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Medicine Lady, her medicines, and her patients. Ice Age inscription showing RX symbol. Gönnersdorf, 12,500 BC. Translation: Duncan-Enzmann |
The graphic elements of the
Rx symbol are an oval and a triangle. The eye (an oval) is the widow to the
soul; it is where we see sparkles of health, or the dull reflection of disease.
9,000 BC in Taureg, the shapes of
the medicine symbol were rearranged as an eye with a triangle, denoting healing
and well being. The Iberian symbol from 7500 BC is much like the Gönnersdorf symbol. During
the Atlantic period (5900 -
3750 BC) the Berber culture tattooed a line at the corner of the eye to
symbolize health. The design of the Eye of Horus (3000 BC)
strongly resembles the medicine symbol from
Gönnersdorf. In 350 BC, Greek ships had an eye painted on the prow, symbolizing
the travelers’ desires for health and safe passage. Today the familiar Rx
symbol is evident where medicine’s are made and sold. The graphic elements of
the Gönnersdorf symbol – the
oval and triangle – are identifiable throughout this evolution.
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Detail of Rx.
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Michelle Paula Snyder
Michelle Snyder is a professor of mythology, and an author, publisher, speaker, and artist. She did her post-graduate research at the University of Wales, decoding ancient and prehistoric symbolism, mythology, folklore, and fairy tales. Her artwork has appeared in galleries from Massachusetts to California. Michelle is co-owner of White Knight Studio.
Symbologist Michelle Snyder
Non-Fiction - Symbology:
Symbology: Decoding Symbols through History
Symbology: Fairy Tales Uncovered
Symbology: Art and Symbols
Symbology: Hidden in Plain Sight
Symbology: ReVision
Symbology: World of Symbols
Michelle Paula Snyder
Fiction – Fantasy:
The Fairy Tales: Once Upon a Time Lessons, First Book
Call of the Dragon and other Tales of Wonder
Tears of the Dragon and other Tales of Wonder
Tears of the Dragon and other Tales of Wonder
A Tale of Three Kingdoms, book one: The Lost Unicorn
A Tale of Three Kingdoms, book two The Lost Mermaid
A Tale of Three Kingdoms, book three The Lost Dragon
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