Meaning of crux ansata | Babel Free

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Synonym of ankh.

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“The well-known T-shaped cross was in use⟳ in pagan lands long before Christianity, as a representation of the male member, and also at the same time of the 'tree' on which the god (Attis or Adonis or Krishna or whoever it might be) was crucified; and the same symbol combined with the oval (or yoni) formed the Crux Ansata ☥ of the old Egyptian ritual - a figure⟳ which is to-day sold in Cairo as a potent charm, and confessedly indicates the conjunction of the two sexes in one design⟳.”

“The Egyptian crux ansata, common on Egyptian monuments and other memorials, is considered by some authorities as a triple phallus.”

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