Nazi symbols. The difference between the fascist and Slavic swastika

08.04.2011

For many people, the Swastika is associated with Fascism and Hitler. This opinion has been hammered into people's heads for the past 60 years. Few people now remember that the Swastika was depicted on Soviet money from 1917 to 1922, that on the sleeve patches of soldiers and officers of the Red Army in the same period, the same was the Swastika in laurel wreath, and inside the Swastika were the letters of the RSFSR. There is even an opinion that the Swastika was presented to Hitler by Comrade I.V. Stalin himself in 1920.

The history of the swastika goes back thousands of years ...

History of the swastika

The swastika symbol is a rotating cross with curved ends pointing clockwise or counterclockwise. As a rule, now all over the world all Swastika symbols are called with one word - SWASTIKA, which is fundamentally wrong, because each Swastika symbol in ancient times had its own name, purpose, protective power and figurative meaning.

Swastika symbolism, as the most ancient, is most often found in archaeological excavations. More often than other symbols, it was found in ancient burial mounds, on the ruins of ancient cities and settlements. In addition, swastika symbols were depicted on various details of architecture, weapons, clothes and household utensils among many peoples of the world. Swastika symbolism is ubiquitous in ornamentation as a sign of Light, Sun, Love, Life.

The oldest archaeological artifacts depicting swastika symbols now date back to about 4-15 millennia BC. (on the right is a vessel from the Scythian Kingdom 3-4 thousand BC). Based on materials archaeological site the richest territory for the use of the swastika for both religious and cultural and everyday purposes of the symbol is Russia. Neither Europe, nor India, nor Asia can compare with Russia in the abundance of swastika symbols covering Russian weapons, banners, National costumes, household utensils, everyday and agricultural items, as well as houses and temples. Excavations of ancient burial mounds, cities and settlements speak for themselves - many ancient Slavic cities had a clear Swastika shape, oriented to the four cardinal points. This can be seen in the example of Arkaim, Vendogard and others.

The swastika and swastika-solar symbols were the main elements of the oldest Proto-Slavic ornaments.

Swastika symbolism in various cultures

But not only Arians and Slavs believed in mystical power swastika patterns. The same symbols were found on clay vessels from Samarra (the territory of modern Iraq), which date back to the 5th millennium BC. Swastika symbols in levorotatory and dextrorotatory forms are found in the pre-Aryan culture of Mohenjo-Daro (the Indus River basin) and ancient China around 2000 BC. NS. In Northeast Africa, archaeologists have found a funerary stele of the kingdom of Meros, which existed in the II-III centuries AD. The mural on the stele depicts a woman entering afterworld, the Swastika flaunts on the clothes of the deceased.

A rotating cross adorns both the golden weights for the scales that belonged to the inhabitants of Ashanta (Ghana), and the clay utensils of the ancient Indians, beautiful carpets woven by the Persians and Celts. Hand-made belts, created by the Komi, Russians, themselves, Latvians, Lithuanians and other peoples, are also filled with swastika symbols, and at present it is difficult even for an ethnographer to figure out which of the peoples these ornaments belong to. Judge for yourself.

Since ancient times, swastika symbolism has been the main and dominant among almost all peoples on the territory of Eurasia: Slavs, Germans, Mari, Pomors, Skalvians, Curonians, Scythians, Sarmatians, Mordovians, Udmurts, Bashkirs, Chuvashes, Indians, Icelanders, Scots and many others.

In many ancient Beliefs and religions, the Swastika is the most important and lightest cult symbol. So, in ancient Indian philosophy and Buddhism, the Swastika is a symbol of the eternal cycle of the universe, a symbol of the Buddha Law, to which everything is subject. (Dictionary "Buddhism", M., "Republic", 1992); in Tibetan Lamaism - a protective symbol, a symbol of happiness and a talisman.

In India and Tibet, the Swastika is depicted everywhere: on the walls and gates of temples, on residential buildings, as well as on fabrics in which all sacred texts and tablets are wrapped. Very often, the sacred texts from the Book of the Dead are framed with swastika ornaments, which are written on the funeral covers, before krodirovanie (cremation).

The image of a multitude of Swastikas, you can observe both on an old Japanese engraving of the 18th century, and on unmatched mosaic floors in the halls of the St. Petersburg Hermitage.

But about this you will not find any messages in the media, because they have no idea what the Swastika is, what ancient figurative meaning it carries, what it meant for many millennia and now means for the Slavs and Aryans and many peoples inhabiting our Earth.

Swastika among the Slavs

Swastika among the Slavs- this is "Solar" symbolism, or in other words "Solar" symbolism, which means the rotation of the Solar circle. Also, the word Swastika means "Heavenly Movement", Swa - Heaven, Tick - Movement. Hence the names Slavic gods: the bird Mother Sva (patroness of Russia), the god Svarog and finally Svarga - the dwelling place of the light gods Slavic myths... Swastika in translation from the Sanskrit language (under one of the versions of Sanskrit - Old Russian Slavic language) "Svasti" - Greetings, wishes of good luck.

The swastika was believed as a talisman that "attracts" good luck. In Ancient Russia, it was believed that if you draw a Kolovrat on the palm of your hand, then you will definitely get lucky. The swastika was also painted on the walls of the house, so that happiness reigned there. In the Ipatiev House, where the family of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II was shot, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna painted all the walls with this divine symbol, but the swastika did not help against the atheists. Nowadays, philosophers, dowsers and psychics propose to build city blocks in the form of swastikas - such configurations should generate positive energy. By the way, these conclusions have already been confirmed by modern science.

Under Peter I, the walls of his country residence were decorated with swastikas. The ceiling of the throne room in the Hermitage is also covered with a sacred symbol. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the swastika became the most widespread amulet symbol in Russia, Western and Eastern Europe - the influence of the "Secret Doctrine" by E.P. Blavatsky, the teachings of Guido von List, etc. For thousands of years, the common people have used swastika ornaments in everyday life, and at the beginning of this century, interest in swastika symbols appeared among those in power. V Soviet Russia Since 1918, the sleeve patches of the soldiers of the Red Army of the South-Eastern Front were decorated with a swastika with the abbreviation RSF.S.R. inside.

After the overthrow of the autocracy, the Swastika appears on the new banknotes of the Provisional Government, and after October 1917 - on the banknotes of the Bolsheviks. Now, few people know that the matrices with the image of Kolovrat (Swastika) against the background of a two-headed eagle were made according to a special order and sketches of the last tsar Russian Empire- Nicholas II.

Beginning in 1918, the Bolsheviks introduced new banknotes in denominations of 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 rubles, which no longer depict one swastika, but three. Two smaller ones - in the side ties and a large Swastika - in the middle. Money with the Swastika was printed by the Bolsheviks and was in use until 1922, and only after the formation Soviet Union were withdrawn from circulation.

Swastika symbols

Swastika symbols carry a huge secret meaning... They contain tremendous Wisdom. Each swastika symbol opens before us Great picture universe. Ancient Slavic-Aryan Wisdom says that our galaxy has the shape of a Swastika and is called SWATI, and the Yarila-Sun system, in which our Midgard-Earth makes its way, is in one of the arms of this heavenly Swastika.

In Russia, there were 144 kinds swastika symbols : Swastika, Kolovrat, Salting, Svyata Dar, Svasti, Svaor, Solntsevrat, Agni, Fash, Mara; Inglia, Sun Cross, Solard, Vedara, Light Flight, Fern Flower, Perunov Tsvet, Swati, Race, Goddess, Svarozhich, Svyatoch, Yarovrat, Odolen-Grass, Rodimich, Charovrat, etc. One could still enumerate, but it is better to consider further briefly several solar swastika symbols: their outline and figurative meaning.

	KOLOVPAT- The symbol of the rising Yarila-Sun; a symbol of the eternal victory of Light over darkness and Of eternal life over death. Kolovrat's color also plays an important role: Fiery, symbolizes the Renaissance; Heavenly - Renewal; black - change.
	INGLIA- Symbolizes the Primary Life-giving Divine Fire of Creation, from which all the Universes and our Yarila-Sun system emerged. In amulet use, Inglia is a symbol of the Primordial Divine Purity that protects the World from the forces of Darkness.
	HOLY GIFT- Symbolizes the Ancient Sacred Northern ancestral home of the white peoples - Daaria, now called: Hyperborea, Arctida, Severia, Paradise land, which was in the Northern Ocean and died as a result of the First Flood.
	SVAOP- Symbolizes the endless, constant Heavenly Movement, called - Swaga and the Eternal Cycle of the Life Forces of the Universe. It is believed that if Svaor is depicted on household items, then there will always be prosperity and Happiness in the house.
	SVAOR-SOLNTSEVRAT- Symbolizes the constant movement of the Yarila-Sun across the firmament. For a person, the use of this symbol meant: Purity of Thoughts and Acts, Goodness and Light of Spiritual Illumination.
	AGNI (FIRE)- Symbol of the Sacred Fire of the Altar and Home. Guardian Symbol of the Highest Light Gods, Protecting dwellings and temples, as well as the Ancient Wisdom of the Gods, i.e. Ancient Slavic-Aryan Vedas.

	FASHION (FLAME)- Symbol of Protective Protective Spiritual Fire. This Spiritual Fire cleans the Human Spirit from selfishness and base thoughts. It is a symbol of the power and Unity of the Warrior Spirit, the victory of the Light Forces of Reason over the forces of Darkness and ignorance.
	THE AMBASSADOR- The symbol of the incoming, i.e. the retiring Yarila-Sun; The symbol of the completion of Creative Labor for the benefit of the Family and the Great Race; The symbol of the Spiritual Fortitude of man and the Peace of Mother Nature.
	CHAROVRAT- It is a talisman symbol that protects a person or object from targeting him with Black Charms. The Charovrat was depicted in the form of a Fiery rotating Cross, believing that Fire destroys dark forces and various spells.
	The goddess- Embodies the Eternal power and patronage of the Light Gods to a person who has taken the Path Spiritual development and perfection. Mandala with the image of this symbol helps a person to realize the Interpenetration and Unity of the Four Primary Elements in our Universe.
	RODOVIK- It symbolizes the Light Power of the Parent-Clan, helping the peoples of the Great Race, provides constant support to the Ancient Many-Wise Ancestors to people who work for the good of their Clan and creating for the descendants of their Clans.
	WEDDER- The most powerful Family Amulet, symbolizing the union of the two Clans. Merging of two Elemental Swastika Systems (body, Soul, Spirit and Conscience) into a new Unified Life System, where the Masculine (Fiery) principle unites with the feminine (Water).

	DUNION- The symbol of the connection of the Earthly and Heavenly Living Fire. Its purpose: to preserve the Paths of the Permanent Unity of the Family. Therefore, all the Fiery Altars for the chanting of Bloodless Trebs brought to the glory of the Gods and Ancestors were built in the form of this symbol.
	HEAVENLY VEPR- Sign of the Hall on the Svarog Circle; The symbol of the Patron God of the Hall is Ramhat. This sign denotes the combination of the Past and the Future, the Earthly and Heavenly Wisdom. In the form of a talisman, this symbolism was used by people who embarked on the Path of Spiritual Self-Improvement.
	Grozovik- Fire symbolism, with the help of which it became possible to control the Natural Elements of Weather, and also the Thunderstorm was used as a talisman, protecting the homes and temples of the Clans of the Great Race from bad weather.
	GROMOVNIK- Heavenly Symbol of God Indra, guarding the Ancient Heavenly Wisdom of the Gods, i.e. Ancient Vedas. As a talisman, it was depicted on military weapons and armor, as well as above the entrances to the Vaults, so that those entering them with evil thoughts would be struck by Thunder (infrasound).
	COLARD- Symbol of Fiery Renewal and Transformation. This symbol was used by young people who entered the Family Union and awaiting the appearance of healthy offspring. At the Wedding, the bride was presented with jewelry with Kolard and Solard.
	SOLARD- Symbol of the Greatness of Fertility of the Mother of the Raw Earth, receiving Light, Warmth and Love from Yarila-Sun; The symbol of the prosperity of the land of the Ancestors. The symbol of Fire, giving prosperity and prosperity to the Clans, creating for their descendants, to the Glory of the Light Gods and the Many-Wise Ancestors.

	FIREWIK- The Fire Symbol of the God of the Family. His image is found on Kummir Roda, on platbands and "towels" on roof slopes on houses and on window shutters. As a talisman, it was applied to the ceilings. Even in the Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed (Moscow), under one of the domes, you can see Ognevik.
	YAROVIK - This symbol was used as a talisman for the safety of the harvested Harvest and to avoid the loss of livestock. Therefore, he was very often depicted above the entrance to barns, basements, sheepfolds, barns, stables, cowsheds, barns, etc.
	SWASTIKA- The symbol of the eternal cycle of the Universe; it symbolizes the Highest Heavenly Law, to which everything is subject. People used this Fire sign as a talisman that guarded the existing Law and Order. Life itself depended on their inviolability.
	SUASTI- A symbol of movement, the cycle of Life on Earth and the rotation of Midgard-Earth. The symbol of the four cardinal points, as well as the four northern rivers dividing the ancient Sacred Daaria into four "regions" or "countries", in which the four Clans of the Great Race originally lived.
	SOLON- Ancient Solar symbol protecting a person and his good from dark forces. It was usually depicted on clothing and household items. Very often the image of Soloni is found on spoons, pots and other kitchen utensils.
	YAROVRAT- The Fiery Symbol of the Yaro-God, who controls the spring bloom and all favorable weather conditions. The people considered it obligatory, to get a good harvest, to draw this symbol on agricultural tools: plows, sickles, scythes, etc.

	SOUL SWASTIKA- used for concentration Higher Forces Healing. The spiritual Swastika had the right to include in the ornament of clothing only the Priests who climbed high level Spiritual and moral perfection.
	DUKHOVNAYA SWASTIKA- enjoyed the greatest attention among the Magicians, Magi, Veduns, she symbolized Harmony and Unity: Bodies, Soul, Spirit and Conscience, as well as Spiritual Power. The Magi used Spiritual Power to control Natural Elements.
	KOLYADNIK- The symbol of God Kolyada, which makes Renewal and changes for the better on earth; it is a symbol of the victory of Light over darkness and Bright Day over night. In addition, the Kolyadnik was used as a male Amulet, giving husbands strength in creative work and in the battle with a fierce thief.
	CROSS OF LADA-MOTHER OF GOD- A symbol of Love, Harmony and Happiness in the family, the people called it LADY. As a talisman, it was worn mainly by girls in order to have protection from the "evil eye". And so that the power of the power of the Ladinets was constant, he was inscribed in the Great Kolo (Circle).
	GRASS GRASS- This symbol was the main Amulet for protection against various diseases. The people believed that evil forces send illnesses to a person, and the double Fire sign is capable of burning any illness and disease, purifying the body and Soul.
	FERN FLOWER- A fiery symbol of the purity of the Spirit, has powerful healing powers. People call him Perunov Tsvet. It is believed that he is able to discover treasures hidden in the ground, to fulfill desires. In fact, it gives a person the opportunity to reveal Spiritual Forces.

	SUNNY CROSS- a symbol of the Spiritual Power of Yarila-Sun and the prosperity of the Family. Used as a body amulet. As a rule, the Solar Cross endowed the greatest power: the Priests of the Forest, Gridney and Kmetey, who portrayed him on clothes, weapons and cult accessories.
	HEAVENLY CROSS- Symbol of Heavenly Spiritual Power and the Power of Generic Unity. It was used as a body Charm, protecting the one who wears it, granting him the help of all the Ancestors of his Clan and the help of the Heavenly Clan.
	SVITOVIT- A symbol of the eternal relationship between Earthly Waters and Heavenly Fire. From this connection, new ones are born Pure Souls who are preparing for incarnation on Earth in the Explicit World. Pregnant women embroidered this Amulet on dresses and sundresses so that healthy children were born.
	LIGHT- This symbol personifies the connection of two great Fiery streams: Earthly and Divine (Extraterrestrial). This connection generates the Universal Vortex of Transformation, which helps a person to reveal the essence of Multidimensional Being, through the Light of Cognition of the Ancient Foundations.
	VALKYRIE - Ancient Amulet guarding Wisdom, Justice, Nobility and Honor. This sign is especially revered by the warriors who protect Native land, your Ancient Family and Faith. As a protective symbol, it was used by the Priests for the preservation of the Vedas.
	SVARGA- The symbol of the Heavenly Path, as well as the symbol of Spiritual Ascent, through many harmonious Worlds of Spiritual Perfection, through multidimensional Locations and Reality located on the Golden Path, to the end point of the wandering of the Soul, which is called the World of Rule.

	SVAROZHICH- The symbol of the Heavenly Power of God Svarog, which preserves in its original form all the variety of forms of Life in the Universe. A symbol that protects various existing Intelligent forms of Life from Soul and Spiritual degradation, as well as from complete destruction as an Intelligent species.
	RODIMICH- The symbol of the Universal Power of the Parent-Clan preserving in the Universe in its original form the Law of Continuity of Knowledge of the Wisdom of the Clan, from Old Age to Youth, from Ancestors to Descendants. Symbol-Amulet, which reliably preserves the Ancestral Memory from generation to generation.
	RASICH- Symbol of the Unity of the Great Race. The Sign of Inglia inscribed in the Multidimensional, has not one, but four colors, according to the color of the iris of the eyes of the Clans of the Race: Silver for yes "Aryans; Green for x" Aryans; Heavenly at the Svyatoruss and Fiery at the Rassen.
	STRIBOZIC- The symbol of God who controls all Winds and Hurricanes - Stribog. This symbol helped people to protect their homes and fields from bad weather. Gave sailors and fishermen a calm water surface. Millers built windmills resembling the Stribog sign so that the mills would not stand.
	WEDAMAN- Symbol of the Guardian Priest, which preserves the Ancient Wisdom of the Clans of the Great Race, for in this Wisdom are preserved: the Traditions of the Communities, the Culture of Relationships, the Memory of the Ancestors and Gods of the Patrons of the Clans.
	VEDARA- Symbol of the Priest-Guardian of the Ancient Faith of the Ancestors (Kapen-Ingling), which keeps the Shining Ancient Wisdom of the Gods. This symbol helps to cognize and use the ancient Knowledge for the benefit of the Prosperity of Clans and the Ancient Faith of the First Ancestors.

Svyatoch- Symbol of Spiritual Revival and Illumination of the Great Race. This symbol united in itself: the Fiery Kolovrat (Revival), moving along the Multidimensional (Human Life), which united the Divine Golden Cross (Illumination) and the Heavenly Cross (Spirituality).

RACE SYMBOL- Symbol of the Unified Universal Union of the Four Great Nations, Aryans and Slavs. Aryan peoples united together Clans and Tribes: yes "Aryans and x" Aryans, a Narody Slavyans - Svyatoruss and Rassenov... This unity of the Four Nations was indicated by the Symbol of Inglia of the Solar color in the Heavenly Space (Blue color). The Solar Inglia (Race) is crossed by a Silver Sword (Conscience) with a Fiery hilt (Pure Thoughts) and a directed edge of the sword blade downward, which symbolizes the Preservation and Protection of the Trees of Divine Wisdom of the Great Race from various forces of Darkness (Silver Sword, with a directed edge of the blade downward , means protection from external enemies)

Eradicating the swastika

In the second half of the XX century, in America, Europe and the USSR they began to resolutely eradicate this Solar symbol, and eradicated it in the same way as they had previously eradicated: the ancient folk Slavic and Aryan Culture; ancient Faith and folk traditions; true, undistorted by the rulers Heritage of the Ancestors, and the long-suffering Slavic people themselves, the bearer of the ancient Slavic-Aryan Culture.

And now they are trying to prohibit any kind of rotating Solar Crosses in many respects by the same people or their descendants, but using different pretexts: if earlier this was done under the pretext of class struggle and anti-Soviet conspiracies, now it is a fight against the manifestation of extremist activity.

One generation succeeds another, crumbling state systems and regimes, but as long as the People remember their Ancient Roots, honor the traditions of their Great Ancestors, preserve their Ancient culture and symbols, until that time the People are ALIVE and will LIVE!

For those readers who wish to get more information about the Swastika, we recommend the Ethnoreligiological Essays by Roman Vladimirovich Bagdasarov "The Mysticism of the Fire Cross" and others.

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The meaning of the swastika

Today the swastika - symbol, which everyone associates only with evil and war. The swastika is falsely credited with a connection with fascism. This symbol has nothing to do with fascism, war, or Hitler, and this is a delusion of many people!

The origin of the swastika

The swastika symbol is tens of thousands of years old. Initially swastika meant our galaxy, because if you look at the rotation of the galaxy, you can see a connection with the "swastika" sign. This association served as the beginning for the further use of the swastika sign. The Slavs used the swastika as amulets, decorated houses and temples with this sign, applied it as an ornament on clothes and weapons. For them, this sign was a symbolic image of the sun. And for our ancestors, he represented all the brightest and purest in the world. And not only for the Slavs, for many cultures it meant peace, goodness and faith. So how did it happen that such good sign, carrying a thousand-year history, suddenly became the personification of everything bad and terrible in the world?

In the Middle Ages, the symbol was forgotten, and only occasionally surfaced in patterns.
It was only in the 1920s that the swastika "saw" the world again. Then the swastika began to be depicted on the helmets of militants, and the very next year it was officially recognized as the coat of arms of the fascist party. And later, Hitler performed under the banners with the image of the swastika.

What is a swastika

But here you need to clarify and dot all the i. The swastika is a two-digit symbol, because can be depicted as curved clockwise ends and against. And both of these images carry a completely opposite semantic load, balancing each other. Swastika, the rays of which are directed to the left (i.e. counterclockwise) denotes the rising sun, goodness and light. The swastika, which is depicted clockwise, carries the opposite meaning and means evil, misfortune and misfortune. Now let's remember which swastika was Hitler's emblem. It is the last one. And this swastika has nothing to do with the ancient symbols of goodness and light.

Therefore, there is no need to confuse these two symbols. Even now, the swastika can serve as a talisman for you, if you draw it correctly. And people who round their eyes with fright at the sight of this symbol need to make an excursion into history and tell about ancient symbol our ancestors, who made the world kinder and brighter.

In the textbooks of world history, documentaries about the Second World War, we see a sign that carries the ideology of fascism. A frightening sign is painted on the armbands of the SS, on the fascist flag. It marked the captured objects. Many countries were afraid of the bloody symbol and, of course, no one thought about what the fascist swastika meant.

Historical roots

Contrary to our assumptions, the swastika is not Hitler's notion. This symbol begins its history far before our era. In the process of studying different eras archaeologists see this ornament on clothing and various household items.

The geography of the finds is extensive: Iraq, India, China, and even in Africa, a funerary fresco with a swastika was found. However, the most great amount confirmation of the use of the swastika in Everyday life people gathered on the territory of Russia.

The word itself is translated from Sanskrit - happiness, prosperity... The sign of the rotating cross, according to some speculations of scientists, symbolizes the path of the sun through the dome of heaven, is a symbol of fire and hearth. Protects the house and the temple.

Initially, in everyday life, the sign of the rotating cross began to be used by the tribes of white people, the so-called Aryan race... However, Aryans are historically Indo-Iranians. Presumably, the indigenous territory is the Eurasian circumpolar region, the region of the Ural Mountains, which means that the close connection with the Slavic peoples is understandable.

Later, these tribes actively migrated to the south and settled in Iraq and India, bringing culture and religion with them to these lands.

What does the German swastika mean?

The sign of the rotating cross was revived in the 19th century thanks to active archaeological activities. Then it was used in Europe as a good luck charm. Later, the theory of the exclusivity of the German race appeared, and the swastika acquired the status symbol of many far-right German parties.

In its autobiographical book Hitler indicated that he had invented the emblem of the new Germany on his own. However, in fact, it was a well-known sign for a long time. Hitler depicted him in black, in a white ring, on a red background and called Hakenkreuz, which in German means “ hook cross».

The blood-red canvas was deliberately suggested in order to attract attention Soviet people and taking into account the psychological impact of this shade. The white ring is a sign of national socialism, and the swastika is a sign of the struggle of the Aryans for their pure blood.

According to Hitler's idea, hooks are knives prepared for Jews, gypsies and the unclean.

Swastika of Slavs and fascists: differences

However, when compared with the fascist ideological emblem, a number of distinctive features were found:

1. The Slavs did not have clear rules for the image of the sign. Swastika was considered enough a large number of ornaments, they all had their own names and had a special power. They had intersecting lines, frequent forking, or even curved curves. As you know, in the Nazi emblem there is only a four-sided cross with sharp curved tips to the left. All intersections and bends are at right angles;
2. Indo-Iranians painted the sign in red on a white background, but other cultures: Buddhist and Indian used blue or yellow;
3. The Aryan sign was a powerful noble amulet that symbolized wisdom, family values and self-knowledge. According to their idea, german cross- weapons against the unclean race;
4. Ancestors used ornament in household items. They decorated their clothes, handbrakes, napkins, painted vases for them. The Nazis used the swastika for military and political purposes.

Thus, it is impossible to put both of these signs in one line. They have a lot of differences, both in writing and in use and ideology.

Swastika myths

Allocate several delusions concerning ancient graphic ornament:

• The direction of rotation is irrelevant. According to one theory, the direction of the sun to the right side means peaceful creative energy, and if the rays look to the left, then the energy becomes destructive. The Slavs, among other things, used the left-sided ornament to attract the patronage of their ancestors and increase the strength of the clan;
• The author of the German swastika is not Hitler. For the first time, the mythical sign was brought to the territory of Austria by a traveler - the abbot of the monastery Theodor Hagen in late XIX centuries from where it spread to German soil;
• The swastika in the form of a military sign was used not only in Germany. Since 1919, the RSFSR has used swastikas on the sleeve to denote the Kalmyk military.

In connection with the difficult events of the war, the swastika cross acquired a sharply negative ideological connotation and by the decision of the post-war tribunal was banned.

Rehabilitation of the Aryan symbol

Different states today have different attitudes towards the swastika:

1. In America, a certain sect is actively trying to rehabilitate the swastika. There is even a holiday for the rehabilitation of the swastika, which is called the World and is celebrated on June 23;
2. In Latvia, before a hockey game, during a demonstration flash mob, dancers deployed a large swastika figure on an ice rink;
3. In Finland, the swastika is used on the official flag of the air force;
4. In Russia, heated debates are still raging about the restoration of the sign in rights. There are whole groups of swastikophiles who make various positive arguments. In 2015, Roskomnadzor talked about the admissibility of the demonstration of the swastika without its ideological propaganda... In the same year, the Constitutional Court banned the use of the swastika in any form, due to the fact that it is immoral in relation to veterans and their descendants.

Thus, the attitude towards the Aryan sign is different throughout the world. However, we all need to remember what the fascist swastika means, since it was a symbol of the most destructive ideology in the history of mankind and nothing to do with the ancient Slavic sign on semantic load does not have.

Video about the meaning of the fascist symbol

In this video, Vitaly Derzhavin will talk about a few more meanings of the swastika, how it appeared and who was the first to use this symbol:

Image copyright Hulton Archive Image caption Is it possible to rehabilitate the swastika, which for many has become a symbol of fascism?

In the West, the swastika has become an integral symbol of fascism. But few remember that for millennia and in different cultures of the world, she was considered a symbol that brings good luck.

Will it ever succeed ancient sign shake off the stigma of Nazism and associated negative associations?

In the ancient Indian literary language of Sanskrit, "swasti" means a wish for prosperity and good luck. This symbol has been used by Hindus, Buddhists and followers of Jainism for thousands of years. Most researchers believe that the symbol itself was born in India.

The first travelers from Western countries who reached Asia, favorably reacted to the positive associations that the swastika carried with it, and actively began to use this symbol at home.

American graphic artist and designer Stephen Heller in his book "The Swastika: A Symbol Without Right to Redemption?" shows how popular she was in architectural motives and advertising before Hitler came to power.

Image copyright BBC World Service Image caption Packaging on a fruit box, a Coca-Cola token and a deck of cards from the USA, early 20th century

"It was decorated with bottles of Coca-Cola and Carlsberg beer. The Boy Scouts adopted it, and the American Club of Young Girls called its magazine" Swastika. " - says Heller.

US military units used the swastika during World War I. Her images adorned the wings of some RAF aircraft until 1939. However, the "peaceful" swastika came to an end after fascism came to power in Germany in the 1930s.

The Nazis appropriated the swastika for a reason. In the 19th century, the French romantic writer and sociologist Joseph Gobineau wrote a work entitled: A Study of Inequality human races", in which he introduced the term" Aryans. "So Gobino called the fair-haired and blue-eyed representatives of the white race, whom he regarded as the highest level of all mankind.

In the second half of the 19th century, German scientists, translating texts from Sanskrit, discovered a similarity between it and the old Germanic dialects, from which it was concluded that both the ancient Indians and the ancient Germans had common ancestors: that very godlike race of warriors - the Aryans.

Image copyright BBC World Service Image caption Hindu boy with shaved head and vase at Buddhist temple in Japan

This idea was enthusiastically taken up by groups of nationalists who declared that the swastika was a symbol of the Aryans, and visual demonstration the ancient roots of the Germanic nation.

A black cross with curved ends (the so-called "rotating cross" with rays directed clockwise), on a white circle located on a red square, has become one of the most hated emblems of the 20th century, inextricably linked with the crimes of the Third Reich.

Image copyright BBC World Service Image caption Freddie Knoller, Holocaust survivor

"For the Jewish people, the swastika remains a symbol of fear, oppression and destruction. This symbol we can never change," Freddie Knoller, a Holocaust survivor told the BBC. "When nationalists paint a swastika on our tombstones and synagogues, we become afraid. It should never happen again. "

The swastika became a banned symbol in Germany after the end of World War II. In 2007, Germany tried to extend this ban to all EU countries, albeit without success.

The irony is that the European roots of the swastika are much deeper than many people imagine. Archaeological finds long ago showed that this is a very ancient symbol, which was used not only in India. He met in ancient Greece, he was familiar to the Celts and Anglo-Saxons, and the oldest specimens in general were found in Eastern Europe from the Baltic to the Balkans.

One of the most ancient swastika ornaments is kept in the State history museum in Kiev.

Image copyright BBC World Service Image caption The oldest ornament from the swastikas was carved 15 thousand years ago

Among the most valuable exhibits of the museum is a small bone figurine of a bird, carved from the tusk of a mammoth. It was found in 1908 during excavations of a Paleolithic site near the village of Mizin in the Chernigov region of Ukraine.

The bird's body is engraved with an intricate pattern of intertwining swastikas. It is the oldest officially recognized swastika ornament in the world. Radiocarbon analysis showed that the bone bird was carved 15,000 years ago. During excavations, the bird was found among a number of phallic objects, which, according to scientists, supports the theory that the swastika also served as a symbol of fertility.

Image copyright BBC World Service Image caption The swastika is one of the oldest symbols in the world.

In 1965, Soviet paleontologist Valentina Bibikova discovered that the meander pattern of swastikas could be a deliberate reproduction of natural cut on a mammoth bone by ancient artists. Maybe the inhabitants of the Paleolithic just reproduced what they saw in nature? And a huge mammoth logically became a symbol of prosperity and fertility?

Single swastikas began to appear in the Neolithic Vinca Vinca culture in Eastern Europe about 7 thousand years ago. However, this symbol was really widespread in Europe only in the Bronze Age.

The collection of the Kiev Museum contains clay pots with swastikas encircling the upper part of the vessel, which is about 4 thousand years old. When Nazi troops occupied Kiev in World War II, the Germans were so confident that these pots proved the existence of their own Aryan ancestors that they took them with them to Germany. After the war, they were returned to Kiev.

In the Greek collection of the museum, the swastika is widely present in the form of a widespread meander ornament, which is still used today.

Image copyright BBC World Service Image caption Meander pattern on an ancient Greek vase and at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York

In ancient Greece, pots and vases were decorated with a swastika motif.

But perhaps one of the most unexpected exhibits of the museum in Kiev is a dilapidated piece of cloth, miraculously preserved from the 12th century. It is believed that it was part of the collar of a dress of some Slavic princess, and jewelry made of swastikas and gold crosses were supposed to ward off evil.

Image copyright BBC World Service Image caption Embroidery with swastikas and crosses on the collar of a dress of the 12th century

The swastika remained a popular motif in country embroidery of Eastern Europe up to the Second World War. Associate Professor of the Smolny Institute Pavel Kutenkov, manager of the Russian Museum of Ethnology in St. Petersburg, counted about 200 varieties of swastikas in this region.

At the same time, the swastika remains one of the most emotionally negative symbols of our world. In 1941, at Babi Yar in Kiev, the Nazis killed, according to the very minimum estimates, more than 150 thousand people - Jews, prisoners of war, the mentally ill, gypsies and so on. The swastika is not to blame that the National Socialists chose it as their symbol, but few manage to get rid of this association.

Some people sincerely believe that the swastika can be revived as a positive symbol. Copenhagen-based tattoo parlor owner Peter Madsen says the swastika is an important element in Scandinavian myths.

Madsen was one of the initiators of the action called "Learn to love the swastika", which took place on November 13 last year. The idea was that tattoo artists all over the world offered clients to apply three swastikas to their skin free of charge on this day, as a symbol of its glorious cultural past.

"The swastika is a symbol of love, which Hitler mercilessly distorted. We are not trying to revive the" rotating cross ", it would be impossible. And we do not want people to forget about the horrors of Nazism," says Madsen.

Image copyright BBC World Service Image caption Supporter of the action "Learn to love the swastika"

“We want people to know that the swastika comes in many forms, none of which have ever been used for something terrible. We also want to demonstrate to all these right-wing fascists that they have no right to use this symbol. And if we succeed to teach people to understand the true meaning of the swastika, then maybe we will be able to take it away from the fascists. "

But for those who, like Freddie Knoller, have experienced all the horrors of fascism, learning to love the swastika is almost impossible.

"For people who survived the Holocaust, it is impossible to forget what a swastika is. For us, it is a symbol of absolute evil."

“However, we did not know that the swastika was born many millennia ago. Maybe people will be interested to know that it was not always a symbol of fascism,” concludes Noller.

Slavic swastika , its significance for us should be the subject of special attention. To confuse the fascist and Slavic swastika is possible only with complete ignorance of history and culture. A thoughtful and attentive person knows that the swastika is not originally a "brand" of Germany during the times of fascism. Today, not all people remember the true history of this sign. And all this thanks to the great world tragedy Patriotic War that thundered across the Earth under the standard of a subordinate swastika (enclosed in an indissoluble circle). We need to figure out what this symbol of the swastika was in Slavic culture, why it is still revered, and how today we can apply it in practice. Remember that the Nazi swastika is prohibited in Russia.

Archaeological excavations on the territory of modern Russia and in neighboring countries confirm that the swastika is a much more ancient symbol than the emergence of fascism. So, there are finds with images of the solar symbol, dating back to 10,000-15,000 years before the advent of our era. Slavic culture is replete with numerous facts, confirmed precisely by archaeologists, that the swastika was used by our people everywhere.

vessel found in the Caucasus

The Slavs still retained the memory of this sign, because embroidery schemes are still being transmitted, as well as ready-made towels, or homespun belts and other products. In the photo - the belts of the Slavs from different regions and dating.

Having picked up old photographs, drawings, you can make sure that the Russians also used the swastika symbol on a massive scale. For example, the image of swastikas in a laurel wreath on money, weapons, banners, sleeve chevrons of Red Army soldiers (1917-1923). The honor of the uniform and the solar symbol in the center of the symbolism were one.

But even today one can find both a direct and a stylized swastika in the architecture preserved in Russia. For example, let's take only one city of St. Petersburg. Take a closer look at the mosaic on the floor St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, or the Hermitage, to vignettes from forging, modeling on buildings along many streets and embankments of this city.

Paul in St. Isaac's Cathedral.

Floor in the Small Hermitage, room 241, "History of Ancient Painting".

Fragment of the ceiling in the Small Hermitage, room 214, " Italian art the end of the 15th-16th centuries ".

House in Petersburg on Promenade des Anglais, d. 24 (year of construction of the building 1866).

Slavic swastika - meaning and meaning

The Slavic swastika is an equilateral cross, the ends of which are equally bent in one direction (sometimes according to the movement of the clock hands, sometimes against). At the bend, the ends on the four sides of the figure form a right angle (straight swastika), and sometimes sharp or obtuse (oblique swastika). They depicted a symbol with pointed and rounded bends at the ends.

These symbols may mistakenly include a double, triple ("triskelion" with three rays, the symbol of Zervan - the god of space and time, fate and time among the Iranians), eight-pointed ("Kolovrat" or "brace") figure. It is wrong to call these variations swastikas. Our ancestors, the Slavs, perceived each symbol, albeit something similar to another, as a force that had its own separate purpose and function in Nature.

Our native ancestors gave the meaning to the swastika as follows - the movement of forces and bodies in a spiral. If this is the sun, then the sign showed vortex currents in the heavenly body. If this is a Galaxy, the Universe, then the movement was understood celestial bodies in a spiral within the system around some center. The center is, as a rule, "self-glowing" light (white light with no source).

Slavic swastika in other traditions and peoples

Our ancestors of Slavic clans in ancient times, along with other peoples, revered swastika symbols not only as amulets, but also as signs that have sacred meaning... They helped people get in touch with the gods. So, in Georgia they still believe that the roundness of the corners in the swastika means nothing more than the infinity of movement in the entire Universe.

The Indian swastika is now inscribed not only on the temples of various Aryan gods, but is also used as a protective symbolism in household use. They draw this sign in front of the entrance to the dwelling, draw on dishes, use it in embroidery. Modern Indian fabrics are still produced with designs of rounded swastika symbols, similar to a blossoming flower.

Near India, in Tibet, Buddhists are no less respectful of the swastika, drawing it on Buddha statues. In this tradition, the swastika means that the cycle in the universe is endless. In many respects, on the basis of this, even the whole law of the Buddha is complex, as recorded in the dictionary "Buddhism", Moscow, ed. "Respublika", 1992 Even during the time of tsarist Russia, the emperor met with Buddhist lamas, finding much in common in the wisdom and philosophy of the two cultures. Today, lamas use the swastika as a protective sign that protects against evil spirits and demons.

The Slavic swastika and the fascist one are distinguished by the fact that the first is not included in a square, circle or any other contour, while on the Nazi flags we observe that the figure is most often located in the center of a white circle-disk located on a red field. The Slavs never had the desire or purpose to place the sign of any God, Lord or power in a confined space.

We are talking about the so-called "submission" of the swastika so that it "works" for those who use it at their own discretion. There is an opinion that after A. Hitler drew attention to this symbol, a special witchcraft ceremony was performed. The motive of the ceremony was as follows - to begin to rule the whole world with the help of heavenly forces, subjugating all nations. As far as this is true, the sources are silent, but many generations of people were able to see what can be done with the symbol and how to blacken it and use it to their advantage.

Swastika in Slavic culture - where it is applied

Swastika Slavic peoples found in different signs which have their own names. In total, there are 144 species of such names today. Among them, the following variations are popular: Kolovrat, Charovrat, Posolon, Inglia, Agni, Svaor, Ognevik, Suasti, Yarovrat, Svarga, Rasich, Svyatoch and others.

V Christian tradition still use swastikas, depicting on Orthodox icons various saints. An attentive person will see such signs on mosaics, paintings, icons, or the attire of a priest.

Small swastikas and double swastikas depicted on the robe of Christ Pantocrator the Almighty - a Christian fresco in the St. Sophia Cathedral of the Novgorod Kremlin.

Today, swastika symbols are used by those Slavs who continue to honor the horses of their ancestors and remember their Native Gods. So, to celebrate the day of Perun the Thunderer, there are round dances around the swastika signs laid out on the ground (or inscribed) - "Fash" or "Agni". There are also many famous dance Kolovrat. The magical meaning of the sign has been passed down from generation to generation. Therefore, understanding Slavs today can freely wear amulets with swastika signs, use them as talismans.

Swastika in Slavic culture in different places Russia was perceived differently. For example, on the Pechora River, residents called this sign "hare", perceiving it as sunny bunny, Ray sunlight... But in Ryazan - "feather grass", seeing in the sign the embodiment of the element of wind. But the people also felt the fiery power in the sign. So, there are the names "solar wind", "firestorms", "mushroom" (Nizhny Novgorod region).

The concept of "swastika" was transformed into a semantic meaning - "that came from Heaven." It contains: "Sva" - Heaven, Svarga Heavenly, Svarog, rune "s" - direction, "tika" - run, movement, the arrival of something. Understanding the origin of the word "Suasti" ("Svasti") helps to determine the strength of the sign. "Su" - good or beautiful, "asti" - to be, to be. In general, the meaning of the swastika can be summarized - "Be kind!".