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 * Armenian eternity sign

The Armenian eternity sign (also known by other names; as a character: ֍ or ֎) is an ancient Armenian national symbol and a symbol of the national identity of the Armenian people.

Names
In English, the symbol is conventionally known as the "Armenian eternity sign". It has several names in Armenian. The most commonly used ones are հավերժության նշան (haverzhut’yan nshan — "eternity sign"), արևխաչ (arevkhach) or արևախաչ (arevakhach), which literally translates to "sun cross", and is particularly used by Armenian neopagans. Less commonly, it is referred to as հայկական սվաստիկա (haykakan svastika, "Armenian swastika"), վահագնախաչ ("cross of Vahagn", the war deity in pre-Christian Armenia).

Appearance
The Armenian eternity sign is included in the Unicode character set of the Armenian script. The right-facing Armenian eternity (֍) sign is U+058D, while the left-facing (֎) is U+058E. They were were included in Unicode 7.0, when it was released in June 2014. The Armenian National Institute of Standards had suggested encoding an Armenian eternity sign in the Unicode character set in 2010.

Evolution and use
The symbol has pre-Christian (pagan) origins. Ghazarian described it as the most common pre-Christian symbol in Armenia. Today, it is used by Armenian neopagan organizations and their followers. In ancient and medieval Armenian culture, the eternity sign symbolized the concept of everlasting, celestial life. Since the 5th century, it appeared on Armenian steles, later it becomes part of khachkar symbolism. By the 8th century, its use had become a "long established national iconographical practice," and it has kept its meaning until the modern times. Besides being one of the main components of khachkars, it can be found on church walls, gravestones.

In politics


The eternity sign is depicted on the seal of Yerevan, the Armenian capital, along with Mount Ararat.

The eternity sign is depicted on logos of two parliamentary parties: the ruling national conservative Republican Party and the national liberal Heritage Party.

Samvel Sevada, a contemporary Armenian painter, proposed in 2015 to readopt the emblem of Soviet Armenia as the coat of arms of Armenia and replace the communist symbols with an eternity sign and a Christian cross.

In popular culture
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