r/Symbology • u/PreacherVan • 11h ago
r/Symbology • u/cyber_dildonics • Aug 22 '19
Meta Frequently Sought Symbols
-Additional Symbols in the Comments-
Worried about a hate symbol? Check the ADL's Hate Symbol Database first.
| Spoked Wheels |
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| Black Sun |
| Helm of Awe |
| "Kolovrat" |
| Vegvísir |
| Contains Circles / is Circle-ish |
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| 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 |
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| Benchmark |
| Sigil of Lucifer |
| Triquetra |
| Triskelion |
| Valknut |
| Masonic Square and Compass |
| Contains Open Shapes / Is an Open Shape |
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| (Most) Futhark Runes |
| Om in various scripts |
| Arrow Utility Signs |
| Contains Closed Shapes / Is a Closed Shape |
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| Leviathan Cross/Sulfur |
| Order of the Eastern Star (appears often on headstones and rings) |
r/Symbology • u/cyber_dildonics • Jul 07 '23
Meta Symbol-Hunting Resources
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Wiki's Database - all knots ever, basically |
| Languages |
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| omniglot |
| Conlangs on omniglot |
| Maker's Marks |
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| 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 |
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| Gutenburg's typography collection |
| Signum Manus |
| Tughras |
| Royal Cyphers |
| Occult |
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| archive.org favorites (Palo, Voodoo, & Western Grimoires) |
| Islamic (pdf, might need an account) |
| Unicode |
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| Draw a shape, get results |
| Draw Kanji, get results |
r/Symbology • u/quesoandcats • 1d ago
Solved Does anyone recognize the symbol on this medallion? It’s about the size of a nickel or a quarter, I found it in my building’s lost and found
r/Symbology • u/No_Object9229 • 1d ago
Identification Got the tarot cards for beginners, the bag has this symbol on it though..what is it?
r/Symbology • u/fodient • 1d ago
Identification What symbol is this. The symbol is on a catholic church stained glass window. Google image says it's about marriage, chatgpt doesn't know.
r/Symbology • u/voluntaryhikikomori • 2d ago
Solved Found a custom iron-on patch, any ideas what it means?
It looks cool and I'd love to wear it, but never fly colors you don't recognize.
r/Symbology • u/Mogley92 • 1d ago
Identification Strange symbol carved in rock In Ohio, Hocking Hills
I took this photo back in 2019 when I went to Hocking Hills State Park. I've always wondered what this symbol meant. My guess is that it's a rune of some kind or maybe something occult.
r/Symbology • u/KaceyEddie • 2d ago
Solved Spotted on a sign in a Polish Park. Seems familiar, and bad.
r/Symbology • u/howdyimvictoria • 3d ago
Solved Arabian horse gravestone from Ohio pet cemetery - can anyone identify these symbols?
I’ve tried looking this up to no avail. Any ideas or resources I can look further into? It may just be a decorative thing but was curious anyway if there was a deeper meaning!
r/Symbology • u/Pining4theFjord • 3d ago
Identification What is significance of the logo on top of the LSU patch? Photo from 1920s.
r/Symbology • u/MiaCrispWard2 • 3d ago
Identification Found this devil symbol on a stone wall of a house in England. Mean anything? There was a dead bird nearby too, perhaps the source of the feathers
r/Symbology • u/schimmelA • 3d ago
Identification Found in the woods in the Netherlands, I believe some eastern europeans refugees are camping nearby
Was walking with my dog in this abandoned recreational park near amsterdam when I saw this carved in a log. We have a bunch of Ukrainian refugees in Amsterdam and I've seen this small group of men a couple of times in the area. So I think they may have have carved this in the tree. Almost nobody comes there as it's hard to find.
r/Symbology • u/Lockedsoul956 • 3d ago
Interpretation Wanna know what this means and what language it might be.
Google images is always telling me some BS lol, so I've come to reddit.
r/Symbology • u/Purple-Chapter-4623 • 3d ago
Interpretation Suitemate response to my note to clean bathroom. Do these symbols mean anything?
galleryr/Symbology • u/infiniti_inevitable • 4d ago
Interpretation Does anyone know what the triangle and symbols means please. TIA
Anyone that has one for sake
r/Symbology • u/1dayvsday1 • 3d ago
Identification A "message" that i can't really understand, symbolism.
Recently I feel like I've been seeing too much "sailing" symbolism... almost as if it was a message for me, I see the t-shirts with the horizontal lines all the time... the other day I went past by a damn kindergarten which was called "sailor" and had babies with the "sailor t-shirts"
The other day I went to church and say a cross that ended in a ⚓ at the bottom...
Then I've been seeing t shirts outside in pther peoeppe with messages... like "keep sailing"
Also I live close to two residential buildings, one is literally called "anchor" and the other one "tide" but they will built years apart and they aren't connected... pure coincidence.
Wtf is this, what should i get from this?
r/Symbology • u/Unlikely-Simple1472 • 4d ago
Identification I saw this symbol on a man’s silver chain, what is it?
r/Symbology • u/Llamaskins • 4d ago
Interpretation What do these engravings mean? Located in a church garden, England with no explanation
r/Symbology • u/jfarm47 • 5d ago
Identification Does this emblem lapel pin from a thrifted coat mean anything?
r/Symbology • u/OneLittleThingLOA • 4d ago
Interpretation I keep dreaming about this symbol but I’ve never seen it before
For some reason this symbol keeps coming up in my dreams. Once it was carved into a tree and another time I saw it drawn on a piece of paper on my deceased grandmother’s table. I can’t find anything like it when I do an image search, but does anyone know what it might be?
r/Symbology • u/alwayswiddit • 4d ago
Interpretation Musk’s belt Combined symbols do you see anything else?
We always have to look at the people that are in front of our eyes and the symbols they display this one I’m starting to dive into
r/Symbology • u/I_Was77 • 5d ago
Interpretation Just wondering why this masonic lodge has this symbol on the front window..
r/Symbology • u/LydiaOHara • 5d ago
Identification Bird like symbol in Catholic Church, seen in Columbian film Our Lady of the Assassins. What is it?
r/Symbology • u/PericlodGD • 6d ago
Interpretation patch made by a friend, is this an actual symbol or no?
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!