You can see them everywhere in temples in Japan, where they are called manji; they rotate to the left and aren't "diagonal" like the Nazi one.
You can even type them because Japanese fonts contain them: 卍
(Super-obscure trivia: if you played The Legend of Zelda thirty-odd years ago, there was a temple named after the Manji and the rooms were laid out in this shape; nobody seemed to have a problem with it because back then people weren't looking for wrongthinkers under every bush like they are now.)
The older school building I went to in Helsinki also had huge Finnish Swastikas (not related to Nazi Germany) in the walls and floors. Have to admit that those made me look twice about if I was supposed to be there or not :D
The "multiculturalism advocates" who stalk America's college campuses never say a word about this. Neither does Wikipedia. Zero mention of swastikas. Does the symbol mean a specific thing in Finland? I'm curious where it comes from and what it stands for.
In short: It dates to 1918 when the Swedish count Eric von Rosen donated his airplane to Finland, which became the first official airplane of the Finnish Airforces (yes :D). The count had painted his own personal lucky symbol (the Swastika) on the airplane and the tradition was set after that.
After WW2 the allied forces supervision commission ordered all aircrafts to stop using any Swastikas on their airplanes and the Finnish Airforce - being the smartasses that we are - kept using it elsewhere as the order only mentioned aircrafts.
The swastika was originally a symbol of good luck, prosperity, and divinity to various middle and far-eastern cultures.
Before the Nazis committed CULTURAL APPROPRIATION.
(yeah. i went there.)
Swastikas still abound all over Asia (but they are sort of "reverse" and not angled like the Nazi's version. It is still quite jarring at first
Right hand path, not left. The symbolism is important.
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You can see them everywhere in temples in Japan, where they are called manji; they rotate to the left and aren't "diagonal" like the Nazi one.
You can even type them because Japanese fonts contain them: 卍
(Super-obscure trivia: if you played The Legend of Zelda thirty-odd years ago, there was a temple named after the Manji and the rooms were laid out in this shape; nobody seemed to have a problem with it because back then people weren't looking for wrongthinkers under every bush like they are now.)
Yeah, for that I was a little bit surprised, but shrugged it off.
What surprised me more was playing 1942.
I remember seeing them all over South Korea , it was weird
let's have a look
clockwise
clockwise
clockwise and angled
Finnish airforce still holding up tradition today.
Although the Swastika has been removed from shoulder patches this year as they have created a bit of confusion when travelling abroad.
The older school building I went to in Helsinki also had huge Finnish Swastikas (not related to Nazi Germany) in the walls and floors. Have to admit that those made me look twice about if I was supposed to be there or not :D
The "multiculturalism advocates" who stalk America's college campuses never say a word about this. Neither does Wikipedia. Zero mention of swastikas. Does the symbol mean a specific thing in Finland? I'm curious where it comes from and what it stands for.
In short: It dates to 1918 when the Swedish count Eric von Rosen donated his airplane to Finland, which became the first official airplane of the Finnish Airforces (yes :D). The count had painted his own personal lucky symbol (the Swastika) on the airplane and the tradition was set after that.
After WW2 the allied forces supervision commission ordered all aircrafts to stop using any Swastikas on their airplanes and the Finnish Airforce - being the smartasses that we are - kept using it elsewhere as the order only mentioned aircrafts.
Neat!
The swastika may be the most widely used cross-cultural symbol there is. All the major continents have it.
you're not wrong