Andrew's Cross - Anderejuji

Japanese: アンデレ十字 - あんでれじゅうじ
Andrew's Cross - Anderejuji

...It is also commonly seen in North and South America, especially in Central America; to the Toltecs it represents the god who distributes water from the heavens; to the Dakota and Navajo of North America it represents the four winds, the sun, and the stars; in Mexico it represents the Tree of Life (or the Cosmic Tree) which is the center of the world; and in China it represents a cross in a square (the Chinese character for rice field) which represents the earth. An Andrew's cross is one in which two lines cross diagonally. (2) A T cross, which is a regular cross with a long lower line and a missing upper line, or a Tau cross (or Antoninian cross) which is the same shape as the Greek letter T (tau).

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Andrew's Cross" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…さらに南北アメリカ,特に中央アメリカで多く見られ,トルテカ族では天水を分配する神,北アメリカのダコタ族,ナバホ族では四方の風,太陽,星など,メキシコでは世界の中心である〈生命の樹〉(または〈宇宙樹〉),中国では四角の中の十字(漢字の田)として大地を象徴したものと考えられる。なお,2本の線が斜めに交差したものをアンデレ十字という。(2)正十字の下方の線が長く,上方の線が欠けているT十字,またはギリシア文字のT(タウ)と同形なのでタウ十字(またはアントニウス十字)とよばれるもの。…

※「アンデレ十字」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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