The symbols in The Gathering by Isobelle Carmody are for/represent:
~ Indian - the stone bowl from the Maritime Museum as The bowl of Healing.
~ Nissa - the rusted sword from the cemetery as The sword of Strength.
~ Danny - the wire and papier mache of the Olympic torch as The torch of Justice.
~ Seth - the telscope from his grandfather as The telescope of Vision. (I think...)
~ Nathaniel - the flat metal disc from The Kracken as The circle of Completion.
I believe they are Hyroglyphics
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we use letters and they use symbols to represent things we use letters and they use symbols to represent things There is no such thing as the Chinese alphabet. Each character has a meaning.
Hieroglyphic
Dog-fidelity lily-purity candle-Christ
There are no overall symbols that represent America. Though each country has their own national symbols.
Gaia's symbols represent nature, the moon, Earth, stars, and trees.
Chemical symbols are used to represent elements.
There are many symbols that represent strength in the tattoo world. Some people get the word strength tattooed, some get tarot cards that represent strength. There are also tribal patterns that represent strength as well as ethnic symbols.
Conventional Symbols are symbols that are used on maps to represent different features.
Conventional Symbols are symbols that are used on maps to represent different features.
They represent royalthy
They represent syllables or words.
Rivers are (comparatively) narrow, oceans are wide.
Flags
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The Cross