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._