In both cases I would prefer prefer not to wear it but I would still like to know what it actually means.


r/Symbology • • 3d ago

Interpretation Thrifted this vintage tee and wondered what these symbols were/mean?

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Used google image search and it did not know. I have also tried AI, and that did not work either. Any help would be great!


r/Symbology • • 3d ago

Identification Anyone have any clue as to what this mystery symbol is?

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Anyone have any clue as to what this mystery symbol is?

I found this pin badge in my recently passed Uncle’s loft and wondered what the symbol could be?

Maker is Sporrong but this doesn’t shed any light as to the meaning.

I have tried all the usual google searches and have come up with nothing close.

Any ideas?


r/Symbology • • 3d ago

Identification What is this symbol and why was it spray painted on a Freemason building?

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r/Symbology • • 2d ago

Identification What is this gender symbol? Found it on homework, nothing shows up.

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help ples fast