Symbolic Mythological Objects for Egyptian and Indian Cultures

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Symbolic Mythological Objects for Egyptian and
Indian Cultures
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Egyptian Symbolic Mythological Objects
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Symbolic Egyptian Colors

• Green
• vegetation and new life.
• Red
• Color of life and of victory.
• White
• suggested omnipotence and purity
• Black
• Symbol of death and night
• Yellow
• Qualities of being imperishable, eternal and
  indestructible
• Blue
• Symbolic of sky and water

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The white space inside the ankh represents purity
while the ankh itself is black and represents
death and night.
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The Ankh

• Origins of the Ankh are not clear
• Meaning is clearly life
• May represent Air and Water
• One of the most familiar symbols in Egyptian
  mythology
• Resembles a Christian cross
• Sexual Symbolism

What Is The Ankh? An Egyptian cross symbolizing
a mythical eternal life, rebirth, and the
life-giving power of the sun, and symbolic
representation of both Physical and Eternal life.
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• Symbol of sunrise
• Loop is the sun
• Crossbar is the horizon
• Vertical section is the path of the sun
• Sexual Symbolism
• circle at the top represents the female sexual
  organ
• the stump at the bottom the male organ
• the crossed line, the children of the union.

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The Eye of Horus (udjat, wadjet)

• Usually, it is the right eye shown
• This is probably because of another myth that
  says that the sun and the moon were the right
  (sun) and left (moon) eyes of the Sky god
• the sun is seen as more powerful.

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Meaning of The Eye of Horus

• this eye is a symbol of the god Horus as both the
  son of Osiris and Isis and as the sun-god.
• Each piece of the eye can be seen as representing
  a fraction of the descending geometric series
  1/2, 1/4, 1/8, etc., put together they make 63/64
  or approximately 1.

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The All Seeing Eye

• a single human eye surrounded by radiating beams
  of light
• found in many eras and cultures
• It is generally a symbol of the watchful and
  protective power of the Supreme Being
• especially when that entity is considered in a
  solar or heavenly context.

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The all Seeing Eye Is

• By Most
• A universal symbol representing spiritual sight,
  inner vision, higher knowledge, insight
• By Some
• Believed to be the eye of Lucifer and those who 
  claim control of it have control of world
  finances.
• Used in divination.  Hexes, curses, psychic
  control and all corruption are worked through
  this  emblem.

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Indian Symbolic Mythological Objects
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The Sacrificial Fire

• Almost most of the Indian religions worship fire
  as a benevolent element.
• Every function, ceremony, or worship starts with
  the worship of the fire in some form or the
  other.
• Scientists have established that performing a
  small domestic fire worship with ghee and other
  specified ingredients produces purifying gases
  which boost up the spirit of the performer and
  the surroundings.

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Deepam or Lamp

• the purest of the pure because it consumes all
  impurities but yet remains pure by itself.
• saucer like container, filled with ghee or butter
  with a twisted cotton tape immersed in it.
• The cotton tape keeps sucking the ghee to yield a
  cool bright light, a flame.

• In nature the flame is considered to be the
  source of infinite energy of positive currents.
• If even number of lamps is kept side by side,
  they cancel each others radiation and become
  harmful. This explains the use of odd number of
  lamps for worship.

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Tree Worship

• Trees are considered to be friends of man as they
  provide him shelter, food, fuel, and oxygen for
  good living.
• In the Rigveda and the Atharveda some trees are
  deified, as Vriksha Devta which are considered
  to be holy and the people ought to worship them
• It is said that Gods and the souls of pious
  ancestors rest on the branches of the Pipal tree
  and so it is not a domestic tree, instead it is
  grown in temples and inns where people come to
  worship.
• The Pineal glands secretions of humans make
  their brains alert and alive. The chemical found
  in this secretion is also found in the Pipals
  juice according to scientists

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Tree Worship

• The Banyan tree is of specialty because it sends
  sap from above to the earth.
• Another tree is the Asoka tree which is known to
  relieve the worries of the persons sitting under
  its shade.
• The Hindus also worship the Kadam tree, because
  Shree Krishna used to sit and play under this
  tree.
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Tulsi Worship

• According to popular Indian belief, Wherever
  Tulsi is planted, the place becomes sanctified
• In India, the Tulsi is regarded as the
• most sacred plant.
• According to scientists the place
• containing tulsi plant becomes pollution
• free. The oil of the leaves is capable of
• destroying bacteria and insects.

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Lotus Flower

• It is mentioned in all the Hindu scriptures
  because it is very sacred to the Gods.
• God Brahma and Buddha are shown seated on a
  Lotus flower.
• Lord Vishnu holds a lotus in one of his hands and
  Goddess Lakshmi also holds a Lotus flower.

• The Lotus is a symbol of detachment from
  surroundings, be it good or bad.

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Lotus Flower

• Been used in some architecture
• The lotus blooms with the morning light and
  closes its petals when the sun goes down.
• accepted lotus as a unique symbol of unfolding
  the spiritual qualities of man with the light.

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Rudraksha Mala

• Rudraksha is the seed of a fruit of a rare
  species of a tree found in Karnataka and in the
  Konkan area.
• It has a beneficial property of attracting
  healthy vibrations and so saints and rishis wear
  them as necklaces.
• The Lord Shiva is also found to wear one such
  thing in his neck.
• Rudraksha seeds are not supposed to be rubbed
  often   because then they lose their charm
  properties.

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Kalash

• According to Indian mythology, The mouth of the
  Kalash represents Vishnu
• The throat - Lord Shiva
• Lord Brahma is the base
• At the belly all Goddesses
• In India, on most of the ceremonial occasions, a
  pot filled with clean water, with fresh mango or
  betel leaves placed at the mouth and a coconut
  placed on top is kept near the entrance.

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Conch Shells

• The Conch Shell or Shankh was obtained as a gift
  from the ocean
• The spiral formation inside the conch -shell is
  symbolic of infinite space.
• All naturally occurring conch shells yield cosmic
  sounds, which can be heard by holding the shell
  close to ones ears.