I'm not asking for a picture symbol.
Just as Zues' symbol is his lighting bolt,
what is Hercules' symbol?
2007-05-05 07:15:42 · 6 answers · asked by pyrokun 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
As a young man Hercules killed a lion with his bare hands. As a trophy of his adventure, he wore the skin of the lion as a cloak and its head as a helmet.
2007-05-05 07:24:24 · answer #1 · answered by Kinka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hercules Symbol
2016-10-03 08:59:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What is Hercules' (Greek God) Symbol? Please Help!?
I'm not asking for a picture symbol.
Just as Zues' symbol is his lighting bolt,
what is Hercules' symbol?
2015-08-14 16:34:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hercules (Roman Hero) Herakles (Greek Hero) try opening a book okay. Find out more by reading about the twelve labors of Herkules.
2007-05-07 09:52:04 · answer #4 · answered by redmarc316 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think your additional details are skewed, zeus' symbol wasn't the lightning bolt, although yes, he did have power over it
to see zeus' symbol (even though i'm quite aware you said not a picture) - click here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jupiter_symbol.svg
accordingly, heracles was a hero, not a god. he did have divine blood, yes, and later was admitted to olympus, but he is not a deity over any realms
he did not have a specific symbol, instead they wrote out his name, the greeks were into scribing their histories, unlike the norse, who mostly told by word-of-mouth
if anything is to represent heracles, it would probably be the nemean lion skin, from his first challenge, as already stated by other answers
2007-05-05 18:36:49 · answer #5 · answered by Jim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The symbols for the Greek god Heracles were the lion-skin cape and the gnarly club.
The Greeks didn't use anything like glyphs or abstract symbols for their gods. Rather their accroutements in art were their "symbols."
E.G. Heracles in art: http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/M12.2.html
2007-05-07 01:47:19 · answer #6 · answered by Thalia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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The lion-skin and the club, because he was usually depicted wearing the skin of the Nemeian Lion, and the club because he carried one around, though he often also used a sword and was renowned as an archer of great skill.
2016-04-01 08:43:40 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hercule's symbol is lion skin ( which get dressed it ) , the bludgeon .
2007-05-05 07:23:20 · answer #8 · answered by helpME 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋