Symbol

===Historical meaning===
The history of a symbol is one of many factors in determining a particular symbol's apparent meaning. Consequently, symbols with emotive power carry problems analogous to [[false etymologies]].<ref>
Compare:
{{cite book
 | last1 = Basso
 | first1 = Michele
 | title = Eschatological symbolism in the Vatican Necropolis
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-qovAQAAIAAJ
 | publisher = Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana
 | date = 1982
 | page = 700
 | access-date = 2019-01-05
 | quote = In a late period the Greeks made [Pan] the incarnation of All (giving a false etymology to his name, which is really connected with the pastures), that is to say, the universe. 
}}
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