Wheels in culture

thumb|The ancient Dharmachakra symbol used by Emperor Ashoka.

thumb|A painting of the bhavachakra in Sera Monastery, [[Tibet]]

tenth Major Arcana tarot card, symbolising luck, change and new situation

concept in medieval and ancient philosophy referring to Fate

paradox

thumb|upright=1.3|A traditional depiction of the Merkabah|chariot vision, based on the description in Ezekiel, with an opan on the left side The ophanim ( , ; singular: ), alternatively spelled auphanim or ofanim, and also called galgalim ( , ; singular: ), refer to the wheels seen in Ezekiel's vision of the chariot (Hebrew ) in . One of the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q405) construes them as angels; late sections of the Book of Enoch (61:10, 71:7) portray them as a class of celestial beings who (along with the Cherubim and Seraphim) never sleep, but guard the throne of God. In some systems of Christia

thumb|250px|right|Artist's depiction of Wanyūdō from Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki, circa 1779 right|thumb|250px|"The matter of the Katawaguruma of Higashinotoin, Kyoto" from the anonymous Shokoku Hyakumonogatari.

railway symbol