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ASPS _Intelligence_.
BAT WITH A RING IN ITS CLAWS _Duration_.
BEE _Immortality_.
BEETLE _Earthly life and the development of man in the future state._
BLOSSOM _Life_.
BOAT _Serene spirit gliding upon the waters._
BULL _Source of life._
b.u.t.tERFLY _Soul._
CARTOUCHE _Eternity._
CRESCENT _Celestial virgin._
CROCODILE _Beneficent Deity._
DOVE _Love; mourning of a widow._
EAGLE _Creation; preservation; destruction; power._
EGG _Life._
EYE OF OSIRIS _Eye of the Eternal Judge over all._
FEATHER OF AN OSTRICH _Truth; justice. (The ostrich itself does not appear In Egyptian art.)_
FEATHERS OF RARE BIRDS _Sovereignty._
FROG _Renewed birth._
HAWK _Power._
IBIS _Usefulness; the heart._
LIZARD _Divine wisdom._
LOTUS _The Sun; creation; resurrection._
NILE KEY _Life._
PALM TREE _Immortality; longevity._
PAPYRUS _Food for mind and body._
PINE CONE _Fire._
POMEGRANATE _Life._
ROSETTE _A lotus motive._
SAIL OF A VESSEL _Breath; the belief that the soul is inactive and worthless until revived by the breath of the mind._
SCARABaeUS _Immortality; resurrection; a ruling providence._
SOLAR DISK WITH SERPENTS _Royalty._
SPHINX _Beneficent Being._
STAFF IN THE HANDS OF THE G.o.dS _Purity._
SUN _Deity; life._
VIPER _Power._
WHEEL _Deity._
ZIGZAG _Water._
INDIAN SYMBOLS
a.s.s _Humility; austerity._
BANIAN OR BURR TREE _Deity (because of its outstretched branches and overshadowing beneficence)._
b.u.t.tERFLY _Beneficence of Summer._
FYLFOT CROSS OF BUDDHISM _Auspiciousness._
KNOT AND FLOWER DESIGN _Divine bounty and power._
SERPENT _Desire._
j.a.pANESE SYMBOLS
PINE TREES _Long life._
STORKS _Long life._
TORTOISES _Long life._
