RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM

:''See also: Gallery of religious symbols''
'Religious symbolism' is the use of symbols, including archetypes, acts, artwork, events, or natural phenomena, by a religion. Religions view religious texts, rituals, and works of art as symbols of compelling ideas or ideals. The symbols helps create a resonant mythos that expresses the moral values of the society, the teachings of the religion, creates a sense of solidarity between religious adherents, or functions as a way to bring an adherent closer to their god or gods.
The study of religious symbols is either universalist, as a component of comparative religion and mythology, or in localized scope, within the confines of a religion's limits and boundaries.

Religion or philosophy	Symbol
'Ayyavazhi'	★ Lotus Carrying Namam
'Bahá'í Faith'	★ Nine Pointed Star
'Buddhism'	★ Wheel of Dharma ★ Lotus Flower
'Christianity'	★ Ichthys (fish) ★ Christian cross ★ Patriarchal cross
'Ethnic religions, Polytheistic reconstructionism Paganism, Neopaganism, Fetishism'	★ Hands of God ★ Mjolnir (Thor's Hammer) ★ Pentagram ★ Sun cross
'Gnosticism'	★ Sun cross (also a symbol of neopaganism) ★ Ouroboros (also a symbol of Alchemy and Hermeticism)
'Humanism'	★ Happy Human
'Hinduism'	★ Omkar (Aum) ★ Lotus Flower ★ Swastika
'Islam'	★ Kalima/Shahadah ★ Star and crescent (Ottoman symbol)
'Jainism'	★ Swastika
'Judaism'	★ Star of David
'Slavic neopaganism'	★ Hands of God
'Sikhism'	★ Khanda
'Shintō'	★ Torii
'Southeastern Ceremonial Complex'	★ Solar cross
'Taoism (Daoism)'	★ Yin and yang (Taiji)
'Thelema'	★ Unicursal Hexagram
'Universal Sufism'	★ "Tughra Inayati"
'Unitarian Universalism'	★ Flaming chalice
'Zoroastrianism'	★ Faravahar

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See also

★ Eye of Providence

★ Heart in Hand

External links

★ A Religious Symbol Dictionary

★ Available Emblems of Belief for Placement on Government Headstones and Markers from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs