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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 22009541, member: 87809"]The Swastika is an Eastern symbol of the Sun, and is occasionally known as Gammadion, and mystic Fylfot. The latest idea formed regarding the Swastika is, that it may be a form of the old wheel symbolism, and that it represents the solar system. It is often connected with the Sun, as in the Island of Melos, first colonized by Phoenicia. Its great diffusion in Eastern Asia is due to its being a Buddhist emblem, "the wheel of the law."</p><p><br /></p><p>The swastiska was also a fairly common symbol for hundreds of years, </p><p>not only on coins, such as on this clay fragment:</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=82013.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=82013.0" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=82013.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Some interesting reads:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49256/49256-h/49256-h.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49256/49256-h/49256-h.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49256/49256-h/49256-h.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49256/49256-h/images/female-swastica.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49256/49256-h/images/female-swastica.png" rel="nofollow">https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49256/49256-h/images/female-swastica.png</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49256/49256-h/images/male-swastica.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49256/49256-h/images/male-swastica.png" rel="nofollow">https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49256/49256-h/images/male-swastica.png</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 22009541, member: 87809"]The Swastika is an Eastern symbol of the Sun, and is occasionally known as Gammadion, and mystic Fylfot. The latest idea formed regarding the Swastika is, that it may be a form of the old wheel symbolism, and that it represents the solar system. It is often connected with the Sun, as in the Island of Melos, first colonized by Phoenicia. Its great diffusion in Eastern Asia is due to its being a Buddhist emblem, "the wheel of the law." The swastiska was also a fairly common symbol for hundreds of years, not only on coins, such as on this clay fragment: [URL]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=82013.0[/URL] Some interesting reads: [URL]https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49256/49256-h/49256-h.htm[/URL] [URL]https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49256/49256-h/images/female-swastica.png[/URL] [URL]https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49256/49256-h/images/male-swastica.png[/URL][/QUOTE]
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