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dond · 11-11-2011, 09:18 AM

Found this while surfing the web. An interesting article:
Hindu Swastika Confused With Nazi Swastika By markulyseas on
April 18, 2011
http://my.telegraph.co.uk/markulysea...nazi-swastika/

According to the Nordicist version of the Aryan Invasion Theory, the Nazis claimed that the early Aryans of India, from whose Vedic tradition the Swastika sprang, were the archetypal white invaders. The concept of racial purity was an ideology central to Nazism. Thus the Nazis saw fit to co-opt the Swastika as a symbol of the Aryan Master race.

I recall an interesting article about American western saddles from around the turn of the century that displayed swastikas. Really don't think that would fly today!
Best regards, Don

ithacaartist · 11-11-2011, 11:32 AM

Wikipedia is generally a good statring place for research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
I've heard the reference to Native Americans before. I don't believe it is accurate, unless connected by migration of Asian people across the Pacific, estimated to have taken place around 20,000 years ago--neolithic period.
Follow a link or two within the main article to find out more about use of the swastica in the early 20th century, in different countries and cultures...
Definitely a symbol "ruined" by its Nazi use. Too bad, because it's simple, symmetrical, and high contrast; it really "grabs the eye" as a graphic.
David Parker

MikeP · 11-12-2011, 06:58 PM

Another example

tudorbug · 11-13-2011, 10:12 AM

For MikeP, that is beautiful! What a great example!!

David

11-11-2011, 11:32 AM	#22
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,374 Thanks: 7,447 Thanked 2,613 Times in 1,380 Posts	More confusion about red dot v. tomahawk? Wikipedia is generally a good statring place for research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika I've heard the reference to Native Americans before. I don't believe it is accurate, unless connected by migration of Asian people across the Pacific, estimated to have taken place around 20,000 years ago--neolithic period. Follow a link or two within the main article to find out more about use of the swastica in the early 20th century, in different countries and cultures... Definitely a symbol "ruined" by its Nazi use. Too bad, because it's simple, symmetrical, and high contrast; it really "grabs the eye" as a graphic. David Parker

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11-11-2011, 09:18 AM	#21
dond User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 34 Thanks: 10 Thanked 12 Times in 4 Posts	Found this while surfing the web. An interesting article: Hindu Swastika Confused With Nazi Swastika By markulyseas on April 18, 2011 http://my.telegraph.co.uk/markulysea...nazi-swastika/ According to the Nordicist version of the Aryan Invasion Theory, the Nazis claimed that the early Aryans of India, from whose Vedic tradition the Swastika sprang, were the archetypal white invaders. The concept of racial purity was an ideology central to Nazism. Thus the Nazis saw fit to co-opt the Swastika as a symbol of the Aryan Master race. I recall an interesting article about American western saddles from around the turn of the century that displayed swastikas. Really don't think that would fly today! Best regards, Don

11-13-2011, 10:12 AM	#24
tudorbug Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 387 Thanks: 0 Thanked 40 Times in 29 Posts	For MikeP, that is beautiful! What a great example!! David