THE SWASTIKA

TABLE OF CONTENTS.


Page.

Preface 763

I.--DEFINITIONS, DESCRIPTION, AND ORIGIN.

Different forms of the cross 765

Names and definitions of the Swastika 768

Symbolism and interpretation 770

Origin and habitat 791


II.--DISPERSION OF THE SWASTIKA.

Extreme Orient 799
Japan 799
Korea 799
China 799
Tibet 802
India 802

Classical Orient 806
Babylonia, Assyria, Chaldea, and Persia 806
Phenicia 807
Lycaonia 807
Armenia 807
Caucasus 808
Asia Minor--Troy (Hissarlik) 809
First and Second Cities 810
The Third or Burnt City 811
The Fourth City 813
The Fifth City 818
The Sixth and Seventh Cities 819
Leaden idol of Hissarlik 829
Owl-shaped vases 830
The age of Trojan cities 832

Africa 833
Egypt 833
Naukratis 834
Coptos (Achmim-Panopolis) 834
Algeria 838
Ashantee 838

Classical Occident--Mediterranean 839
Greece, Cyprus, Rhodes, Melos, and Thera 839
Greek fret and Egyptian meander not the same as the
Swastika 839
Swastika in panels 845
Swastikas with four arms crossing at right angles,
ends bent to the right 846
Swastikas with four arms crossing at right angles,
ends bent to the left 847
Swastikas with four arms crossing at other than right
angles, the ends ogee and to the left 848
Meander pattern, with ends bent to the right and left 849
Swastikas of different kinds on the same object 849

Europe 854
Bronze age 854
Etruria and Italy 855
Swiss lake dwellings 861
Germany and Austria 862
Belgium 863
Scandinavia 864
Scotland and Ireland 867
Gallo-Roman period 869
France 869
Anglo-Saxon period 870
Britain 870
Swastika on ancient coins 871
Triskelion, Lycia 871
Triskelion, Sicily 873
Triskelion, Isle of Man 874
Punch marks on Corinthian coins mistaken for Swastikas