diff --git a/crates/pyxlog/python/pyxlog/__init__.pyi b/crates/pyxlog/python/pyxlog/__init__.pyi
index 772a7388c..d241af90c 100644
--- a/crates/pyxlog/python/pyxlog/__init__.pyi
+++ b/crates/pyxlog/python/pyxlog/__init__.pyi
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ from pyxlog._native import (
     # DLPack / Arrow utilities
     dlpack_roundtrip as dlpack_roundtrip,
     dlpack_is_cuda as dlpack_is_cuda,
+    intern_symbols as intern_symbols,
+    resolve_symbols as resolve_symbols,
 )
 
 # Arrow imports are feature-gated; expose them for type checkers but they may
diff --git a/crates/pyxlog/python/pyxlog/_native.pyi b/crates/pyxlog/python/pyxlog/_native.pyi
index d2a09c34d..403578aa9 100644
--- a/crates/pyxlog/python/pyxlog/_native.pyi
+++ b/crates/pyxlog/python/pyxlog/_native.pyi
@@ -1538,6 +1538,14 @@ def dlpack_is_cuda(tensor: Any) -> bool:
     """Return True when a DLPack capsule is backed by CUDA memory."""
     ...
 
+def intern_symbols(symbols: list[str]) -> list[int]:
+    """Intern strings in XLOG's canonical registry and return their IDs."""
+    ...
+
+def resolve_symbols(symbol_ids: list[int]) -> list[str]:
+    """Resolve canonical symbol IDs, rejecting any unknown identifier."""
+    ...
+
 # The following two functions are only present when pyxlog is compiled with
 # ``--features arrow-device-import``.  They are included here unconditionally
 # so that type checkers can reference them; at runtime they may be absent.
diff --git a/crates/pyxlog/src/lib.rs b/crates/pyxlog/src/lib.rs
index 52ec3343d..9cdf615ff 100644
--- a/crates/pyxlog/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/pyxlog/src/lib.rs
@@ -356,6 +356,27 @@ fn dlpack_is_cuda(obj: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<bool> {
     Ok(managed.dl_tensor.device.device_type == xlog_cuda::dlpack::K_DLCUDA)
 }
 
+#[pyfunction]
+fn intern_symbols(symbols: Vec<String>) -> Vec<u32> {
+    symbols
+        .iter()
+        .map(|symbol| xlog_core::symbol::intern(symbol))
+        .collect()
+}
+
+#[pyfunction]
+fn resolve_symbols(symbol_ids: Vec<u32>) -> PyResult<Vec<String>> {
+    symbol_ids
+        .into_iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(index, symbol_id)| {
+            xlog_core::symbol::resolve_checked(symbol_id).ok_or_else(|| {
+                PyValueError::new_err(format!("unknown symbol ID {symbol_id} at index {index}"))
+            })
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
 #[pyclass(name = "DifferentiableProofTraceMap")]
 pub struct PyDifferentiableProofTraceMap {
     inner: xlog_logic::DifferentiableProofTraceMap,
@@ -856,6 +877,8 @@ fn pyxlog(_py: Python<'_>, m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(training::train_model_tensor, m)?)?;
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(dlpack::dlpack_roundtrip, m)?)?;
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(dlpack_is_cuda, m)?)?;
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(intern_symbols, m)?)?;
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(resolve_symbols, m)?)?;
     #[cfg(feature = "arrow-device-import")]
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(dlpack::export_arrow_device, m)?)?;
     #[cfg(feature = "arrow-device-import")]
diff --git a/python/tests/test_pyxlog_symbol_registry.py b/python/tests/test_pyxlog_symbol_registry.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae0624047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/tests/test_pyxlog_symbol_registry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""Public Python bindings for XLOG's canonical symbol registry."""
+
+import pytest
+
+pyxlog = pytest.importorskip("pyxlog")
+
+
+def test_symbol_batches_round_trip_through_the_canonical_registry() -> None:
+    symbols = ["authority:maran", "case:milk-meat", "authority:maran", ""]
+
+    symbol_ids = pyxlog.intern_symbols(symbols)
+
+    assert len(symbol_ids) == len(symbols)
+    assert symbol_ids[0] == symbol_ids[2]
+    assert symbol_ids[0] != symbol_ids[1]
+    assert pyxlog.resolve_symbols(symbol_ids) == symbols
+
+
+def test_resolve_symbols_rejects_unknown_identifiers() -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(
+        ValueError,
+        match=r"^unknown symbol ID 4294967295 at index 1$",
+    ):
+        pyxlog.resolve_symbols([pyxlog.intern_symbols(["known"])[0], 2**32 - 1])