Ancient sun art

Predating the New Mexican flag, this sun, according to one source, is a symbol of happiness that appears in the iconography of a number of Native American cultures. I think it's from the historical period as is the handprint to the right. members of the southern plains nations seem to have painted it over what appears to be prehistoric horned dancing figures. (I should probably look at my notes again). As is the case of many historical paintings in Pecos River region, the artist was probably…

The Sun - Ancient Tarot of Lombardy

The one Symbol of the Religion of the Disk — the Sun, with downward rays ending in hands — appeared repeatedly in the pictures and on the reliefs. But it was there only to remind the worshipper that none but the unseen Power within the Sun, the Force symbolised by those “hands”, was worthy of adoration, and to tell him that no form, however perfect, could ever represent It. ~ Savitri Devi, ‘Son of the Sun’, 1946

Form of the ancient symbol of the Mesopotamian sun-god Shamash, with alternate pointy and wavy rays. According to Gods, Demons, and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary by Jeremy Black and Anthony Green (1992, ISBN 0-292-70794-0), p. 168, it occurs "from the Akkadian down to the Neo-Babylonian period", and "The Akkadian names of the symbol were šamšatu andniphu. It was often represented on a pole as a standard."

Wing mirror

Known as the Vergina Sun, the symbol of a stylized sun or star can be found on coins, walls, craters, and visual arts from Ancient Greece.

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God creating the Sun, Moon, and stars

helios aesthetic

Apokalypsis

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Overview of symbols throughout the human history. Including meanings, origins and occurrences of symbols like the Vegvisir, Aegishjalmur, Valknut, bindrunes, petroglyphs, viking symbols, sigils, icelandic staves aka galdrastafir, finno-ugri patterns, slavic symbols and other folk symbols