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That Ankh Thing Ankh \Ankh\, n. [Egypt.] (Egypt. Arch[ae]ol.) A tau cross with a loop at the top, used as an attribute or sacred emblem, symbolizing generation or enduring life. Called also crux ansata. …This cross with a loop is called an “ankh” – and it’s what my grandaddy would have called a “heathen symbol”. It means well, life and goodness and love and so forth. But specifically it means sex, it’s an ancient Egyptian symbol for the generative forces, both male and female. It’s no accident that the loop looks something like a vulva and that the rest of the design could be interpreted as a male symbol. The way it’s used now – among people my age, people the age you have become – is… well, a wife could give it to her husband, or a husband could give a smaller one to his wife. Or they might not be married – but it always means sexual love – flatly and no nonsense about it. (Thought you might find this interesting, dear.) |
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