sigils
Magical inscribed emblems
Sigils are symbols believed to have magical power.
In occult traditions, a sigil is a designed image—often combining letters, geometric shapes, or abstract marks—intended to represent and invoke a specific intention or entity.
Practitioners create sigils to focus will or manifest desires: She drew a sigil for protection.
In fantasy fiction and games, sigils often function as magical seals or emblems of power.
The singular is sigil.
Old Germanic script
- glyphsCarved symbolic figures
- pentacleEncircled five-pointed star
- hexagramStar with six points
- wardingDefending against approach
binding · summoning · invocation · banishing · protection · charging · consecration · grimoire
Visual form of character
- markVisible impression or sign
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- deviceConstructed tool or machine
figure · character · inscription · pictograph · ideogram · notation · cipher · monogram
Accessible to few
- hermeticImpenetrably closed off
- kabbalahJewish mystical tradition
- theosophyMystical divine knowledge system
- angelicDivinely pure and good
demonic · planetary · astrological · alchemical · mystical · secret · hidden · veiled
Shield bearing heraldry
- crestHighest point or tuft
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- chargeCost or accusation
- fieldArea of specialty
tincture · ordinaries · quartering · marshalling · mantling · supporters · motto · armorial
runes
Old Germanic script
warding · binding · summoning · invocation · banishing · protection · charging · consecration · grimoire · spellwork
glyph
Visual form of character
device · figure · character · inscription · pictograph · ideogram · notation · cipher · monogram · logogram
esoteric
Accessible to few
- hermeticImpenetrably closed off
- kabbalahJewish mystical tradition
- theosophyMystical divine knowledge system
angelic · demonic · planetary · astrological · alchemical · mystical · secret · hidden · veiled · initiatory
escutcheon
Shield bearing heraldry
field · tincture · ordinaries · quartering · marshalling · mantling · supporters · motto · armorial · blazon
- occult textsgrimoires, grimoire, Kabbalah, Book of Shadows, Necronomicon
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
- witchcraftwitch, spell, spellwork, witches, spells
- demonologydemons, devil, Satan, Lucifer, Lilith
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
- arcanagrimoire, spellbook, incantation, enchantment, arcanum
sigilsplain text
Unencoded readable characters
grocery lists · clipart · corporate logos · doodles · traffic signs
sigilsplaintext
Unencoded readable information
universal symbols · pictograms · traffic signs · mathematical notation · emoji