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The swastika was also used by the women's paramilitary organisation Lotta Svärd, which was banned in 1944 in accordance with the Moscow Armistice between Finland and the allied Soviet Union and Britain.

Hewitt, J. F. (1907). Primitive Traditional History: The Primitive History and Chronology of India, South-eastern and South-western Asia, Egypt, and Europe, and the Colonies Thence Sent Forth. Vol.1. Oxford: J. Parker and Company. p.145. Butnaru, Ion C.; Spodheim, Renee (1992). Ion C. Butnaru, Renee Spodheim, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992, The Silent Holocaust: Romania and Its Jews , p. 28. Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 9780313279850. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023 . Retrieved 28 July 2022.In the mountains of Iran, there are swastikas or spinning wheels inscribed on stone walls, which are estimated to be more than 7,000 years old. One instance is in Khorashad, Birjand, on the holy wall Lakh Mazar. [72] [73] The swastika is a symbol with many styles and meanings and can be found in many cultures. The appropriation of the swastika by the Nazi Party and neo-Nazis is the most recognisable modern use of the symbol in the Western world. Swastika or Whirling Logs? Should the Ancient Native Symbol Stolen by the Nazis Be Reclaimed?". ICT News. 16 March 2015 . Retrieved 27 January 2023. The positive and negative portrayals of the swastika symbol. (Author provided) 12,000 Years of Symbolism: The Origins of the Swastika The pagan Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo, England, contained numerous items bearing the swastika, now housed in the collection of the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. [108] [ failed verification] The swastika is clearly marked on a hilt and sword belt found at Bifrons in Kent, in a grave of about the 6th century.

a b Art Silverblatt; Nikolai Zlobin (2015). International Communications: A Media Literacy Approach. Routledge. p.109. ISBN 978-1-317-46760-1. Buddha's footprints were said to be swastikas. Fascist symbolism– Use of certain images and symbols which are designed to represent aspects of fascism In Armenia the swastika is called the " arevakhach" and "kerkhach" ( Armenian: կեռխաչ) [101] [ dubious – discuss] and is the ancient symbol of eternity and eternal light (i.e. God). Swastikas in Armenia were found on petroglyphs from the copper age, predating the Bronze Age. During the Bronze Age it was depicted on cauldrons, belts, medallions and other items. [102] Among the oldest petroglyphs is the seventh letter of the Armenian alphabet: Է ("E" which means "is" or "to be") depicted as a half-swastika. First recorded 1871 ( OED); alternative historical English spellings include suastika, swastica, and svastica; see, for example: Notes and Queries. Oxford University Press. 31 March 1883. p.259. Gilliard, Pierre (1923). Thirteen Years at the Russian Court. Online open source – via Alexanderpalace.org.

Swastika]. Большая российская энциклопедия/ Great Russian Encyclopedia Online (in Russian). 2017. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020 . Retrieved 18 May 2022. When the Chinese writing system was introduced to Japan in the 8th century, the swastika was adopted into the Japanese language and culture. It is commonly referred as the manji (lit. "10,000-character"). Since the Middle Ages, it has been used as a mon by various Japanese families such as Tsugaru clan, Hachisuka clan or around 60 clans that belong to Tokugawa clan. [99] On Japanese maps, a swastika (left-facing and horizontal) is used to mark the location of a Buddhist temple. The right-facing swastika is often referred to as the gyaku manji ( 逆卍, lit. "reverse swastika") or migi manji ( 右卍, lit. "right swastika"), and can also be called kagi jūji ( 鉤十字, literally "hook cross").