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Part 1
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ASTRAL
SYMBOLS
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Solar symbol.
Ceramic vase. 2nd
millennium BC.
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Solar symbol.
Ceramic vase. 2nd
millennium BC.
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Solar symbols:
Solar Rings and Spirals.
Bronze belt. 2nd
millennium BC
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Solar symbols
Zoomorphic
animals in the Solar Ring surrounded by the spirals
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Solar Symbol.
(Spiral)
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Solar symbol
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Solar symbol
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Magic signs
(Solar rings; Bull
– one of the symbols of Solar Cult)
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Magic sign (Vani)
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Magic signs
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Rider
(Buckle. Bronze Age)
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Magic signs
Solar symbols on
the body of a mythical animal.
Bronze belt from Trialeti.
Bronze belt. 2nd
millennium BC
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Magic signs
(Solar rings and
parallel lines on a bronze axe of Kobani type)
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Talisman with
Solar rings
(Bronze Age)
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Talisman with
Solar rings
(Bronze Age)
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Magic sign
(Spiral)
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Magic sign
(Spiral. Armazi stone)
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Magic sign
(Solar symbol)
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Magic sign
(Solar symbol)
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Cross in a ring
(Enguri. Bronze Age)
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Magic Sign (Solar
symbol)
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Dragon (Bracelet,
Bronze Age)
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ТОТЕM SYMBOLS
Wolf (Gveri. Bronze axes of Colchian
and Kobani types)
Wolf (Gveri. Bronze axes of Colchian
and Kobani types)
SYMBOLS
OF SOLAR AND LUNAR DEITIES
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Lunar Deity
(2nd millennium
BC)
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Solar Lady
(Deity of
fertility and of the solar cycle -
A human figure
with bull head. Colchian coin. 5th
century BC)
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Steed – a symbol
of Solar Cult
(Golden detail of
a saddle.
Akhalgori. 6th
century BC)
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Steed – heavenly
messenger
(Talisman. Bronze
Age)
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Steed
(Solar Cult sign.
Bronze Age)
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Cult horse in
front of an altar
(Bowl from Bori. 11th century)
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Cult horse in front
of an altar
(Bowl from Armazi. 11th century)
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Bull head
Bronze figure
from Kazbegi treasury
(Ca 7th-6th centuries BC)
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Mythical animal
(Male Stag Deer) with Solar symbols
(Bronze Colchian
buckles)
The deer is
attacked by underworld creatures
(6th century BC)
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Bull head
(Colchian coin. 5th century BC)
Lion head.
(Colchian coin. 6th century BC)
Lion.
(Colchian coin. 6th century BC)
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Mythical animal
(Male Stag Deer) with Solar symbols
(Bronze Colchian
buckles)
The deer is
attacked by underworld creatures
(6th century BC)
Lion, gazelle,
bird, tur, snake, wolf, etc.
(Silver bowl from Maikop.
Ca 3rd -2nd millennium BC)
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Birds - the
celestial messengers
(Symbol of power.
Gold. Akhalgori Treasury. 6th century BC)
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Birds - the
celestial messengers
(Akhalgori
Treasury. 6th century BC)
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Zoomorphic
griffin-like animals
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Griffin (Ancient signet ring)
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Snake-eating
griffins
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Cult symbol
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Aries
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Swans
(Silver bowl. Kazbegi treasury. 6th century BC)
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Graphemes – signs
of bricklayers
(Аnalogous to the astral
and magical symbols)
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Symbols on dishes (Dablaghomi)
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Symbols on ceramic objects (Mtskheta)
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Symbols from the chapel of Mtskheta Jvari.
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Symbols from the cathedral of
Mtskheta Jvari.
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Symbols from Ateni Sioni cathedral (7th century)
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Symbols from Akvanebi church (7th century)
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Symbols from
Zguderi church
8. Symbols from Tsromi cathedral (7th century)
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Bul head with cross
(Bolnisi Sioni cathedral. 5th century)
See nelow
(ANALOGIES):
The same bull head with a cross in Lithuanian heraldry
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Peacocks on both
sides of the cross.
(Bolnisi Sioni cathedral. 5th century)
Lions with the
Solar symbol
(Bolnisi Sioni cathedral. 5th century)
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Cross in a ring,
possibly a standard.
(Bolnisi Sioni cathedral. 5th century)
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The Tree of Life
(Bolnisi Sioni cathedral. 5th century)
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Zoroastrian
emblem
(altar and a crescent).
Georgian-Sassanid
coin. 6th century
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Christian symbol.
(a cross combined with a Zoroastrian altar).
Georgian-Sassanid
coin. 6th century
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Deer drinking
from the heavenly source.
(Ateni Sioni cathedral.
7th century)
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Eagle and lion
(Svetitskhoveli cathedral. 11th century)
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Cross composition.
(Symbol of Golgotha. Ateni Sioni cathedral. 7th
century)
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Cult composition
(Solar symbol
with crosses.
Ateni Sioni cathedral. 7th century)
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Symbol of a hand
(Svetitskhoveli cathedral. 11th century)
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Senmurv
(Winged dog. Ateni Sioni cathedral. 7th century)
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Cross of David III Curopalate,
10th century
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Bull head. Svetitskhoveli cathedral. 11th century
The rings around
the bull eyes indicate that this symbol belongs to Solar cult
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Lion with Solar
symbol.
(Svetitskhoveli cathedral. 11th century)
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Cult composition:
pigeons and saltire
(Svetitskhoveli cathedral. 11th century)
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Symbol of winged
time.
(Svetitskhoveli cathedral. 11th century)
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Six-winged angel.
(Svetitskhoveli cathedral. 1029)
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Mythical animals:
griffins, senmurv, lion.
Nikortsminda cathedral, 1014.
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Griffins. Nikortsminda cathedral, 11th century
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Bull. Nikortsminda cathedral, 1014.
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Griffins. Nikortsminda cathedral, 1014.
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Peacocks. Bagrati cathedral, 1003.
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Eagle. Bagrati cathedral, 1003.
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Paskuijee. Georgian
mythical bird similar to Humayun. Nikortsminda cathedral, 1014.
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Syrena mermaid. Bagrati cathedral, 1003.
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Eagle. Bagrati cathedral, 1003.
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Peacocks. Bagrati cathedral, 1003.
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Eagles. Bagrati cathedral, 1003.
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Lion and bull. Oshki monastery, 961.
Peacocks on both
sides of the cross. Патара
Они.
X век.
Griffin. Martvili monastery. 7th century (reconstructed in the 10th century).
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Griffin. Samtavisi cathedral, 11th century.
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Griffin. Khakhuli monastery, 10th century.
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Eagle. Khakhuli monastery, 10th century.
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Lion and bull. Вале. Х
век.
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Cross and Solar
symbol. Usaneti church, 791-802.
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Syrena mermaid. Ceramic vase, 791-802.
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Hare. Zeghani chapel, 6th-7th centuries
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Fish. Coin of Quarquare Atabag. 15th century
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Symbol of a hand.
Hand with chisel. Pocobanerdi, Kisteti
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Cult symbol of a hand.
Signature of Pathriarch-Catholicos Domentian.
10th century.
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Cross and pigeons.
Chabuktita church.
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Cross and pigeons. Chabuktita
church.
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St. Nina cross
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Mythical creature. Sagittarius
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Cross combined with
the Solar symbol.
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Lady-sphynx under Solar sign.
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Christian cult
symbols with strongpagan influence and clearly
seen Solar cult elements.
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Christian cult
composition.
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Rooster. Cult symbol.
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St. George
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Cult symbol (decor)
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St. George
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St. Thevdore (Theodore)
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Deer with the
face of Christ between the antlers
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Lion devours bull
(decor)
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Lion devours deer (decor)
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Winged lion devours
kite (decor)
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Double-headed
eagle (fabric, 10th century)
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Eagles. Heraldic
composition (fabric, 10th century).
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А N А L О G I E
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Hittite cult
composition
Hittite magic signs
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Lion-headed eagle
(Hittite standard)
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Senmurv (Winged dog. Egypt)
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Головы
быков
(Крито-Микенская
культура)
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Winged bull (Emblem
of Mithridates VI of Pontus)
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Hittite symbolic
composition
Hittite
double-headed eagles
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Babylonian cult
composition
(Fish symbolizes
Lunar cult)
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Sumer cross
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Rooster (Persian symbol)
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Magic sign (Babylon)
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Monster (Eagle-man.
Hittite composition)
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Griffin (Bowl of Sumer
King Gudea)
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Hand as a magic
symbol (Egyptian amulet)
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Hand as a magic
symbol (Arabian amulet)
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Bull and bull head with crosses between the horns in the
civic arms of Kaunas (left) and in the arms of Kaunas county (right) in
Lithuania
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