Open Self (Petro-Person)

Open Self (Petro-Person)The symbol for open and light are the same. This symbol occurs in the Southwest of the United States and in some petroglyph panels in the Middle East. This figure personifies openness and the joy of understanding that may come with it.

for joining one cloth or animal hide to another for clothing

Awls were used used mostly for sewing

This figure's entire head is representative of the sun

This figure holds what could be representing a talking stick

A heart which turns war onto itself would have the opposite effect

fortified place

The symbol in the middle is a pot (as in pottery) which means "heart

It can either mean 'up

this way goes up

This figure occurs on a stone with a handful of other figures similar to it

This symbol occurs in the Southwest of the United States and in some petroglyph panels in the Middle-East

the stair-step image can be found in glyphs