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
[259] This was the last time I ever saw Mr. Dorsey. He died within a
month, beloved and regretted by all who knew him.
[260] "Troja," p. 123.
[261] "The Cliff Dwellers of the Mesa Verde, Southwestern Colorado," P. A.
Norstedt & Son, Chicago, 1893.
[262] From letter of Mr. Walter Hough, Winslow, Ariz. "I send you two
pieces of pottery [bearing many ogee Swastikas] from the ruins near here
formerly inhabited by the Moki. Many of the bowls which we have found in
this ruin had the Swastika as a major _motif_ in the decoration."
See also The Archæologist, III, No. 7, p. 248.
[263] "Troja," p. 122.
[264] The presence of the Swastika is the only purpose of this citation.
The correctness of the translation is not involved and is not vouched for.
[265] Equivalent to Istar of Assyria and Babylon, Astarte of Phenicia, to
the Greek Aphrodite, and the Roman Venus.
[266] Cited in "Misson Voyage d'Italie," tome 1, p. 217; Dulaure,
"Histoire des Differens Cultes," II; Brantône, "Dames Galantes"; Rabelais,
"Pantagruel," 3, chap. 35.
[267] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, p. 59.
[268] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1880-81, p. 273, pl. 54.
[269] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1880-81, pl. 55, fig. 1.
[270] Ibid., pl. 55, fig. 2.
[271] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1880-81, p. 276, pl. 56, figs.
1, 2.
[272] Op. cit., p. 276, pl. 56, figs. 3, 5, 6.
[273] Op. cit., p. 281.
[274] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1880-81, pl. 61.
[275] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, pls. 69-73.
[276] Figs. 402, 413, 415, 416.
[277] Third Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, fig. 157.
[278] Fourth Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1882-83, fig. 442.
[279] Fourth Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1882-83, p. 343, fig. 331.
[280] Third Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1881-82, fig. 165.
[281] Ibid., pp. 502, 503, figs. 186, 189.
[282] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1880-81, p. 271, pl. 51, fig.
1.
[283] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1880-81, pp. 272, 273.
[284] Schoolcraft, "History of the Indian Tribes," III, pl. 25; Second
Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1880-81, pl. 36.
[285] Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, p. 33, pl. 14, fig. 7.
[286] "La Migration des Symboles," p. 18.
[287] Tenth Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1888-89, figs. 1118-1129.
[288] Eighth Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, p. 283.
[289] Tenth Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1888-89, fig. 1165.
[290] Ibid., fig. 1232.
[291] Ibid., fig. 1231.
[292] Ibid., p. 729.
[293] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, p. 61.
[294] Contrib. North American Ethnology, V, p. 144.
[295] "Historia de Mexico," I, p. 238.
[296] Ninth Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1887-88, p. 479.
[297] "Myths of the New World," p. 96.
[298] "Gaspesi," London, 1691, pp. 170, 172, 199.
[299] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, 1880-81, p. 270.
[300] Sixth Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, p. 173 et seq., figs. 257-278.
[301] Second Ann. Rep. Bureau of Ethnology, p. 269.
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