emblem meaning

asqwzx · Conscript Joined: Apr 30, 2005 Posts: 166

i have bean looking at FMA and i was wondering if anyone knew the meaning of the cross and the snake witch is the emblem Ed have. All i know is that Nicolas Flamel had it on his grave (first of the second line) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamel

so if anyone could explain it to me i would be grateful.

Kimmie-chan · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:29 am Post subject:

I think this is more of an Anime General topic rather then a General Disccusion topic...

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red255 · Jikan Samurai Joined: Mar 13, 2007 Posts: 923

so what you are asking about medivel alchemy symbols?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flamel-figures.png

Does it really matter... I mean the guy died and never made gold from something or such.

Glancing at it he incorporated alot of old-time biblical and witchcraft type symbols... seeing alot of Christian god symbols and snakes and the like.

The snake on the cross reminds me of hmm, probably trying to drain life from the christian god for immortality. Which obviously failed, as he died.

but look into witchcraft and christianity and try to figure out what they mean, I personally don't think it matters much as they are.... off.

They meant something to him, but really I don't see much significance to the figures as they are. You won't get much use out of those symbols. still the snake on the cross IS close enough that I'll look at them a tad more.

xenocrisis0153 · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:13 pm Post subject:

it could be an early rendition of the Meducious (sp?), which is the symbol of medical science.

or similarly... The Star of Life:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Star_of_life2.svg

EDIT... oh, the answer to your question can be found right in that wiki-entry you linked. In the references section, there's an external link that brings you here:

http://www.levity.com/alchemy/flam_h0.html
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red255 · Jikan Samurai Joined: Mar 13, 2007 Posts: 923

"He told me that the first portrait represented Time, which devoured all; and that according to the number of the six written leaves, there was required the space of six years, to perfect the Stone"

Beyond that I only find descriptions of the pictures.

xenocrisis0153 · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:47 am Post subject:

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