Ashta Laxmi encompasses eight manifestations of Goddess Lakshmi, symbolizing blessings such as wealth, food, courage, strength, and good fortune. These forms of Lakshmi—Adi, Dhana, Dhanya, Gaja ...

The swastika symbol dates back 15,000 years, and to many represents good fortune and luck. But Hitler's Nazis turned it into a sign of hate and evil.

How to show a heart — the universal symbol of love — has shifted on the internet over the years, driven by new technology. Skip to content Skip to site index.

The use of the watermelon as a Palestinian symbol is not new. It first emerged after the Six-Day War in 1967, when Israel seized control of the West Bank and Gaza, and annexed East Jerusalem.

The use of the recycling symbol—the familiar three chasing arrows—constitutes a misrepresentation of claims, says the EPA.

Chinese protesters have turned to blank sheets of paper to express their anger over COVID-19 restrictions in a rare, widespread outpouring of public dissent that has gone beyond social media to ...

Across the world, the black-and-white keffiyeh head scarf has become an emblem of solidarity with the Palestinian cause as war rages between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza. It has also become ...

Once a Symbol of China’s Growth, Now a Sign of a Housing Crisis. Nanchang’s skyscrapers represented urban transformation, but the city added apartments faster than its population grew.

HISTORIANS of mathematics attribute the first use of the cross x as a symbol for multiplication to William Oughtred (“Clavis Mathematicae”, London, 1631). See W. W. R. Ball's “Short Account ...

It’s the ultimate sex symbol. Here’s where the pineapple’s symbolic roots stem from, and how the fruit become the icon of hookup culture worldwide.

How the Sparkles Emoji Became the Symbol of Our AI Future Companies including Google, Slack and Spotify picked the same icon thanks to Silicon Valley’s ‘hive mind’ Emil Lendof/WSJ, iStock ...

The word pride has shifted over the millennia, from being first used to describe one of the seven deadly sins in Roman Catholic theology to becoming a global symbol for LGBTQ strength and empowerment.