2007-01-15 18:01:30 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the symbol is very old and goes back probably further than we may even know, It is found in many cultures long before the 3rd Reich, fun!!! thomas
2007-01-15 18:16:13 · answer #1 · answered by Thomas A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The swastika is a stolen symbol used by a very bad group of people. It originally meant "Good Luck" and perhaps, "Good Fertility". You will even find that symbol on some very old buildings in the United States. Of course, it doesn't mean the same thing to us anymore.
2007-01-15 18:06:51 · answer #2 · answered by debdini 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hitler went looking for a holy symbol to lead his armies into battle.
The symbol comes from the sanskrit writings but has been discovered in a mayan temple, in christian writings, in chinese history and many other cultures predating Hitler.
It has different meanings and can be seen in both left and right faces.
It is supposed to be the characteristic of God and those who can see to a high level say it is the shape which shows itself in the brightest spinning light form one with clearsight can see.
2007-01-19 17:31:39 · answer #3 · answered by tillermantony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The swazticka is something that Hitler "borrowed" from a lot of older cultures, it is the Sonnenrand or the rising sun and symbolized power in a lot of older cultures. You can find the symbol in Egypt, Hindu and Chinese folklore and in a lot of cemetaries. It's only since Hitler that it's been associated with Nazism.
2007-01-15 18:09:09 · answer #4 · answered by jimstock60 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Swasticka symbol has been pretty old and has been used by ancient hindus and a different number of civilizations. So the germans when they used that sysmbol they only adopted it from older civilizations in order to relate themselves with the greatness.
2007-01-15 18:08:38 · answer #5 · answered by AnSID 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
The "swastica" is an ancient symbol. The nazis were very big on symbolism and mysticism. They planned a 1,000 reich, to match the thousand years of the Egyptian empire.
2007-01-15 18:04:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was Hindu, long before the Germans adopted it. It has appeared in numerous ancient cultures.
2007-01-15 18:09:03 · answer #7 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The swastika (a Sanskrit word) is seen in several cultures, but always turning in the opposite direction from the way Hitler pointed it.
2007-01-15 18:06:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that emblem was not invented by the germans, hitler saw the design on wallpare in a french hotel, it was turned a little however.
it was a design on pakistani rugs for 1000s of years well before he was ever born
2007-01-15 18:06:28 · answer #9 · answered by trouser trout 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-01-15 18:06:54 · answer #10 · answered by Angelz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋