BOC: Gigs in M.E.262land (was: Dino-tours)

[Carl E. Anderson]

>(I have already talked to Theo about this.) About the symbol (the swastika,
>not Saturn), used to be a symbol for 'life', a bit like Egyptian 'ankh'. It
>was oulded into another meaning by some terrible things in the fourties.

        The "swastika" is an ancient symbol of good luck, associated with
Indo-European sky/thunder gods (i.e. Thorr/Tor) and that is precisely why
the Nazis appropriated it.
        In places where its meaning wasn't so grossly perverted, like India,
it retains its original function.

Cheers,
Carl "Folklore & Mythology" Anderson

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Carl Edlund Anderson              "So that's Terra.  Oohwee, look out
ASNAC Dept., Cambridge U.          wenchlings, here come the Hawklords."
cea20 at cus.cam.ac.uk                -Lord Lemmy (Hawkwind, _Space Ritual_)
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