The Religious Purpose of the Early Pictish Symbol Stones

The Religious Purpose of the Early Pictish Symbol Stones

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Please Register or Login" align="left">[/url]</p>. Norman Penny writes: This article follows on from an active debate in the forum, Pictish Symbol Stones have proved a very popular subject! My focus is the early incised Stones, interpretation of the symbols and their pre-Christian religious context.  With Christianity, Stones with relief carved crosses and objects from biblical stories were introduced. However earlier symbols continued, suggesting a transition between beliefs – (a topic for a separate article.)   

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Hi, You glad you're interested in the Picts! I have a blog you may find interesting regarding the symbol stones.

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I am of the view that current theories are largely inadequate and are not evidentially based. My own ideas are that the symbols relate to an astrological/divination system, where pairs of symbols indicate particular events in the night sky which could be auspicious or inauspicious depending on the context of the stone. The additonal comb and mirror symbols are, in my opinion, divination symbols (both of these appear in divinational symbols in cultures across Europe and Asia). Astrological systems

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