Title: Gothic Symbols - Historyplex
Headings: Gothic Symbols
Gothic Symbols
Cross
Hazard
Skull
Spider
Snake
Pentacle
The Reaper of Death
666
Goat of Mendes
Ankh
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Content: Stories generally included mad passion between the subjects, death, ghosts, and cursed cavernous dark Gothic buildings and castles. Usually, these stories dealt with passion and terror at the same time. An offshoot of the same school of thought is the contemporary Goth subculture. In the latter half of the 20th century, rock and punk bands came up in England, whose lyrics and style resembled that of the English authors. The subject matter of these songs too dealt with uncontrolled forms of passion and love, that could not be achieved without pain and separation, mainly due to the deaths of both lovers. Goth dressing was the fallout of the way these bands dressed. Cross
Hazard
Skull
Spider
Snake
Symbolic meanings in neo-Gothic culture often deal with something dark, and sometimes evil and satanic portents. These symbols may have been adapted from various cultures, such as the Germanic, Pagan, Christian, and Celtic symbols. Some of them may have been slightly modified, but most tend to symbolize death or evil. Some symbols may have been holy to those cultures, but the Goths twisted their meanings and turned them evil.