03 December 2018

13th-century Christian cross with a swastika


A bird motif fills the spaces between the arms of the cross.

I haven't found the source of the image (via the Artefactporn subreddit).  The artefact is pictured at this Turkish website.

3 comments:

  1. in the past, many different groups have used the 'hooked cross' symbol (with the hooks in either direction) in their belief systems. unfortunately, it took one such group to ruin it for everyone.

    I-)

    p.s. going the google 'i am not a robot' image verification takes way much longer than it takes to write the comment.

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    1. The contrast is illustrated starkly by these early 20th century "good luck" postcards with prominent swastikas on them. Hard to look at them now without a bit of unease...

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    2. Related old posts:

      http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2013/03/historical-sleeve-insignia-of-45th.html

      http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2013/01/all-swastikas-are-not-created-equal.html

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