The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration: With Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric Times — John Shaqi
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
Meanders, ogees, and spirals, bent to the left as well as
to the right 905
Aboriginal American engravings and paintings 906
Designs on shell 906
Ivory-billed woodpecker 907
The triskele, triskelion, or triquetrum 908
The spider 913
The rattlesnake 914
The human face and form 914
Designs on pottery 920
Designs on basketry 924
IV.--THE CROSS AMONG THE AMERICAN INDIANS.
Different forms 926
The cross on objects of shell and copper 926
The cross on pottery 931
Symbolic meanings of the cross 933
The four winds 934
Sun and star symbols 936
Dwellings 936
Dragon fly (Susbeca) 936
Mide', or Shamans 937
Flocks of birds 937
Human forms 938
Maidenhood 939
Shaman's spirit 939
Divers significations 939
Introduction of the cross into America 944
Decorative forms not of the cross, but allied to the
Swastika 946
Color stamps from Mexico and Venezuela 946
V.--SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SWASTIKA. 948
VI.--THE MIGRATION OF SYMBOLS.
Migration of the Swastika 952
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