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Kemetic and other African Symbols

Kemetic and other African Symbols. The Ankh. It symbolizes “life” Represents the unification of masculine and feminine forces of the universe and the creation of new life Oval = womb Vertical bar = phallus (ding ding ) Horizontal bar = new life. Eye of Heru. What’s it mean?. Falcon.

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Kemetic and other African Symbols

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  1. Kemetic and other African Symbols

  2. The Ankh • It symbolizes “life” • Represents the unification of masculine and feminine forces of the universe and the creation of new life • Oval = womb • Vertical bar = phallus (ding ding) • Horizontal bar = new life

  3. Eye of Heru • What’s it mean?

  4. Falcon • Symbol for sun and light • NetcherHeru represented by falcon and right eye represents sun and sun’s ability, like that of God’s, to be omniscient (all-seeing)

  5. Ibis • Bird that sleeps with head folded beneath wing and forms shape of heart • Seen as seat of soul and true intelligence • Footstep of ibis equal to 1 cubit, a sacred unit of measurement • NetcherDjhuiti portrayed with ibis head and represented divine articulation of speech and intelligence • Greeks called Djhuiti Thoth and Hermes • Romans identified him with Mercury

  6. Scarab • Symbolizes resurrection and immortality of God as represented by sun • Lays its eggs in a ball of dung, which it rolls across the ground in a direction that follows the path of the sun; sun’s heat warms eggs in dung and they undergo a metamorphosis • Ball of dung symbolizes “matter” • Eggs symbolize “spiritual potential” • Newly born scarab symbolizes “spiritual rebirth” • NetcherKheprisymbolizes this transformative quality

  7. Ass (no, not that one) • Stubborn, passionate, and often overburdened • Bears the weight of our suffering, but often refuses to go in the direction we think is best • Symbolizes Netcher Set, who is also reddish, is rebellious, and is often referred to as evil • In Bible • Sampson defeats his enemies with the jawbone of an ass • Christ rides into Jerusalem on an ass

  8. Jackal • Feasts on carrion (dying flesh) at a specific point of decay for it to be of sustenance • Represents “fine judgment” • Represented by NetcherAnpu (Anubis), who is responsible for adjusting the balance of the scale of the heart/soul of deceased at judgment • Anpualso prepares corpse to serve as receptacle for reincarnated spirit before guiding it through the underworld

  9. Hapi • Nile River had NetcherHapi, represented by an elderly man with large, flabby female breasts that symbolized one who had breastfed the entire nation • Probably source of the word “happy”

  10. Sun • Sun represented in various Netcherw according to aspects of sun • Khepri: personification of sun rising; represents rising sun • Ra or Re: most significant sun-Netcher; represented the creative aspect of God; responsible for all creation; self-created and all-powerful • Amen or Amon: personification of sun after setting; hidden from view in underworld; depicted as a man with head and horns of ram (“ram” in the MeduNetcher – later known as hieroglyphics meant “concealment”) • As sun was born each morning in east, all work began on east bank of Nile; as sun died in west, buried dead on west bank of Nile

  11. Some other symbols

  12. Alphabet

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