We were talking about swastikas in class thanks to Claire's discussion of reading her girl-power Grandmother's diary (yay for swastika club?!).
Some people mentioned how swastikas were a symbol of peace and power. Here's another weird way a swastika came up in another culture.
Some people mentioned how swastikas were a symbol of peace and power. Here's another weird way a swastika came up in another culture.
This is a Roman encaustic (painted with wax) funerary mask. Some Romans down near Alexandria practiced mummification for a period. There are tons of these nice paintings, so one day I was scrolling through and spotted a swastika on the sleeve of the guy on the left.
Creepy? Kind of.
Check out other masks at http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/mport.htm .
2 comments:
Hey Lauren,
That's really interesting. I think the meaning behind the swastika has something to do with how it's positioned. I think the Nazis changed it somehow when they took it.
Thanks for the link :)
Yeah, they reversed and tilted it on its point, so it's turning to the left... a sign of evil in many cultures. (According to a recent show on the History channel.)
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