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The Swastika, the Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration
With Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric Times

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Title: The Swastika

The Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration; with Observations on the Migration of Certain Industries in Prehistoric Times

Author: Thomas Wilson

Release Date: September 21, 2012 [eBook #40812]

Language: English

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.

 

 

THE SWASTIKA,

 

THE EARLIEST KNOWN SYMBOL, AND ITS MIGRATIONS;
WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE MIGRATION OF
CERTAIN INDUSTRIES IN PREHISTORIC TIMES.

 

 

BY
THOMAS WILSON,
Curator, Department of Prehistoric Anthropology,
U. S. National Museum
.

 

 

From the Report of the U. S. National Museum for 1894, pages 757-1011,
with plates 1-25 and Figures 1-374.

 

 

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1896.

 

 


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

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