The swastika in the Sanskrit स्वस्तिक, (the right-handed convex cross 卐 ) and the "sovastika" (left-handed 卍) are an ancient cruciform symbol.
Despite the fact that in the western world the swastika is synonymous with fascism, its history goes back thousands of years as a symbol of good fortune for virtually every civilization in the world. As more and more evidence emerge regarding the centuries-long history of the symbol in pre-Nazi Europe, can this ancient symbol cast off its torture with evil?
In ancient Indian, Sanskrit, the hooked cross means "prosperity".
The anchored cross has an extensive history. The motif appears to be used for the first time in Neolithic India. The symbol has an ancient history in Europe, appearing on handmade objects from pre-Christian European cultures. In antiquity, the anchored cross was extensively used by the Indo-Ares, the Hittites, the Celts and the Greeks, among others. In particular, the anchored cross is a sacred symbol of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism - religions with over billions of believers worldwide, making this symbol be present in both historical and modern society. The symbol of the swastika was used extensively in ancient Greece. It was a symbol of Zeus. The swastika, , or rather the quadrangular cross, is an ancient symbol, also known as swastika. The anchored cross comes from the fact that it consists of two double (unified) Greek gamma (Γ) - letters. Ancient Greek priestesses tattooed the symbol, along with the quadruple (from the four legs it depicts), to their bodies. Ancient Greeks have also used it in their architectural designs as a symbol. It has also been used by various native American civilizations.
Ancient Greek helmet 325-350 B.C. Taranto of Sicily.
In the western world, the symbol experienced a revival after Schliemann's archaeological excavations at the end of the 19th century, which discovered the symbol in the area of ancient Troy and linked it with the ancient migrations of Proto-Indo-Europeans. He linked him with the similar forms found in the ancient pots in Germany, and he speculated that the anchored cross was an "important religious symbol of our distant ancestors," and that it links German, Greek and Indo-Iranian cultures. ] Until the early 20th century, it was widely used worldwide and was seen as a symbol of good luck and success.
Schliemann's work was combined with the völkisch movements, for which the convex cross was a symbol of the "arias" identity. After its adoption by Hitler's Nazis, the anchored cross has been linked to fascism, racism, the Second World War, and Holocaust. The symbol remains major till today for neo-Nazis, and is regularly used by active-group members to declare the Nazi behavior of organizations and their individuals.
Necklaces from excavations in Kaluraz, Guilan, first millennium BC, National Museum of Iran
Ancient findings . The earliest but also frequent use of motifs of anchored cross in antiquity is found in the Neolithic era, although there is a unique paleolithic handmade object containing this symbol. The symbol was found in various excavations in Iran's Kuusten province and as part of the Vinca manuscript of neolithic Europe of the 5th millennium BC. In the early period of copper, it appears in pottery in Sintashta, Russia. Other similar symbols also appeared in the Copper and Iron Age in designs of the Northern Caucasus (Koban Culture), Azerbaijan, and Scythians and Sarmats. In all these cultures, the symbol of the anchored cross does not appear to occupy any designated position or significance, but appears to be only a form of a series of similar symbols of varying complexity.
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