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Thepool (she) symbol inEgyptian mythology representswater. It is a rectangle, longer horizontally than vertically, with seven equally spaced vertical zigzag lines within it.[1]
It can also represent the primal waters that the Egyptians believed was the source of all things, which they calledNun. Occasionally, thesun god is depicted as asun arising from the pool symbol.
Egyptianpharaohs had decreed that objects in paintings and the like should be instantly recognizable to the viewer. Hence,reflecting pools were shown from abird's-eye view, even if the rest of the image was shown from the side.
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