The earliest swastika-like symbols preserved appear on pottery dated from around 4000 BC, as part of the "Vinca script". The Swastika symbol was also used as part of the Indus script from around 3000 BC, from which the later Hindu/Jain/Buddhist use of the symbol probably evolved. Pottery dating to ca. 2000 BC found at Sintashta is also decorated with the swastika symbol [4]. Swastika-like symbols also appear in Bronze and Iron Age designs of the northern Caucasus (Koban culture), and Azerbayjan, as well as of Scythians and Sarmatians [5]. In ...

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The earliest swastika-like symbols preserved appear on pottery dating to the 5th millennium BC, as part of the "Vinca script". Pottery dating to ca. 2000 BC found at Sintashta is also decorated with the swastika symbol [3]. Swastika-like symbols also appear in Bronze and Iron Age designs of the northern Caucasus (Koban culture), and Azerbayjan, as well as of Scythians and Sarmatians [4]. In all these cultures, the swastika symbol does not appear to occupy any marked position or significance, but appears as just one form of a series of si ...

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The swastika (from Sanskrit svastika) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles either left-facing (卍) or right-facing (卐). It is traditionally oriented so that a main line is horizontal, though it is occasionally rotated at forty-five degrees, and the Hindu version is often decorated with a dot in each quadrant. ...

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• Swastika - Art and architecture
• Swastika - Religion and mythology
• Swastika - Hinduism
• Swastika - Buddhism
• Swastika - Jainism
• Swastika - The Abrahamic religions
• Swastika - Other Asian traditions
• Swastika - Native American traditions
• Swastika - Pre-Christian European traditions
• Swastika - Asatru
• Swastika - Early 20th century
• Swastika - Europe
• Swastika - North America
• Swastika - Nazi Germany
• Swastika - Taboo in Western countries
• Swastika - Apperance in Media

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Boreyko - is a Polish Coat of Arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Boreyko Coat of Arms - History. The symbol of Swastika was also popular with the nobility. Prior to Christianity, this sign was painted on the shields of knights. According to chronicles, prince Oleg who in the 9th century with his Rus Vikings had captured Constantinople, had nailed his shield to the cities gates, which had a large red Swastika painted on it. The nob ...

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This article covers the etymology and usage of the word "fylfot" and the occurrence of the fylfot in European heraldry. For information about the symbol itself, see swastika. Fylfot or fylfot cross is a synonym for swastika, sometimes used in Britain. However – at least in modern heraldry texts, such as Friar and Woodcock & Robinson (see below) – the fylfot differs somewhat from the archetypal form of the swastika: always upright and typically with truncated limbs, as shown in t ...

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Triskelion (or triskele, from Greek τρισκελης "three-legged") is a symbol consisting of three bent human legs, or, more generally, three interlocked spirals, or any similar symbol with three protrusions and a three-fold rotational symmetry (without any reflection symmetries). A triskelion is the symbol of Brittany, of Sicily and of the Isle of Man; the Sicilian and Manx triskelions feature three running legs, bent at the knee, conjoined at the crotch. The relation of the legged triskele to other variants is uncl ...

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Alexander Nevsky is a film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Dmitry Vasiliev released in 1938, during the Stalin era, with Nikolai Cherkasov in the title role. The screenplay is based on the 13th century conflict between the Teutonic Knights and the Russian people of Novgorod. The film follows the knights as they invade Pskov and massacre its population. Alexander Nevsky then rallies the people of Novgorod and at a battle on the surface of the frozen Lake Peipus the outnumbered Novgorodians defeat the Germanic invaders. Setting this historical defeat of Germans by Russians to film was a n ...

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Image:Rodlo flaga 2c.png Union of Poles in Germany (Polish: Związek Polaków w Niemczech, German: Bund der Polen in Deutchland e.V.) is an organisation of the Polish minority in Germany, founded in 1922. The union initiated collaboration between other minorities, including Sorbs, Danes, Frisians and Lithuanians. Union of Poles in Germany - Early history. The union was intended to express the views of the Polish minority in Germany, This partly comprised the native population of the for ...

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Carlsberg A/S headquartered in Valby, Denmark is one of the largest breweries in the world, present in about 50 countries. The company's main brand is Carlsberg Beer, but it also brews Tuborg as well as local beers. After merging with the Norwegian brewery group Orkla ASA in January 2001, Carlsberg became the 5th largest brewery group in the world, and now employs around 31,000 people. Carlsberg - History. Carlsberg was founded by J. C. Jacobsen; the first brew was finished on No ...

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The sky father is a recurring theme in pagan and neopagan mythology. The sky father is the complement of the earth mother and appears in some creation myths, many of which are European or ancient Near Eastern. Other cultures have quite different myths; Egyptian mythology features a sky mother and an earthly dying and reviving god of vegetation. Shinto gives precedence to a sun goddess. A sky father also relates to a solar deity, a god identified with the sun. In Maori mythology, Ranginui was the sky father. In this story, the sky father and earth moth ...

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The Roman emperor Constantine I (ruled 306 - 337) created a new military standard to be carried before his army which displayed the first two Greek letters of the word Christ - Chi (χ) and Rho, (ρ) which came to be known as the labarum (☧). Constantine himself, however, continued to hold the title of Pontifex Maximus, chief priest of the classical pagan Roman religion. Many take this to mean that he was not a Christian, though he had an interest in the politics of Christianity, which has led some scholars to the conclusion that the l ...

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Clearly, fylfot is an established word for this symbol — in at least British English. However, it was only rarely used. Wilson, writing in 1896, says, "The use of Fylfot is confined to comparatively few persons in Great Britain and, possibly, Scandinavia. Outside of these countries it is scarcely known, used, or understood." In more recent times the word has become much more established within the areas of design history and collecting, where it is used to distinguish the swastika motif as used in designs and jewellery from i ...

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Carlsberg was founded by J. C. Jacobsen; the first brew was finished on November 10, 1847. Exportation of Carlsberg Beer began in 1868; foreign brewing was begun in 1968 with the opening of a Carlsberg brewery in Blantyre, Malawi. Some of the company's original logos include an elephant (after which some of its lagers are named) and the swastika. Use of the latter was discontinued in the 1930s because of its association with political parties in neighboring Germany. Carlsberg founder J. C. Jacobsen was a philanthropist and avid art collector. With his fortune he amassed an impressive art collection which is now housed in the Ny Carls ...

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The area around Ilkley has been continuously settled since at least the early Bronze Age, around 1800 BC; cup and ring markings, and swastika carvings dating to the period have been found on rock outcrops, and archaeological remains of dwellings are found on the moor. The Romans built a fort in AD 79, which some suggest was named Olicana (although the name is not universally accepted), on a site now near the centre of the town, but with the exception of some few sections of wall, it is now covered partly by the Elizabethan Manor House Art Gallery and Museum ...

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Jains have few core symbols. One Jain symbol incorporates a wheel on the palm of the hand. The holiest one is a simple unadorned swastika or svastika. Major Jains symbols include: 24 Lanchhanas for Tirthankaras The Ashta-mangalas Om Triratna and Shrivatsa symbols. The dreams of Tirthankara's mother Dharma-chakra and Siddha-chakra ...

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Jainism, Jainism - Overview of Jain Dharma, Jainism - Universal History and Jain Cosmology, Jainism - Beliefs and practices, Jainism - Jain Symbols, Jainism - Jain Literature, Jainism - Jain Worship and Rituals, Jainism - Digambar and Shvetambar Traditions, Jainism - Geographical spread and influence, Jainism - Jain Contributions to Indian Culture, Jainism - Jainism and Indian Archaeology, Jainism - Holy sites, Jainism - Jain Temples in the West, Jainism - Holy days, Jainism - Jainism and other religions

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Constructed in the temple architectural style of southern China, Thian Hock Keng has a grand entrance with a high step in front. The side entrance gates feature brightly coloured tiles portraying peacocks, roses and the universal Buddhist swastika in green and brown. This symbol represents good luck, eternity and immortality. Guarding the doors are tigers, lions and Door Gods, traditional sentinels of any Taoist temple. Beyond this elaborate entrance are two courtyards. Straddling the courtyards is the temple proper, comprising the sh ...

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The album Third Reich & Roll, an obvious yet amusing pun, tackled the theme of the corporate music industry. The sleeve, adorned with swastikas, depicted images of corporate music businessmen as Nazis. On each side of the record was a single composition, approximately 17 ½ minutes long, using recordings of classic rock & roll songs that were spliced, overdubbed and edited with new vocals, instrumentation and tape noises. The original songs were finally removed leaving entirely new and bizarre performances, or "ruined" version ...

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The codex has 448 paper pages (12x10 cm), each one having between 9 and 14 rows of letters. Beside the text, there are 87 illustrations that include religious, laic and military scenes. The crude illustrations seem to indicate an environment where Christian, pagan and even Muslim religions coexist, as the symbols of the cross, crescent and sun/swastika are omnipresent. The number of symbols used in the Codex is about 10 times higher than any known alphabet, but some letters are used rarely, so they might represent pictograms, instead of letters. The justification of the right margin would seem to imply the s ...

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Rohonczi Codex, Rohonczi Codex - History, Rohonczi Codex - Features, Rohonczi Codex - Language, Rohonczi Codex - Translation

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The Nazi symbol is the right-facing swastika. The Nazi state was founded upon a racially defined "German Volk". This is a central concept of Mein Kampf, symbolized by the motto Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer (one people, one empire, one leader). The Nazi relationship between the Volk and the state was called the Volksgemeinschaft—a concept that defined a communal duty of citizens in service to the Reich. The term "National Socialism", arguably derives from this citizen-nation relationship, whereby the term sociali ...

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Nazism, Nazism - Ideological theory, Nazism - Nazi Theory, Nazism - Nazi mysticism, Nazism - Key elements of the Nazi ideology, Nazism - Nazism and romanticism, Nazism - Ideological competition, Nazism - Support of anti-Communists for Fascism and Nazism, Nazism - Nazism and Persians, Nazism - Economic practice, Nazism - Effects, Nazism - Backlash effects, Nazism - People and history, Nazism - Nazism in relation to other concepts, Nazism - The role of the nation, Nazism - Factors which promoted the success of Nazism, Nazism - Nazi / Third Reich terminology in popular culture, Nazism - Holy sites

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