研究古代文化中的象征意义有助于我们更好地理解古代文化，拓宽人类认知的视野。
符号学的优势在于，它可以通过图解的方式来概括复杂的思想。
这些图像符号可以定义地位、身份、信仰，甚至是复杂的意识形态。 其中一个例子就是美国土著文化中的治疗师之手符号，又称 "萨满之手 "或 "霍皮之手"。
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标志的特点
医者之手的符号描绘的是一个人的手掌，手掌中心有一个开放的螺旋，螺旋从手掌中心向手指延伸。
螺旋运行的方向取决于手的描绘，使其在食指和拇指之间张开。
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美国新墨西哥州石刻国家纪念碑中的治疗师之手石刻 ID 171799992 © Natalia Bratslavsky
在世界各地的古代传统中，包括在美洲南部的洞穴壁画和岩画中，都可以看到螺旋符号。
有些人认为，它源于描绘太阳的象形文字，太阳在美洲原住民中具有生命之源和能量之源的意义 [1]。
手
用鹅卵石雕刻的医者之手 照片 69161726 / Hand © Gary Hanvy
你会发现，美洲原住民的符号通常并不依赖于人类符号来表达某种形式的思想。 他们的大多数符号都使用了其他生物，如动物、天体和工具 [2]。
应该指出的是，美洲原住民的首选武器是弓箭。
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这两个符号（手和螺旋线）结合在一起形成了主符号，但其含义并不是字面上的 "治疗师的手"。 关于该符号使用的精神和神秘背景，还有更多需要说明的地方。
霍皮部落
霍皮部落的女孩，1922 年，爱德华-S-柯蒂斯摄 Edward S. Curtis，公共领域，通过维基共享资源
在亚利桑那州东北部的霍皮部落[3]，治疗师之手的符号具有重要意义。 他们认为自己只是土地的管理者，旨在与大自然和平共处，尊重大自然的恩惠。
根据霍皮部族的起源，Maasaw 指示他们寻找自己的家园。 因此，在开垦土地的同时，到大地上寻找自己的中心位置成为霍皮部族的一种常见做法 [4]。
一些部族按顺时针方向前进，另一些则按逆时针方向前进，并将徽章作为象形文字放置在所到之处，代表他们沿途所到之处。
包括霍皮人在内的许多普韦布洛部落都认为查科是他们的祖居地，也是马索人所说的中心[5]。
这里是人们的文化中心，促进了知识和信仰的交流。 在查科，人们讨论的话题之一可能就是治疗方法和仪式。
因此，治疗者之手符号的一种可能解释是，巫师经历了跌宕起伏的人生旅程，获得了宇宙的精神知识。
巫师不一定是治疗师，而是掌握某种知识的人。
参考资料
- "Native American Sun Symbols," 24 4 2021. [Online]. Available: //www.sunsigns.org/native-american-sun-symbols/.
- "手印符号"，Siteseen 有限公司 Siteseen 有限公司，2012 年 11 月 20 日。[在线]。网址：//www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/native-american-symbols/handprint-symbol.htm。[2021 年 4 月 24 日访问]。
- A. Levin, "The Heart of the Hopi," Magazine of Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, 2019. [Online]. Available: //www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/heart-hopi. [Accessed 24 4 2021].
- "霍皮符号简介"，SunSigns，[在线]。网址：//www.sunsigns.org/hopi-symbols/。[2021 年 4 月 24 日访问]。
- D. L. Kilroy-Ewbank, "Chaco Canyon," Khan Academy, [Online]. Available: //www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-americas/early-cultures/ancestral-puebloan/a/chaco-canyon. [Accessed 24 4 2021].
David Meyer
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