Re: Is the Swastika evidence of a common origin?
Libertarius (attila1@ix.netcom.com(Libertarius))
28 Jan 1997 15:35:48 GMT
In <5cl4m3$8bt@ousrvr3.oulu.fi> ktikkane@paju.oulu.fi (Kari Tikkanen)
writes:
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>In talk.origins Carl T. Feagans <cfeagans@sirinet.net> wrote:
>: I remember seeing somewhere that the Swastika inverted is the symbol
of
>: creation. And that Hitler inverted it and used it for his symbol as
his
>: intention was to uncreate the Jews and such.
>
>Interesting.
>In 1925 Finland (so much earlier than Hitler were known) begin to make
>stamps with swastika watermark on paper. Also on aeroplanes were
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> ( right watermark swastika in Saarinen's model of Finnish stamps
1925-)
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>using swastika. It it said here that swastika is traditional old
finnish
>symbol. Hitler corrupted also original swastikas imago, so few
>can distinguish the real and inverted..
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The swastica was also used by American Indians for thousands of
years. Among other things, it represents the "wheel of life".
(Same shape as described by Kari above.)
(1) Left branch: birth and youth (rising)
(2) Upper branch: middle age (level)
(3) Right branch: old age (declining)
(4) Bottom branch: death
It also stood for the four seasons, the four directions of
the horizon, etc.
Libertarius
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