象徴するもの

The Ancient Ankh, Symbol of Life 　by Taylor Ray Ellison
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/ankh.htm(神々がアンクをもつ図も多く必見)

The Ankh was, for the ancient Egyptians,
the symbol (the actual Hieroglyphic 　sign) of life but
it is an enduring icon that remains with us even today as a Christian cross.
クリスチャンの十字架として残る
※十字架
SUN DISC TO CRUCIFIX THE CROSS A short illustrated history

The Papyrus of Ani（the British Museu）
In this image, taken from the Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum, London, UK;
note that the platform upon which the Djedankhra device is resting is floating above ground level. http://web.org.uk/djed/3.html

Wolfhart Westendorf felt it was associated with the tyet emblem, or the "knot of Isis"
＝both were ties for ceremonial girdles
Wolfhart Westendorf はチェトあるいはイシスの結び目と関連があるとした

the Knot of Aset, the tet, or tyet, which has its own story:
it resembles the ankh, but its "arms" are bent down.
It is likened to the knot in the girdle that gods sometimes can be seen wearing.
It has been connected to Aset only in later days, the original meaning having been lost through time.
http://www.philae.nu/philae/aspects.html

Ancient Creation Stories told by the Numbersby H. Peter Aleff
The "Shen-Ring" of "eternity" and "infinity" was made from
a doubled rope with its ends tied into a straight tangent line.
Its elongated version at right is the protective "Cartouche" around royal names into which
the Shen-Ring evolved to accommodate the length of these.
http://www.recoveredscience.com/const104shenring1.htm

It is also known as the Key of the Nile, representing the union of Isis and Osiris.
It is said that this mystic union would initiate the annual flooding of the Nile,
providing Egypt with her various means to survive.
The meaning of the ankh as womb, thus fertility and reproduction,
is well-illustrated in this particular legend.
神秘的な結合が、ナイル川の毎年の氾濫を始める
子宮としてのアンクの意味＝肥沃および再生の伝説
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/shades/egypt/ankh.htm

Thereare symbols in antiquity like unto the Roman cross figure that have no connection to the Roman use.
It was a symbol denoting blessings from Aton the sun god upon the Pharaohs. The ankh is in the shape of our modern *T* with a loop attached at the top
to wear around the wrist or to hold in the hand by the staff as seen left.
Scholars believe the ankh may also symbolize the male and female genitalia of Osiris and Isis
as all life was thought to be generated from the union of the two.
http://jesus-messiah.com/apologetics/jewish/cross-hate.html

In the shape of a mirror or a knot, the ankh is a symbol of life.
It was often carried by deities or people in a funeral procession,
or offered to the king as the breath of life.
http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcgov5e.html

It is usually held to the nose of the deceased king by the Gods torepresent
the breath of life given in the after-world.
The Ankh also resembles a key and is considered the key to eternal life after death.
死んだ王の鼻に神が向けていて、 死後の生の息吹をあたえている
The Ankh is defined as: The symbolic representation of both Physical and Eternal life.
It is known as the original cross,
which is a powerful symbol that was first created by Africans in Ancient Egypt.
http://www.swagga.com/ankh.htm(必見のサイト）