Symbols of Halloween - Use Them at Their Best
A basic Runa Shimi (from the language erroneously called Quechua ["to steal"], properly called runa shimi, "people['s] language") concerns the symbol of the chacana ("to cross [the steps into the upper world of the gods, the middle world of people, the underworld of the dead]).
The chacana domiciles level pavement with a circle in the middle and with a circle-surrounding square, whose north, east, south and west sides each depict a square projecting from their middle.
The north step is the upper world, the northeast corner of the square is the middle world and the east step is the underworld.
The wise serpent is the underworld symbol.
That is the closest that authentic Runa Shimi-speaking culture may maintain a Halloween-like symbol that nurtures life-and-death realities, not evil.
DerdriuMarriner, Sep 19, 2024