Cross of Nero ? Who was the first to use this term ?

Answer 1

Nero was a sneaky dude. Had a lot of hostilities and used them to his advantage. The symbol you speak of comes from the Archaic Etruscan alphabet around the 7th century BC. It represents the sound kh. This alphabet traveled around and found itself in Hungary. (It also found itself being used by the Norse, Celtic and Germanic tribes, and became known as the futhark.) When Istvan the first Christian king of Hungary came to power he banned this alphabet and all pre-Christian writings were destroyed. Rome, being the empire it was, was deteriorating, but Nero chose this letter (symbol) to antagonize the Christians. When used upright by the Norse, Celts, Germans, it was a symbol of sedges protecting wildlife from the hunter. Upsidedown represented harvest, the cutting down of the sedge and harvesting the wildlife for drying into jerky over the winter. A time of peace as most northern nations and tribes did not engage in warfare during the snow season. It was a time of peace and survival. We know this letter today as the "Peace Symbol".

The second source below states that Nero had a cross made in the form of an upsidedown "V" and crucified Peter on it, head down. This from a person known as NESTORIUS THE SYRIAN, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE in 428-431 A.D. This seems to be the first written account of the "Cross of Nero." According to the third source he was declared a heretic in 431 A.D. The same year he died.

Most symbols have been used for communication and transfering information quickly, some symbols have been formed from letters of a banned alphabet to prove that it is occult (hidden and unseen) and therefore evil. Good Luck, Hope this helps.