Ankh (Crux ansata, Key of Life, Key of the Nile , “cross with a handle” or مفتاح الحياة )
The ankh is an ancient Egyptian symbol of life.
the ankh represents fertility and creative power. The top loop
also symbolizes the sun on the horizon, and suggests reincarnation and rebirth. The ankh appears frequently in Egyptian writings about rebirth.
The Egyptian gods are often carrying it by its loop, or bearing one in each hand, arms crossed over their chest. The ankh appears in hand or in proximity of almost every deity in the Egyptian pantheon (including Pharaohs).
The
horizontal and vertical bars of the lower tau cross represent the
feminine and masculine energy, respectively. This combination of male
and female symbols (the cross and circle)
The
symbol was adopted by Coptic Christians, especially Gnostic sects, to
symbolize the resurrection of Christ and the heavenly marriage. The ankh
was an earlier form of the cross than the better known “Latin” cross.
The symbol became popular again in New Age mysticism in 1960s.
– You can write the Ankh in Unicode by two characters encoding the symbol, U+2625 ☥ in the Miscellaneous Symbols block and U+132F9 ? in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block.
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