Symbolism, ritual and folklore a collection of old Australian axes a collection of old Australian axes At least since the axes Neolithic and refined late (battle-axes, taxes, etc) had a religious significance as well and probably indicated the exalt statute of their owner. Certain types almost never show traces of use; the deposits of unshafted of the blades of axe of the average Neolithic era (such as Somerset bubble in Great Britain) could have been of the gifts to the gods.
In Minoan Crete, the double axe (labrys) had a special significance. The double axes go up with the Neolithic era as well. In 1998, a double axe, supplements with a haft thoroughly embellished, was found in the cham-Eslen, canton of Zug, Switzerland. The haft was 120 centimetres length and wrapped in ornamented birch-to bark. The blade of axe is 17.4 centimetres length and made in antigorite, extracted in the Gotthard-sector. The haft passes by a borehole biconical and is attached by holds of tine and the birch-tar. It belongs to the culture early of Cortaillod. In the symbol of ETA, the axe symbolizes the force.
In the symbol of ETA, the axe symbolizes the force. In the Roman fasces, the...