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The Swastika: An Ancient White People’s Symbol

by James Harting

THE SWASTIKA (or Aryan Cross) is widely recognized as the symbol of National Socialism. It has been used by the NS movement since its inception in Germany nearly 100 years ago. For that reason, some people mistakenly believe that it is only a German insignia. But in fact, the Swastika has been a symbol used by White people across the world for many thousands of years.

Just recently, archaeologists discovered a pottery fragment bearing a Swastika in present day Bulgaria. It is dated to some 7,000 years ago. Nor is that the oldest Swastika ever found: a figure of a 10,000 to 12,000-year-old bird carved in ivory that is also inscribed with a Swastika was discovered in the Ukraine.

Far from being a “hate symbol,” as it is called by anti-White agitators, historically the Swastika has represented the positive concepts of well-being, creativity, fertility, good fortune, justice, dynamism, and rebirth. And beyond that, it is today used as a racial emblem that is the common property of White people everywhere.

For a fascinating visual history of the Swastika across the ages, watch this short video.

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A swastika used as a "Greek key," a decorative or architectural element common to classical and neoclassical buildings
A swastika used as a “Greek key,” a decorative or architectural element common to classical and neoclassical buildings

A pottery fragment with the image of a swastika, dating to 7,000 years ago, was discovered in north-western Bulgaria.

The swastika-decorated clay pottery fragment was found by archaeologists during excavations of a ritual pit around the village of Altimir near the town of Vratsa.

The ancient find dates back to before the Copper Age and was used prominently by many civilizations for many millennia.

If you want to see just how deeply-rooted the swastika pattern is in Europe, a good place to start is Kiev where the National Museum of the History of Ukraine has a small ivory figurine of a female bird. Made from the tusk of a mammoth, it was found in 1908 at the Paleolithic settlement of Mezin near the Russian border. On the torso of the bird is engraved an intricate pattern of joined up swastikas. It’s the oldest identified swastika pattern in the world and has been radio carbon-dated to an astonishing 15,000 years ago.

Apollo as depicted on an ancient Greek vase -- they called the swastika the Gammadion
Apollo as depicted on an ancient Greek vase — they called the swastika the Gammadion

Among the earliest cultures utilizing the swastika are the Old European neolithic Danube Valley Civilization, Vinca culture, Cucuteni-Trypillian culture, and the Varna Civilization — all in Europe, which proves that the Swastika is a definite European sign moving east into the Indus Valley civilization, where it was also prominent. It was brought by migrating tribes to India, where it was revered in the religious and cultural life of the Indo-Aryans.

In Europe, where the Swastika appears more frequently than in any other continent, it was often interpreted as a solar symbol. Swastika shapes have been found on numerous artifacts from Iron Age Europe (Greco-Roman, Illyrian, Etruscan, Baltic, Celtic, Germanic, Slavic, and Georgian).

The symbol has been found on vessels in the ancient city of Troy, where the evidence shows that it served as a symbol of fertility and life. Its similar use can be found in trench graves in Mycanae, Greece; on Athenian vases; and even decorating the garments of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. Also the Greek Parthenon had this symbol as a Greek design just like other designs. In Europe, such symbols can be found in Roman catacombs, in churches, on plaza stones, and graves.

The symbol was also found in Bulgaria during the times of the Roman Empire on a fibula, and during the Middle Ages as a cross with bent arms. Swastikas in Bulgaria can be seen in one of the oldest churches in the Black Sea town of Nessebar and at the “Saint Sofia” church.

The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California, built in 1915
The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California, built in 1915

Swastikas can also be found all over the Americas and Europe on buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries, a time when a revival of classical architectural styles took place. The US Department of Agriculture building in Washington, DC, for example, is covered with hundreds upon hundreds of Greek style swastikas. Here is another set of examples — a large number of swastikas found in the city of St. Petersburg, Russia: http://www.nork.ru/burg/swastika.html

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Source: New Order

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Martin Kerr
Martin Kerr
18 October, 2015 12:06 pm

Please note: Life Rune shown at about 2:09.

Dexter 77
Dexter 77
4 February, 2016 2:20 pm

Anjali: http://realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Images_Indus/group_2.jpg

Arians made India have a history, when the brown ppl arrived and began to mix, India ceased to exist.
Now it is happening in Europe. we need more white people, the rest does not have the same capacity, unfortunately this is the truth and everyone knows it

Will Williams
Will Williams
6 February, 2016 12:19 pm

Anjali says: 1.3 billion Indians are not white at all…whites are not welcome in our country you ever come to india you will more than likely get lit on fire just letting you know.Indians hate white people. — Now there is a hater, my White kinsmen! We Whites want our own exclusive living space just as racially loyal Anjali wants to keep us out of his to keep his nation Brown. White America, should realize how hated, how threatened they are by welcoming hateful non-Whites like Anjali — who can’t make a White baby — into their midst. Anjali doesn’t need Whites in India and we don’t need his kin in our land, fouling our fragile gene pool. Whites and Browns can agree on this much if they are racial… Read more »

Hamill Legister
Hamill Legister
8 February, 2016 9:42 am

Outside of all that, she really likes us.

AsianwordAryan
AsianwordAryan
27 May, 2016 3:11 am

The Bhimbekta caves Swastika are over 30,000 years old.
NO Swastika are found in Mezin Show me a picture please.
The Swastika has bee deep rooted in Aryvartha India for over 30,000 years IT IS A NOT A WHITE peoples Emblem

AsianwordAryan
AsianwordAryan
27 May, 2016 3:13 am

30,000 year old Bhimbekta Swastika Aryvartha INDIA

Aryan = Sanskirt = Asian
Swastika = Sanskrit = Asian

OLDER THAN EUROPE

quackademic
quackademic
27 May, 2016 6:41 pm

Archaeology and genetics have shown that ancient Europoid peoples were living in parts of Asia long before the words “Asian” and “Asia” were first used by ancient Greek geographers like Hecataeus of Miletus. By your use of “Aryan = Asian”, are you trying to imply that the original Aryans were therefore not White? If so, then you need to understand, like the above commenter “Anjali”, that in ancient times, not all the inhabitants of the Asian continent were non-White like they are today. For instance, the original inhabitants of Central Asia were Aryan and Tocharian speaking Europoids like those known to history as Massagetae, Saka, Yue-Zhi, Wusun, White Hephthalites, and not the much later Turkic speaking Mongoloids, such as the Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Kirghiz, Uighurs, and Turkmens who inhabit Central Asia… Read more »

quackademic
quackademic
6 June, 2016 3:47 pm

If ancient Whites were not part of Indian territory, then how do you explain the presence of White skinned Kalash tribes in the former Indian land now called Pakistan? Did the White Kalash just materialize out of thin air like fairies?

Andrew
Andrew
Reply to  quackademic
27 July, 2023 9:35 pm

It been theorized that White people originated in this part of the world, migrating through the Caucasus (hence the misnomer Caucasian) on their way to colonizing Europe in two waves, the first in 1200 BC and the second in 600 AD (the Volkerwanderung or Wandering of the Peoples) in the late Roman era that saw Germanic tribes overrun the Roman Empire.

Jim - National Alliance Staff
Jim - National Alliance Staff
Reply to  Andrew
28 July, 2023 9:08 pm

Amazing what Whites can do when we decide to organize our people and set out to accomplish purposes greater than their own individual lives, eh Andrew?

Joseph Mason
Joseph Mason
28 August, 2016 6:11 pm

More information about the Swastika is coming in dreams and studies. The counterclockwise Swastika represents a negative, yet learning experience. The clockwise Swastika is positive. The symbol is composed of four “Builder” glyphs — “L”-shaped right-angled squares, like those used by craftsmen. The Swastika, as a Builder from each direction, symbolizes collective mankind as co-creators of the physical world, also known as the Demiurge. We have been in a cycle of time experiencing the negative-learning, as unconscious co-creators. Eventually, we will learn to become conscious co-creators, symbolized by Lion King, and Royal Power. For detailed information see —

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1134622879910099&set=a.709946572377734.1073741826.100000871924819&type=3&theater?

Andrew Matheny
Andrew Matheny
25 July, 2023 11:48 pm

Wow – can you really lie to the public like this? Have you heard of the Scythians that brought the Sanskrit language to those people?

William W Williams * National Alliance Chairman
William W Williams * National Alliance Chairman
Reply to  Andrew Matheny
26 July, 2023 2:31 pm

Jim, lock this topic.

We should have never allowed this Anjali character to go on and on, attacking our people and our history.

National Vanguard is the National Alliance’s primary online outreach to introduce and attract racially conscious Whites to our unique organization and will no longer be seen as a “free speech” platform, especially for one who openly hates European people, or Aryans, if that’s what we wish to call ourselves.

Martin Kerr’s history of the Swastika stands. Arguments cease.