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    The swastika (卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious and cultural symbol, predominantly found in various Eurasian cultures, as well as some African and American...
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    The swastika (from Sanskrit svástika) is an ancient Eurasian religious symbol that generally takes the form of an equilateral cross with four legs each...
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    Nazi symbolism (redirect from Nazi symbol)
    Nazi Party made extensive use of graphic symbols, especially the swastika, notably in the form of the swastika flag, which became the co-national flag...
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    literature, the symbol is known variously as gammadion, fylfot, crux gothica, flanged thwarts, or angled cross. English use of the Sanskritism swastika for the...
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  • several European countries. Many Nazi flags make use of the swastika symbol; however, the swastika is not always used in connection with the Nazi Party movement...
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  • policies. The best-known are the fasces, which was the original symbol of fascism, and the swastika of Nazism. Organized fascist movements have militarist-appearing...
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    context of Indo-European studies. Many "solar symbols" claimed in the 19th century, such as the swastika, triskele, Sun cross, etc. have tended to be interpreted...
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    Jain symbols are symbols based on the Jain philosophy. The four arms of the swastika symbolize the four states of existence as per Jainism: a Heavenly...
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    of the war have pejoratively called the Z symbol a zwastika or zwaztika, in reference to the Nazi swastika, or derisively in Russian and Ukrainian as...
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  • Look up swastika or Swastika in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Swastika is a symbol with an equilateral cross, with four (or a multiple of four) arms...
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    Partnership. The gold mine and town were named after the Sanskrit good-luck symbol swastika. The Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway had an engineers' camp...
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    Columbia, the “Swastikas” was chosen by them as swastika is also a symbol of luck and success. The Windsor Swastikas used the ancient swastika symbol as their...
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    "Way of the Return to the One". The swastika (卍 wàn; "infinity", "all") in Chinese and other cultures is a symbol of the universe, or the manifestation...
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    to "The Swastika Laundry (1912)" to make clear the distinction between its use of the name and symbol and the more recent adoption of the symbol by the...
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    dynasty (618–907 CE) Buddhist symbolism became widespread, and symbols like the swastika and the Dharma wheel (Chinese: 法輪; pinyin: fălún, "wheel of life")...
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    California. A barracks building on the Naval Amphibious Base resembles a swastika symbol from the air. This was realized shortly after the 1967 groundbreaking...
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    swastika symbol. The prominence of the pillar means that it has been used as a visual example of the way the ethical meaning of the swastika symbol has...
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    Wilhelm Landig as a substitute for the Nazi swastika. The Anti-Defamation League notes that though the symbol is popular with white supremacists, imagery...
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    officially the flag of the German Reich, featured a red background with a black swastika on a white disc. This flag came into use initially as the banner of the...
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    Three Arrows (category Socialist symbols)
    were imposed over the swastika rather than the other way around. The Three Arrows were adopted as an official social democrat symbol by the SPD leadership...
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    The swastika, which is found on Slavic patterns (on embroidery and ornaments of weapons and armor), is a traditional Slavic symbol. Swastika (Germanic...
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    Thor (section Swastikas)
    recovered at the Eyrarland farm in the area of Akureyri, Iceland. The swastika symbol has been identified as representing the hammer or lightning of Thor...
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    outline map of Eurasia. Misleadingly identified by Ingram as a swastika, this symbol is a modified 'Star of Chaos' and can be presumed to refer to 'Chaos...
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    Thania (March 22, 2023). "Twice's Chaeyoung Apologizes for Wearing a Swastika Symbol — Just Days After She Was Seen in a QAnon Shirt". Variety. Archived...
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  • Sæbø sword (category Swastika)
    identified by George Stephens (1867) as a runic inscription incorporating a swastika symbol. The blade is poorly preserved, and the inscription barely legible...
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    Mjölnir (category Early Germanic symbols)
    peoples. In late Icelandic folk belief, Icelandic grimoires list the swastika symbol as 'Thor's hammer'. According to runologists Mindy MacLeod and Bernard...
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  • such as life-saving medals, were redesigned to incorporate the Nazi symbol, the swastika. A number of military awards were established pre-war, including...
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  • Microsoft Office 2003 to remove "unacceptable symbols" from this font. This update removed the two swastikas and a Star of David from this typeface. According...
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    Brigade. The traditional symbols of the Podhale Rifles include the edelweiss flower and the Mountain Cross, a swastika symbol (not related to NSDAP) popular...
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    Borjgali (redirect from Kartvelian Swastika)
    (279×210 mm) Symbol dictionary [1] Historical Dictionary of Georgia, Alexander Mikaberidze T. Wilson „The swastika, the earliest known symbol and its migrations“...
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