# What is this cross" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-cross/205622 "2003-10-04T23:22:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-cross/205622/1 "2003-10-04T23:22:14Z")
“A cross from a faith that died before jesus came” From [this song](http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~denisg/music/smbldmy.htm)? (Sarah Mclachlan - Building A Mystery) One of [these](http://www.m-w.com/mw/art/anhk.htm), maybe? Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-cross/205622/2 "2003-10-05T00:30:01Z")
You… answered your own question. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_In\_Anger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@Not\_In\_Anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_In_Anger)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-cross/205622/3 "2003-10-05T00:35:23Z")
That simplifies matters, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-cross/205622/4 "2003-10-05T01:01:55Z")
Just looking for confirmation. The ankh isn’t usually associated with the Dark Stuff. At least not traditionally. Poetic license, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-cross/205622/5 "2003-10-05T02:12:51Z")
Yer lookin for intelligent, deep meanings in a pop song? 'Specially from Sarah Mclachlan? ---
**Author:** ![Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lathe_of_Heaven)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-cross/205622/6 "2003-10-05T02:49:13Z")
Maybe Thor’s Hammer? Not really a cross, but looks kinda like one. Most look like [this](http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/hammerpix.html) But some look as cross-like as [this](http://www.randburg.com/is/gth/thor.html) ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-cross/205622/7 "2003-10-05T03:56:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Krisfer the Cat \* > \*\*Yer lookin for intelligent, deep meanings in a pop song? 'Specially from Sarah Mclachlan? \*\* Are you infering that you find intelligent, deep meanings in other styles of song? Do enlighten me. ---
**Author:** ![\_Raven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/_raven/32/20435_2.png) [@\_Raven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Raven)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-cross/205622/8 "2018-11-24T00:01:49Z")
While the [**ankh**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankh) [‘crux ansata’] is indeed one possibility, another is the [**sun cross**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_cross). ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-cross/205622/9 "2018-11-24T01:42:44Z")
That was certainly worth the wait. Now I can take my bath. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-cross/205622/10 "2018-11-24T01:52:18Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Are you infering that you find intelligent, deep meanings in other styles of song? Do enlighten me. No, he’s implying. You’re inferring. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-cross/205622/11 "2018-11-24T02:52:27Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > That was certainly worth the wait. Now I can take my bath. I’ll alert the media ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-cross/205622/12 "2018-11-25T01:16:59Z")
I miss **mangeorge**. Interesting Doper who just stppped posting.