In Seville there is a symbol called No8Do. It means "She has not abandoned me". It was created by King Alfonso X. King Alfonso loved cryptograms a lot. A cryptogram is a coded message. He went out to war against his son who was trying to become king. The people of Seville supported King Alfonso and he won. That's why he made the symbol No8Do, because they didn't abandon him. In Spanish, you say "no me ha dejado". The figure 8 in the middle looks like yarn. In Spanish it is called madeja. So No(madeja)Do sounds a lot like "no me ha dejado".
My mom, Micah, Torah and I went to Costco yesterday and on our way there we saw this symbol a lot. Here are some of them we saw:
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| on a sign above a door |
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| at the bus stop to go to Costco |
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| on the bus |
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| on a sewer, Torah loves this one |
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| this one is on a post, my favorite one |
Very informative, Adana! I can't wait for you to show me more of them when I'm there!
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