super symmetry's List: Symbolism, semiotics, gods and ancients

ABSTRACT: This paper proposes that two completely distinct sign functions underlie the symbol. Using Roman Jakobson's two fundamental dimensions of sign function: Factual/Imputed and Similarity/Contiguity, two types or functions are proposed: (1) The Artifice - imputed/contiguity - entails a sign function involving arbitrary relation between signifier and signified which arises from systemic division of the whole into parts; (2) The Motif - imputed/similarity - entails a sign function with a motivated relation between signifier and signified which arises from some shared quality between them. These qualities do not entail physical resemblance, but are ascribed or imputed often unconsciously. The distinction between motif and artifice addresses directly many of the problems in the discussion of the nature of sign and sign function. It is argued that the distinction overcomes frustrations in the application of semiotics to other fields, particularly psychology.

In mathematics, the Menger sponge is a fractal curve. It is a universal curve, in that it has topological dimension one, and any other curve (more precisely: any compact metric space of topological dimension 1) is homeomorphic to some subset of it. It is sometimes called the Menger-Sierpinski sponge or the Sierpinski sponge. It is a three-dimensional extension of the Cantor set and Sierpinski carpet.

A sign system is a key concept in semiotics and is used to refer to any system of signs and relations between signs.[1] The term language is frequently used as a synonym for a sign-system.

The names of the days are in some cases derived from Teutonic deities or, such as in Romance languages, from Roman deities. The early Romans, around the first century, used Saturday as the first day of the week. As the worshipping of the Sun increased, the Sun's day (Sunday) advanced from position of the second day to the first day of the week (and saturday became the seventh day).