The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration: With Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric TimesWilson, Thomas
Religion
The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration: With Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric Times
Wilson, Thomas
Industries, Primitive; Swastikas; Symbolism
21. Theory of lotus rudiments in spiral. Tomb 33, Abd-el-Kourneh,
Thebes. Goodyear, _Grammar_, etc., p. 96 783
22. Concentric rings connected by tangents. Petrie, _History of
Scarabs_. 784
23. Concentric rings with disconnected tangents. Barringer
Coll., Met. Mus. of Art, N. Y. Goodyear, _Grammar_, etc.,
Pl. VIII, fig. 23 784
24. Concentric rings without connection. Goodyear, _Grammar_,
etc., pl. VIII, fig. 25. Farman Coll., Met. Mus. of Art,
N. Y. 784
25. Special Egyptian meander. An illustration of the theory of
derivation from the spiral. Goodyear, _Grammar_, etc., pl.
X, fig. 9 784
26. Detail of Greek vase. Meander and Swastika. No. 2843 in
Polytechnic, Athens. Goodyear, _Grammar_, etc., fig. 174 785
27. Detail of Greek geometric vase in the British Museum.
Swastika, right, with solar geese. Goodyear, _Grammar_,
etc., fig. 173, p. 353 785
28. Greek geometric vase. Swastika with solar geese. Goodyear,
_Grammar_, etc., fig. 172, p. 353 785
29. Bronze statue of Buddha. Japan. Eight Swastikas on
pedestal, cane tintinnabulum with six movable rings or
bells. Cernuschi Coll. One-fifteenth natural size 799
30. Japanese potter's mark on porcelain. Swastika, left. Sir
A. W. Franks, _Catalogue_, etc., pl. XI, fig. 139; De
Mortillet, _Musée Préhistorique_, fig. 1248 799
31. Potter's mark on porcelain. China. Tablet of Honor, with
Swastika. Prime, _Pottery and Porcelain_, p. 254 801
32. Footprint of Buddha with Swastika, from Amaravati Tope.
From a figure by Fergusson and Schliemann 802
33. Explanation of Jain Swastika, according to Gandhi 804
(1) Archaic or protoplasmic life; (2) plant and animal
life; (3) human life; (4) celestial life.
34_a_. The formation of the Jain Swastika--First stage 804
34_b_. The formation of the Jain Swastika--Second stage 804
34_c_. The formation of the Jain Swastika--Third stage 805
35. Bronze pin-head from Cheithan-thagh. De Morgan, _Au
Caucase_, fig. 177 807
36. Bronze pin-head from Akthala. De Morgan, _Au Caucase_,
fig. 178 808
37. Swastika mark on black pottery. Cheithan-thagh. De Morgan,
_Au Caucase_, fig. 179 808
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