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What does the swasitka mean? I see it all over the map and assume it's not what it looks like to me.
by dopamean 1mo ago
What does the swasitka mean? I see it all over the map and assume it's not what it looks like to me.
- krapp 1mo agoBefore the Nazis co-opted (and corrupted) it, the swastika was commonly known as a positive religious sun-symbol[0]. In Japan, where it's called a manji, it denotes the location of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. Even ancient Christians used it[1]. Fun fact, which everyone probably already knows, one of the dungeons in the original Legend of Zelda for the NES was shaped like this[2]. [0]https://medium.com/my-bookmark/history-of-the-12-000-year-old-swastika-origin-meaning-and-symbolism-199a78066f27 https://medium.com/my-bookmark/history-of-the-12-000-year-ol... [1]https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/108825/why-do-we-see-swastika-and-pagan-symbols-in-early-churches https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/108825/why-... [2]https://www.zeldadungeon.net/the-legend-of-zelda-walkthrough/level-3-the-manji/ https://www.zeldadungeon.net/the-legend-of-zelda-walkthrough...
- rawgabbit 1mo agoThe counterclockwise one is a Buddhist temple. The torii gate symbol is a Shinto shrine.