I live in Korea, and when ever I go to the markets and look at the jewlelry I see necklaces with the Nazi symbol on them. I don't understand why anyone would make something like that, with such a reputation, into jewelry.
2006-07-22 23:03:53 · 13 answers · asked by novagirl117 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The good luck symbol has been around for centuries in the far east before the NAZIS started using it.
2006-07-22 23:07:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Oldest Known Symbol
The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. (That even predates the ancient Egyptian symbol, the Ankh!) Artifacts such as pottery and coins from ancient Troy show that the swastika was a commonly used symbol as far back as 1000 BCE.
During the following thousand years, the image of the swastika was used by many cultures around the world, including in China, Japan, India, and southern Europe. By the Middle Ages, the swastika was a well known, if not commonly used, symbol but was called by many different names:
China - wan
England - fylfot
Germany - Hakenkreuz
Greece - tetraskelion and gammadion
India - swastika
Though it is not known for exactly how long, Native Americans also have long used the symbol of the swastika.
The Original Meaning
The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix.
Until the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.
2006-07-22 23:07:27 · answer #2 · answered by Campbell Gramma 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Swastika is a holy symbol in Hinduism and Jainism ... it's only the relatively new use of it by the Nazi party in Germany that gives it a bad reputation.
2006-07-22 23:09:46 · answer #3 · answered by Arkangyle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the swastika as used by the Nazis was actually taken from an ancient Asian religious symbol but with the arms in the opposite direction have another look may bee that's what you are seeing
wearing the swastika as jewelery looks like a good way to get you head kicked in some places
2006-07-22 23:09:36 · answer #4 · answered by gwaz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MAX 333 has it correct it is not the same, you have to look at it carefully, it is reversed. It means luck and also is one of the symbols used for bud dist to keep luck with them. So if the symbol is for luck then that means that the Nazi symbol is bad luck, must be why the lost everything.
2006-07-22 23:19:08 · answer #5 · answered by Artistic Prof. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The swastika was used in most ancient indo-European religions, including those of northern Europe. It was, as well as a good luck symbol, a sun-wheel.
Sun-wheels are some of the world's oldest symbols, used in ancient sun worship, and represented the sun and it's movement across the sky.
2006-07-22 23:38:43 · answer #6 · answered by AndyB 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Before Hitler the Nazi symbol swastika was a good luck symbol, maybe that's why you are seeing it as what it is meant to be a good luck symbol.
2006-07-22 23:06:56 · answer #7 · answered by jhnedrmr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nazi symbol has the arms facing to the right. You are probably seeing the arms facing left. That is the sign of some idiots that are racist. Ignore it. Americans are not generally racist.
2006-07-22 23:12:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not nazi symbol. It's a Buddhist or Toaist (religious) symbol. It is the reverse of the nazi symbol
2006-07-22 23:06:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that sybol. backwards or forwards has been arount for thousands of years. The nazi way was taken from the irish (i think) and is a sign of good luck. Many many cultures have used that symbol, as it is a stylised version of the crucifix, as many different positive symbols
2006-07-22 23:09:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋