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What cultures used the word swastika long before Hitler and nazi Germany?
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∙ 7y ago
The swastika was used all over the world before the Nazis appropriated it. Vikings, Romans, Greeks, the Middle East, even ancient China and India. Around the time of World War II, a blue swastika was a common symbol used by the military of Finland.
However, Hindus- people who follow Hinduism, one of India's major religions- still consider the swastika to be a symbol of good luck. Hinduism is thousands of years old too, so it's been used by them for a long time. Other religions that have ties to India, especially Buddhism and Jainism, also sometimes use the symbol.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe swastika was acually a religious symbol used widley throughout Buddhism and Hinduism. People associate it with just being a symbol of the Nazis, which is wrong.
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∙ 13y agoyes it meant good luck
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∙ 12y agoYes.
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What are some swastika facts?
The bent cross icon is usually interpreted to be identified as a sun or a fire symbol. The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. It is the oldest symbol known. By many cultures before Hitler, the swastika was meant for good luck, like the four leaf clover and a rabbits foot. Hope i helped :)
Where you use swastika symbol?
The Swastika was a symbol of honor in Germany since the early 1000's before WWII. then Hitler decided it to use it as the Nazi party symbol/flag as a way to earn support.
What does the German swastika mean?
The swastika is a good luck symbol in Japan. He took it from them. The first answer is wrong! It is an old latin symbol meaning strengh and prosperity. Hitler used this symbol because he wanted strengh and prosperity for the white race. The swastika also has a long history with the Aryan Nations way before Hitler started using it. There have been old clay pots and writings with this swastika on them found in East Europe that were from hundreds of years ago. These writings also talked about white supremacy; so we know those writings were from white men and not from latin men. Neither answer is totally wrong. It is a simple geometric symbol used by nearly every culture. In Hinduism it is a holy symbol meaning good luck, the right handed swastika represents the rising sun and is one of the 108 symbols of Vishnu. The left handed swastika (known as the sauvastika) represents the goddess Kali who reigns over magic and destruction. Neither of these are symbols are evil and neither is exactly the swastika Hitler used since he took the noble swastika, inverted it and turned it on it's side. In Buddhism it appears on many Buddhas representing the wheel of Samsara and rebirth yet again it has been inverted, tilted and people automatically think of Hitler when they see any orientation of the symbol. Buddhism originated in the Hindu tradition so it is not surprising to find it there. Hitler's regime had a firm belief in the superiority of the Aryan race. There was indeed a race called the Aryans in the Indus valley (note: Hindu is a western term for all religions beyond the Indus Valley Indus=Hindus get it) though Hitler used this symbol it is not evil and we should be aware of the fact that all cultures use this as a simple symbol which is easy to draw.
What was Germany's society before Hitler?
Weimar Republic
What did Hitler promise Germany before he took to power?
You all smell
What are some swastika facts?
The bent cross icon is usually interpreted to be identified as a sun or a fire symbol. The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. It is the oldest symbol known. By many cultures before Hitler, the swastika was meant for good luck, like the four leaf clover and a rabbits foot. Hope i helped :)
Where you use swastika symbol?
The Swastika was a symbol of honor in Germany since the early 1000's before WWII. then Hitler decided it to use it as the Nazi party symbol/flag as a way to earn support.
What symbols represent power?
The swastika is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing form or its mirrored left-facing form. It comes from acient times and the Chinese used it before Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany. The swastika and other sun symbols, it represents power and supremacy.
What was the name of Germany before Hitler came to power?
Germany
What was Germany's system before Hitler?
Hitler was not a system, Germany was a democracy and it democratically elected Hitler, then they democraticlly changed to a one party state.
What type of government was Germany before Hitler rose to power?
Before the initial stages of World War 2 the communist party had control in Germany. Therefore Germany was communist before Hitler turned Germany into a dictatorship.
What does the German swastika mean?
The swastika is a good luck symbol in Japan. He took it from them. The first answer is wrong! It is an old latin symbol meaning strengh and prosperity. Hitler used this symbol because he wanted strengh and prosperity for the white race. The swastika also has a long history with the Aryan Nations way before Hitler started using it. There have been old clay pots and writings with this swastika on them found in East Europe that were from hundreds of years ago. These writings also talked about white supremacy; so we know those writings were from white men and not from latin men. Neither answer is totally wrong. It is a simple geometric symbol used by nearly every culture. In Hinduism it is a holy symbol meaning good luck, the right handed swastika represents the rising sun and is one of the 108 symbols of Vishnu. The left handed swastika (known as the sauvastika) represents the goddess Kali who reigns over magic and destruction. Neither of these are symbols are evil and neither is exactly the swastika Hitler used since he took the noble swastika, inverted it and turned it on it's side. In Buddhism it appears on many Buddhas representing the wheel of Samsara and rebirth yet again it has been inverted, tilted and people automatically think of Hitler when they see any orientation of the symbol. Buddhism originated in the Hindu tradition so it is not surprising to find it there. Hitler's regime had a firm belief in the superiority of the Aryan race. There was indeed a race called the Aryans in the Indus valley (note: Hindu is a western term for all religions beyond the Indus Valley Indus=Hindus get it) though Hitler used this symbol it is not evil and we should be aware of the fact that all cultures use this as a simple symbol which is easy to draw.
What was Germany's society before Hitler?
Weimar Republic
Was Hitler still ruling Germany when he was charged with treason?
There is no yes or no answer because Hitler was tried and convicted of treason BEFORE he became ruler of Germany. As far as that goes, Hitler was still the ruler of Germany when he died.
What nation was manufacturing submarines for Germany before Hitler came to power?
Germany made its own submarines and had been doing that since the days of WW 1, long before Hitler.
What did Adolf Hitler's closest army officers believe what would be last chance to end the war before it came to Germany?
Hitler's closest army officers believed Hitler's assassination was the last chance to end the war before it came to Germany.
Who was the man Nostradamus?
He was a French physician , but became very famous both before and after his death , on his many predictions which were quite accurate. Like Hitler and Swastika, and Japan.
