Your Guide to religious Imagery and Symbolism

By Jennifer Emick, About.com Guide to Alternative Religions

Religious symbols and images, including an in-depth encyclopedia of religious symbols and imagery, plus hundreds of galleries of gods, goddesses, religious and mystical rites, mythical creatures, and much more.

1. Image Galleries
2. Religious Symbols

Image Galleries

Image galleries representing the gamut of alternative spiritual traditions, including images of ritual and worship, symbolism, temples and ritual spaces, gods and goddesses, and many more.

• Gods and Goddesses
• Faces of Death
• Occult Images, Art
• Mythological Creatures
• Religious Tattoo Art

Religious Symbols

A thnorough exploration of Religious and spiritualsymbolism, beginning with our visual encyclopedia of symbols, and including essays on symbolism, the deeper meanings of symbols, religious symbolism in pop culture, and more.

• A Visual Glossary of Religious Symbols
• Symbol Finder
• Celtic Symbols

• Egyptian Symbols
• The Pentagram
• The Tree of Life