kronos/busted cross?

[P Worley]

I've seen the swastika (or gammadion or fylfot) both clockwise and
counter-clockwise in references to pre-nazi use, so the nazi's didn't
necessarily change it.

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Peter William Worley
inhaler at u.washington.edu
Phone: (206) 547-6164

On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, Frank Weil wrote:

>
> According to my dictionary, the swastika is of ancient origin, with
> the word coming from Sanskrit meaning "well being", and
> "benediction".   It is a mystic symbol among American Indian tribes,
> and in India, Japan, Persia, etc.  This swastika has the extensions
> bent in a counter-clockwise direction.  The Nazi swastika has the
> extensions bent in a clockwise direction (mirror image of the original
> swastika).
>
> Frank
>
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