12/28/2023 0 Comments Swastica textart![]() The earliest known appearance of the swastika is a pattern carved onto a bird figurine from a Palaeolithic site near Kiev, Ukraine, estimated to be up to fifteen thousand years old. Its geometric simplicity, symmetry and suggestion of circular movement has led to widespread adoption of the symbol by many cultures, possibly independently. The swastika is also seen as a symbol of fertility and prosperity. Among the many interpretations of the symbol, the right-facing swastika is commonly understood to be a solar motif signifying the Sun’s movement from east to west with a southward dip on the way, when observed from the northern hemisphere. ![]() Of the many variations of the swastika, some of the most common ones are those with wavy legs and a dot in each quadrant used in Hinduism, and one used as a repeating motif with connected legs seen on panels in Grecian architecture. Whereas swastika is a Sanskrit term meaning ‘aiding in well-being’, the symbol and its derivatives have been known by many names, including tetragammadion in Greek and fylfot in English. While the symbol has generally held positive connotations connected with luck, prosperity and the Sun, since the Second World War it is also associated with White supremacy, antisemitism and Nazism due to the Nazi Party’s appropriation of the symbol. Visually, the swastika is depicted as a cross with a perpendicular line or ‘leg’ extending from each extremity - in a clockwise direction for a right-facing swastika, or counter-clockwise for a left-facing swastika. Swastika%newline%A symbol associated with a variety of ideas and used in several cultures across the world, the swastika is today part of the religious iconography of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
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