Crux ansata

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of ankh.

    "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."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin crux ansāta, from crux (“cross”) + ansātus (“handled; having handles”).

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