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
150. Bronze fibula with Swastika, goose, and fish, Boeotia,
Greece, one-half natural size. Ludwig Müller. De
Mortillet, _Musée Préhistorique_, fig. 1265 841
151. Details of Greek vase with birds and Swastikas. Waring,
_Ceramic Art_, etc., pl. XXXIII, fig. 24; and Goodyear,
_Grammar_, etc., pl. XLVI, fig. 5 842
152. Detail of Cyprian vase, sun hawk, lotus, solar disk,
Swastikas. Bölau, _Jahrbuch_, 1886, pl. VIII; Reinach,
_Revue Archéologique_, 1885, II, p. 360; Chipiez &
Perrot, _Hist. of Art in Antiq._, IV, p. 564; Goodyear,
_Grammar_, etc., pl. XLV, fig. 3 842
153. Detail of Greek geometric vase with horses and Swastika.
Thera. Leyden Museum. Goodyear, _Grammar_, etc., pl.
LXI, fig. 4 842
154. Bronze fibula with large Swastika on shield. Greece.
Musée St. Germain. De Mortillet, Musée Préhistorique,
fig. 1264. One-half natural size 843
155. Greek vase, _oinochoë_, with two painted Swastikas. De
Mortillet, _Musée Préhistorique_, fig. 1244. One-quarter
natural size 843
156. Cyprian vase with animal and Swastikas. Cesnola, _Cyprus_,
etc., pl. XLV, fig. 36 843
157. Archaic Greek pottery fragment. Santorin, ancient Thera.
Waring, _Ceramic Art_, etc., pl. XLII, fig. 2 843
158. Cyprian vase with bird, lotus, and Swastikas. Met. Mus.
of Art, N. Y. Goodyear, _Grammar_, etc., pl. LX, fig. 15 844
159. Cyprian vase with two Swastikas. Cesnola Coll., Met. Mus.
of Art, N. Y. Goodyear, _Grammar_, etc., fig. 151 844
160. Fragment of terra-cotta vase with Swastikas, from ruins
of temple at Paleo-Paphos; 40 feet depth. Cesnola,
_Cyprus_, etc., p. 210 845
161. Wooden button, clasp, or fibula, covered with plates of
gold, ogee Swastika, (tetraskelion) in center. Schliemann,
_Mycenæ_, fig. 385, p. 259 845
162. Detail of Greek vase with goose, honeysuckle (Anthemion),
spiral Swastika. Thera. _Monumenti Inedite_, LXV, 2.
Goodyear, _Grammar_, etc., pl. XLVI, fig. 7 845
163. Detail of Greek vase, Sphynx with spiral scrolls, two
meander Swastikas (right). Melos. Böhlau, _Jahrbuch_,
1887, XII; Goodyear, _Grammar_, etc., pl. XXXIV, fig. 8 846
164. Detail of Greek vase, ibex and scroll, meander Swastika
(right). Melos. Böhlau, _Jahrbuch_, 1887, p. 121; and
Goodyear, _Grammar_, etc., pl. XXXIX, fig. 2 846
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